Oral Medicine - A Clinical Guide (eBook)

Tami Yap

BDSc (Hons) DCD PhD FRACDS FOMAA

S R Prabhu is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Queensland School of Dentistry, Brisbane. His expertise is in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Medicine, with a particular interest in tropical oral diseases. Professor Prabhu formerly held senior academic positions in Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology at university dental schools in India, Kenya, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and UAE and administrative positions as Director and Dean of Dental Schools in Trinidad and Tobago West Indies, and the UAE, respectively. He is a Fellow of the dental faculties Royal Colleges of Surgeons in the UK and Ireland and the International College of Dentists. He was an external examiner for the dental membership examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.  He received the Commonwealth Medical Scholarship awarded by the British Council and the Rotary Foundation award for teaching in developing countries. Professor Prabhu has conducted workshops on HIV/AIDS for oral healthcare professionals in several countries in the Asian and Caribbean regions and published several papers in refereed journals, edited/co-edited, and authored/co-authored over 15 books. Notable among these include Oral Diseases in the Tropics (Oxford Medical Publications), Textbook of Oral Medicine(Oxford University Press), Textbook of Oral Anatomy Histology and Embryology(Oxford University Press), Textbook of Oral Diagnosis(Oxford University Press), Oral Diseases for Medical Practitioners(Oxford University Press), HIV/AIDS for Dental Practice(Dental Council of India), Clinical Diagnosis in Oral Medicine(Jaypee Bros Medical Publishers), Handbook of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine ( John Wiley &Sons), and Sexually Transmissible Oral Diseases(John Wiley & Sons). Professor Prabhu is on the International Dental Journal (IDJ) Editorial Board, published by the FDI World Dental Federation, Geneva.