Dr Rema Jayalekshmy, Head Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology
Designation
Head of the Department and Professor
Specialization
Oral Medicine and Radiology
Experience
17 Years
Qualifications
BDS, MDS
Education
  • Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) from Government Dental College, Trivandrum
  • Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from Government Dental College, Trivandrum

 

Dr Rema Jayalekshmy, known for her extraordinary diagnostic skills and a hawk eye for details, is a true master in recognizing the most intricate of lesions. A renowned orator, and stupendous trainer, she has conducted numerous CBCT workshops across the country. Well versed in Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) techniques and Interpretation, she is the most sought after consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Radiologist in many radiology centers. Additionally, she’s a recognized examiner for various undergraduate and postgraduate university examinations.  She has won laurels in paper and poster presentations at several national and international conferences.

She has played a pivotal role as the Scientific Committee Head Coordinator for the National PG IAOMR convention held in July 2014. She has authored a chapter titled “Andrographolide in Oral Diseases” in a book on Natural Therapies in Oral Care (under peer review), and also been a Contributor for the Handbook of Advances in Dental Science (Oral Medicine) by Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) 2019. She’s also  a trained Tobacco Cessation expert (‘ICanCaRe’, Gujarat University). Added to her credentials, she has authored more than 42 publications in various National and International journals.

Being a remarkable academician, her advice for the students is ‘Raise your standards high and always inspire yourself to raise the bar as to be a responsible professional and above all, rightful well being in the society you’re living in’.

Publications
  1. Unusual presentation of adenomatoid odontogenic tumor – A report of two cases. JIAOMR2004;16(03) 228-231 First author
  2. Gorham’s massive osteolysis of the mandible- a progressive radiographic presentation. DMFR (2009); 38, 292-295. Second author.
  3. Is Paget’s disease of bone rare in India? A review. JOOS2011;3(1): 34-38. First author
  4. Supernumerary teeth – A diagnostic dilemma. KDJ 2004. First author
  5. Supernumerary Teeth – A Statistical Survey. JIAOMR2007;19(04)492-497 First Author
  6. Management of Idiopathic Gingival Fibromatosis – report of a case & literature review. International Journal of Pediatric dentistry. Co author
  7. Ramon syndrome: report of a rare case. Hong Kong Dental Journal 2008;5:45-48 Co author
  8. Oral Cysticercosis – A case report. JOMSI 2008;7(4): 484-486. Second author
  9. Dens in dente –A report of two cases. IAOMR (2006); 18 (4) 210-213. Second Author
  10. Diagnosis of Crouzon syndrome a case report. Hong Kong Dental J, 2010; 7:95-100. Co author
  11. Prevalence of Orofacial manifestations in HIV-positive South Indian children & the co-relation with CD4 counts. JIAOMR. 2009; 21(3): 107-113.Co author
  12. Conventional & digital radiographic methods in detection of simulated external root resorptions: A comparative study. JIAOMR. 2009; 21(2): 67-71. Co author
  13. Drug induced neutropenia manifesting as oral ulcerations. JIAOMR. 2009; 21(2): 72-75, Co author
  14. Detection of antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus in saliva. JIAOMR. 2011; 23 (4): 163-167. Co author
  15. Foreign Body Induced Neuralgia: A Diagnostic Challenge. Case Reports in Dentistry LArticle ID 35267:4 pages May 2013. Co – author
  16. Oral squamous cell carcinoma in young generation – a growing concern. KDJ 2010; 33(1): 26-28 (Co-author)
  17. Rhabdomyoma of the orofacial syndrome a rare case report. Honkong dental Journal 2011; 8:111-115. Co – author
  18. Traumatic bone cyst of idiopathic origin- report of 2 cases. Ethiopian journal of Health Sciences. April 2014; 24(2)183-187. (Coauthor)
  19. Correlation of salivary glucose, blood glucose & oral candidal carriage in the saliva of type II diabetics- A case control study. Contemporary clinical dentistry. July- Sept 2014;5(03)312-317 (Co author)
  20. Sexual Dimorphism Using Canine Width and Inter-Canine Distance in South Indian Population: A Cross Sectional Study. Ann. Int. Med. Den. Res. 2016;2(1):258-63 (Co author)
  21. Field cancerization of oral cavity – A case series with review of literature. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology 27 (2015) 867–875 (First author)
  22. Association of Periodontitis elevated c reactive protein levels and acute myocardial infarction – A case control study.  International Journal of Current Research,2015; 7 (12): 24415-24419. (Co author)
  23. Acromegaly: Oral Diagnostician’s Role in Diagnosis: A Case Report. IJSS Case Reports & Reviews 2016;2(8):8-11 (Co author)
  24. Evaluation of salivary cortisol level in cigarette smokers- A case control study. Indian journal of dental sciences 2014; 5 (6): 12-15 (Co author)
  25. A comparative study of intra oral periapical radiographic E-speed film and radiovisography (RVG) for detection of incipient proximal caries. – accepted for publication in International journal of current research (Co author)
  26. Unilateral condylar hyperplasia causing facial asymmetry – A rare case report. Journal of Oral medicine, Oral surgery, Oral pathology and Oral radiology 2016;2(1):37-41. (Co author)
  27. Massive osteolysis of mandible (GORHAMs Disease) – A rare case report. International journal of Maxillofacial imaging, October-December,2015;1(1):20-25.(Coauthor)
  28. Trabecular pattern in mandible as an indicator of osteoporosis in post menopausal women – A radiological study. International Journal of Current Research 2016;2(8):26910-26920. (Co author)
  29. Fibroosseous lesions of the maxillofacial region- a case series with review. Journal of Oral medicine, oral surgery, oral pathology, oral radiology 2015; 1(1): 24-31 (Co author)
  30. Malignant melanoma of palate – A case report.European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.2016;3(8):449-453.(Co author)
  31. A rare case of multilocular unicystic ameloblastoma- A progressive radiographic presentation. Accepted for publication in European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. (Coauthor)
  32. Radiological evaluation of third molar development as an indicator of chronological age by demirjian and kohlers methods. International journal of current research.2016;8 (12):43698-439703. (Co-author)
  33. Primary intraosseous lymphoma of maxilla-a case report and review of literature. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine 2015;27:712-721. (Co-author)
  34. Cone beam computed tomography aided diagnosis of double dens invaginatus in a fused supernumerary tooth and maxillary central incisor. A case report. IJSS case reports.2015;2(5):24-27. (co-author)
  35. Dermoid cyst of floor of the mouth in a pediatric patient-A case report .IJSS case reports and reviews.2016;2(11):31-34. (Co-author)
  36. Jayalekshmy R and Balan A. Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Young Indian Women – A Growing Concern. J Dent & Oral Disord. 2016; 2(3): 1016. (first author)
  37. The influence of hand-held mobile phones on flow rate and protein concentration of human parotid saliva-A cross sectional study. AJSR 2018; 1(1):2-10. .(co-author)
  38. Slime story – Exploring the potential of Earth worm coelomic Fluid: A review  . Malanadu Dental Journal 2019;8(1):50-53.(co-author)
  39. Ancient Schwannoma of right maxilla-A rare case report. AJSR 2019;1(2):54-60. (co-author)
  40. Narrow Band imaging. A paradigm shift in early detection of Oral cancer. Malanadu Dental Journal 2019; 8(4):18-22 .(co-author)
  41. Artificial Intelligence – Finding new frontiers in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Invited editorial on Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in Health Care and Dentistry. Journal of Dental & Oro-facial Research 2020; 16(1):32-38. (first author)
  42. Clear cell carcinoma of hard palate-A rare case report. JIAOMR 2017: 28(3):324-8.

 

Achievements
  1. Chairing the PG scientific presentations at the 4 th Kerala Triple-O State Conference organized by Azeezia College of Dental Sciences & Research on November 25-27, 2021.
  2. Contributor for a chapter titled “Andrographolide in Oral Diseases”in a book on Natural Therapies in Oral Care and it is in the process of review. November 2021.
  3. Invited Guest speaker on “CBCT in dental practice-third eye in diagnosis and treatment planning – a webinar conducted by Indian Dental Association (IDA) Alapuzha branch on April 24,2021 in association with  National IAOMR Day.
  4. Invited Guest speaker on “Demystifying grey & white shadows”- CBCT on webinar  conducted by Indian Dental Association (IDA) Malanadu branch on November 22nd 2020
  5. Contributor for the Handbook of Advances in Dentistry (Oral Medicine) by Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) 2019
  6. Guest speaker on “TMD- Unravelling the mysteries” one day CDE programme at GDC Trivandrum organized by Dept. of OMR, GDC Trivandrum, July 2019 on occasion of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.
  7. Conducted One day CBCT workshop with hands on “Clinical applications of CBCT” in Dayananda Sagar College of Dental Sciences, June 2019
  8. Conducted One day CBCT workshop with hands on programme on “CBCT-Grey and white shadows of future dentistry” at Mar Baselios College of Dental Sciences, Kothamangalam, March 2019
  9. Speaker on Clinical applications of CBCT in PMS College of Dental Sciences, February 2018.
  10. Conducted Preconference course on “Implant planning in CBCT’’ at the 24th Indian Society of Oral Implantologists (ISOI) National Conference held at Bangalore, September 2017.
  11. Training faculty for CBCT training programmes in Radiology Imaging Solutions, Bangalore.
  12. Consultant Oral Radiologist for radiology centres since 2016. Well oriented in Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) techniques and Interpretation.
  13. Recognized PG Guide for Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) since April 2012.
  14. Post graduate Internal and External Examiner for various universities since 2012.
  15. Served as the National Scientific Committee coordinator for National PG convention, July 2014.
  16. Chairing the scientific sessions on UG and PG national conferences.
  17. 42 publications in national and international journals.
  18. Faculty paper presentation on “Human Papilloma virus infection in Oral precancers and cancers”-A case control study. Presented in IAOMR National Conference, 2011.
  19. Poster presentation on “Field cancerization of Oral cavity-Clinical Implications”. Presented in National Triplo symposium on Oral cancer, 2007.
  20. Faculty paper presentation on “Imaging of Vascular malformations of Jaws”. Presented in Asian Congress on Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, 2006.
  21. Presented faculty paper on "Juvenile mandibular Chronic osteomyelitis - A twisted tale in black & white" at the 34th national IAOMR conference 2023at Davangere ( 1st to 3rd Dec' 2023).
  22. Selected as the reviewer for the 'Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine & Radiology' peer reviewed speciality journal (2024).

 

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