Dr. THOPPAY

Board Certification: American Board of Oral Medicine

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:

Virginia Geriatric Education Center, Faculty Development Fellowship in Interprofessional Geriatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA  

Residency training in Oral Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA

Postdoctoral Fellowship- Interdisciplinary Geriatrics, University of Pennsylvania PA

Fellowship in Oral Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta GA

Clinical training & research, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta GA

Oral Medicine and Radiology post-graduate training in Faculty track training India

Education:

MS – Oral Biology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta GA

MBA – [Hospital & Healthcare Management] TASMAC, ASU, India

BDS -TN Government Dental College, The TN Dr. MGR Medical University, India

Dr. Jaisri R. Thoppay has extensive experience in clinical dentistry with a special focus on managing medically complex dental & geriatric patients, oral lesions, TMD/TMJ disorders, facial pain disorders, laser dentistry, sleep apnea, and rare orofacial diseases and disorders. Dr. Thoppay is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine. She is also trained in Orofacial Pain management.

Dr. Thoppay is the President of the Center for Integrative Oral Health Inc, Chief Operating Officer at Nenotics LLC [Healthcare and Business consulting], and an Affiliate with Advent Health Orlando Fl. Dr. Thoppay obtained her dental degree, MBA from India, and Master of Oral Biology from Augusta University, Augusta, GA. She completed her Oral Medicine residency and Interdisciplinary Geriatric fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, and Interprofessional Geriatric Fellowship at the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. She served as a faculty member and Director of Oral Medicine, Orofacial Pain and Geriatric clinic at the School of Dentistry at the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, from 2015-2019.

Dr. Thoppay serves as Oral Medicine Section Associate Editor of Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol journal. Besides her clinical and research projects, she provides consultation services for dental education course redesign from traditional to online/ hybrid format for didactic courses. She volunteers as a test constructor for Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations. She volunteers for Oral Medicine clinical outreach, oral diseases, oral cancer awareness advocacy, and patient focus groups online and in person. She provides program management consultation to integrate clinical domain and program management skillsets in New Product Introduction/New Product Design, Project & workflow analytics, Operations and Process management in the healthcare industry, Clinical application knowledge in Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, Systems and Business Process Re-engineering, application and user level on Big data analytic tools.

Dr. Thoppay is interested in clinical research in oral cancer care, salivary diagnostics, dry mouth, burning mouth, temporomandibular joint disorder, and Sjogren’s Syndrome patients. She has lectured nationally and internationally and authored peer-review publications and book chapters. As faculty at dental schools in the US and abroad, she is actively involved in teaching and has conducted clinical research in dentistry and Orofacial disorders & diseases. Dr. Thoppay holds memberships in national and international academies and societies and keeps her knowledge updated with current evidence-based and best practices.

Dr. Thoppay has extensive expertise and provides patient care in the following areas:

• Dental care to medically complex patients
• Senior Oral Care
• Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMD)
• Facial and Trigeminal Neuralgias
• Oral pathology, mucosal lesions:  Oral ulcers, Oral Lichen planus, mucositis, mucocutaneous lesions, Oral Cancer, Diagnosis, Early diagnosis and management
• Dry mouth/ salivary gland dysfunction
• Oral Complications from Cancer Treatment
• Oral complications during and after chemotherapy
• Headaches
• Bad breath
• Orofacial pain/ Neuropathic pain
• Burning Mouth/ Oral Burning
• Infectious and Inflammatory conditions, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Infections, HPV, HIV/AIDS,

Affiliate with ADVENT HEALTH

Bibliography: 

Clinical trial/ Clinical Research/ Multicentered Clinical research papers:

1. Microsurgical Repair of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve: Success Rate and Factors That Adversely Affect Outcome Shahrokh C. Bagheri, DMD, MD, Roger A. Meyer, DDS, MS, MD, Sung Hee Cho, DDS, MD, Jaisri Thoppay, BDS, MBA, Husain Ali Khan, DMD, MD, Martin B. Steed DMD Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 70, Issue 8, Pages 1978-1990, August 2012
2. A phase II clinical trial of a natural formulation containing tea catechins for xerostomia
   Scott De Rossi; Jaisri Thoppay; Douglas  Dickinson; Stephen Looney; Mary Stuart; Kalu U Ogbureke, BDS, DMSc, JD, MSc; Stephen Hsu – OOOO  TRIPLEO-D-14-00165R2,
3. Oral candidiasis following steroid therapy for oral lichen planus.Marable DR, Bowers LM, Stout TL, Stewart CM, Berg KM, Sankar V, DeRossi SS, Thoppay JR, Brennan MT. Oral Dis.2016;22:140-147.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26599999 – Received: Best Paper Award, 2016 Journal: Oral Diseases
4. Fractured styloid process masquerading as neck pain: Cone-beam computed tomography investigation and review of the literature. Imaging Sci Dent. 2018 Mar;48(1):67-72. Published online March 19, 2018.
5. Oral burning: local and systemic connection for a patient-centric approach. Jaisri Thoppay, Bhavik Desai, DOI : 10.1007/s13167-018-0157-3, EPMJ-D-18-00076

Review, Editorial and Chapter articles:

• Burning Mouth Syndrome Review Article  Pages 497-512, Dental Clinics of North America Volume 57, Issue 3, (July 2013) Jaisri R. Thoppay, Scott S. De Rossi, Katharine N. Ciarrocca
• Psychological parameters associated with geographic tongue: a clinical observation Eric T. Stoopler, Jaisri R. Thoppay, Thomas P. Sollecito –OOOO
• Halitosis, Jaisri R. Thoppay, Andreas Filippie, Katherine Ciarrocca, John Greenman, Scott S. De Rossi pp1-29 Contemporary Oral Medicine, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28100-1_27-1 Online Dec 2017 – Authorship by invitation from Australia
• Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs 11th Edition, Co- Author -IPE Case and Answer Guide Published Dec 2017 ISBN/ISSN 9781496318299
• Oral signs of endocrine and metabolic diseases: Thoppay J.R., Sollecito T.P., De Rossi S.S. (2019). In: Fazel N. (eds) Oral Signs of Systemic Disease. Springer, Cham
• Burning Mouth Syndrome BrittanyKlein DDS Jaisri R.Thoppay DDS, MBA, MS Scott S.De Rossi DMD, MBA KatharineCiarroccaDMD, MSEd Dermatologic Clinics Volume 38, Issue 4, October 2020, Pages 477-483

Basic Science Research Publications:

1. Inverse Relationship of PCNA and p21 Expression in Xerostomia S. De Rossi, D. Dickinson, K. Ogbureke, J. Thoppay, I. Stern, Y.H. Ma, S. Hsu Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology Vol. 114, Issue 3, Page e59 September 2012
2. Oxidative Stress Markers at Symptom-Free Stages of Autoimmune Diseases J. Thoppay, S. De Rossi, I. Stern, S. Hsu Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology Vol. 116, Issue 3, Page e199
3. Effect of green tea catechins on hyposalivation. Scott De Rossi, Jaisri Thoppay, Douglas Dickenson, Stephen Looney, Mary Stuart, Kalu Ogbureke, Stephen Hsu, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, Vol. 117, Issue 5, e362–e363 Published in issue: May, 2014

AADR Conference paper:

1. Oral Candidiasis Following Oral Lichen Planus Treatment With Steroids D.R. MARABLE1, T. STOUT1, C.M. STEWART2, K. BERG2, V.S. SANKAR3, S. DEROSSI4, J. THOPPAY4, P.B. LOCKHART1, and M.T. BRENNAN1, 1Department of Oral Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, 2Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL, 3Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 4Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, Georgia Regents University – College of Dental Medicine, Augusta, GA, March 2014

Online publications:

1. Emedicine/ Medscape – Aphthous Ulcers
2. Emedicine/ Medscape – Oral Lichen Planus