History and Physical for the Pediatric Dental Patient

S.Thikkurissy, DDS,MS

S.Thikkurissy, DDS, MS, MA: Dr. Sarat Thikkurissy is professor and Chair of the Robert Creedon Division of Dentistry at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Prior to becoming Chair of the division, he was the former director of the Advanced Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Dr. Thikkurissy obtained his dental degree from New York University and went on to complete his pediatric dentistry certificate along with his master's degree from The Ohio State and Nationwide Children's Hospital. He has practiced both general dentistry as well as pediatric dentistry during his time serving in the U.S. Air Force as the chief of pediatric dentistry at Rammstein AFB in Germany. Outside of Cincinnati, Dr. Thikkurissy has also served as the director of the predoctoral program in pediatric dentistry at the Ohio State University and was the director of Inpatient Dental Services at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is a diplomate ofthe American Board of Dentistry and serves as chair of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) Committee on Sedation and Anesthesia. He has also served on the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Examination Committee and the ADA Committee on Dental Education and Licensure Ground on Sedation. He has lectured in more than twenty-one states and three countries.

Sara Golkari, DMD:

Sara Golkari is a Pediatric Dentist in private practice in Chicago, IL. Sara obtained her undergraduate and dental degree from Tufts University. She then went on to obtain her certificate in Pediatric Dentistry from Cincinnati Children's Hospital, under the direct supervision of Dr. S. Thikkurissy. During her residency Dr. Golkari conducted research on Novel Use of Xylitol in Reducing Blood Stream Infections in Stem Cell Transplant Patients for which she was a Graduate Student Research Award Finalist in 2019. She has continued her passion for treating the medically complex dental patient from dental school and throughout residency and hopes that this book will provide more clinically guidance to dental practitioners everywhere.