Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology About the Author B Sivapthasundharam is currently serving as Professor and Head, Department of Oral Pathology, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, India. He has undergraduate teaching experience of more than 25 years and post graduate teaching experience of 16 years. He has published more than 120 scientific articles in various national and international journals. He was the editor of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Indian Journal of Dental research. He is serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences and Journal of Education and Ethics in Dentistry. He is also the Editorial and advisory board member of various scientific journals.