Publications by authors named "Ashish Gopakumar"

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  • Historically, oral and dental care needs for head and neck cancer patients were often overlooked until after treatment, leading to poor rehabilitation outcomes.
  • A UK-based group of restorative dentistry consultants, now part of the RD-UK Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Excellence Network, has highlighted the need for early intervention in dental care during the cancer treatment process.
  • Their initiatives focus on standardizing care and improving collaboration among healthcare professionals, which aims to enhance patient experiences and facilitate more effective research and audits in the future.
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The Cochrane Oral Health Group withdrew this review as of Issue 12, 2015. The review is out of date and does not meet current Cochrane methodological standards. The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.

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Unlabelled: Gingival recession is apical migration of the gingival tissues resulting in exposure of the underlying root surface. This can cause significant esthetic concerns for the patient, especially when it affects the anterior teeth. The gingival veneer is a prosthesis indicated for challenging clinical situations where there are esthetic concerns because of gingival recession, particularly loss of interdental papillae.

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Stanley Lithgow Drummond-Jackson was born in Northumberland and qualified from Edinburgh University Dental School in 1931. Even in the early stages of his practice he devoted his energies to the problem of pain control in dentistry, publishing his first paper in 1935. In the early 20th century most dental anaesthetics were inhalational with nitrous oxide, ether, ethyl chloride and chloroform.

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