Publications by authors named "V Gopinath"
Aim: To evaluate the current status of endodontic education and assessment at an undergraduate/predoctoral level in dental schools worldwide.
Methodology: The current survey comprised a 50-item online questionnaire related to undergraduate endodontic education. The project leaders emailed the survey's details to faculty members responsible for endodontic teaching at one dental school in every country to seek their willingness to participate in the survey.
Article Synopsis
- Biofilm formation in tuberculosis complicates treatment by protecting bacteria from antibiotics, leading to persistent infections.
- This study shows that rifampicin-encapsulated silk fibroin nanoparticles, combined with antibiofilm enzymes, can effectively disrupt Mycobacterium smegmatis biofilms, enhancing the antibiotic's effectiveness.
- The research identifies specific hydrolytic enzymes that reduce biofilm thickness significantly and emphasizes the potential of combining these enzymes with antibiotics to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes.
Objectives: This randomized clinical trial compared the effectiveness of music and informative videos as distraction tools to reduce the anxiety of patients during root canal treatment and retreatment.
Method And Materials: A total of 90 patients were enrolled in the study. The patients were randomly allocated to three groups: Group 1 listened to music during the treatment (n = 30), Group 2 watched an informative preoperative video (n = 30), and a control group underwent treatment without a distraction method (n = 30).
Alcohol promotes liver fibrosis in high fat diet induced diabetic rats.
J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol
July 2024
Objectives: Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and alcoholism are considered to be lifestyle-associated independent risk factors in fatty liver diseases (FLD) mediated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A combined effect of both these conditions may exacerbate the pathological changes and a pre-clinical exploration of this is expected to provide a mechanical detail of the pathophysiology. The present study aims to understand the effect of alcohol on pre- diabetic and type 2 diabetic female Wistar rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In endodontics, the number of umbrella reviews has increased significantly over the last few years, but there is no evidence that they were methodologically sound. The aim of the current study was to appraise the methodological quality of umbrella reviews in endodontics, and to identify possible predictive factors associated with methodological quality.
Methods: Umbrella reviews published in the discipline of endodontics until December 2023 were included.