Publications by authors named "Vaishnavi Prabhakar"

Genetics plays a significant role in determining an individual's susceptibility to dental diseases, the response to dental treatments, and the overall prognosis of dental interventions. Here, the authors explore the various genetic factors affecting the prognosis of dental treatments focusing on dental caries, orthodontic treatment, oral cancer, prosthodontic treatment, periodontal disease, developmental disorders, pharmacogenetics, and genetic predisposition to faster wound healing. Understanding the genetic underpinnings of dental health can help personalize treatment plans, predict outcomes, and improve the overall quality of dental care.

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  • The study investigates the understanding and awareness of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) among Indian dentists, focusing on the newly recognized specialty of orofacial pain.
  • A nationwide questionnaire was distributed to gather data from 310 dentists, both general practitioners and specialists, assessing their knowledge in areas like pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of TMD.
  • Results indicated a lack of confidence in treating TMD, with only 58.1% of general dentists and 46.8% of specialists feeling equipped to manage these patients; splint therapy emerged as the most common treatment choice among general dentists.
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Ellis-van Creveld syndrome (EvC) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder involving pathogenic variants of EVC and EVC2 genes and classified as a ciliopathy. The syndrome is caused by mutations in the EVC gene on chromosome 4p16, and EVC2 gene, located close to the EVC gene, in a head-to-head configuration. Regardless of the affliction of EVC or EVC2, the clinical features of Ellis-van Creveld syndrome are similar.

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Background: The success of esthetic ceramo-metal restoration is strongly influenced by its bond strength. The success of ceramo-metal restoration is subjective to its bond strength.

Aim And Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the shear bond strength between palladium-based cobalt chromium (Co-Cr) alloy coated with titanium nitride (TiNi) and titanium aluminum nitride with feldspathic ceramics.

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Unlabelled: The size, color, morphology and arrangement of the anterior tooth are the various factors play an imperative role in achieving excellent esthetics in complete denture. Various modalities have been suggested for selecting the size of the anterior teeth like inter-alar distance, inter-canthal distance, bi-zygomatic width, intercanine width. There is no reliable method for selection of anterior teeth etc.

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