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Rahul Narayan Gaikwad

Associate Professor
College of Dentistry
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        • Mindful medicine: Embracing consciousness-based education for holistic healthcare (2023-09-21)
        • Prevalence and Pattern of Self-medication with Alternative Medicine: Treatment-Switch Analysis in Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients (2021-09-01)
        • Malignant transformation in oral submucous fibrosis: Tertiary evidence: An umbrella review (2023-08-31)
        • Oral and general health-related quality of life in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma – comparative analysis of different treatment regimens (2021-04-01)
        • Mount Vernon index vs. yen angle for assessment of anteroposterior apical jaw base relationship (2021-01-01)
        • Oral Psychosomatic Disorders in Family Caregivers of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients (2021-01-01)
        • Retrospective quality assurance audit of lateral cephalometric radiographs at postgraduate teaching hospital (2020-11-01)
        • The role of inflammation and inflammatory biomarkers in dental implant procedures: A comprehensive review (2020-10-01)
        • Clinical efficacy of mouth exercising devices in oral submucous fibrosis: A systematic review (2020-10-01)
        • Treatment outcomes of laser therapy in oral submucous fibrosis – a systematic review (2020-07-01)
        • Comparative evaluation of the effect of various irrigants and dry canal on electronic apex locators in locating simulated root perforations: An in vitro study (2020-01-01)
        • Cone-beam computed tomographic analysis of C-shaped canals and radicular grooves in mandibular premolars: Prevalence and related factors (2019-11-01)
        • Rugae patterns as an adjunct to sex differentiation in forensic identification (2019-09-01)
        • Behavioural perspective of tobacco use among youth of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state in central part of India (2019-01-01)
        • Quantifying OHIP in the context of oral health literacy in rural and urban populations (2019-01-01)
        • Development and validation of oral health-related quality of life measure in oral submucous fibrosis (2018-09-01)
        • Comparison of two different matrix band systems in restoring two surface cavities in posterior teeth done by senior undergraduate students at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia: A randomized controlled clinical trial (2018-07-01)
        • Potential predictor of tobacco cessation among factory workers: A baseline data of worksite tobacco cessation programs in the central part of India (2017-11-01)
        • Dental caries and dental anomalies in children with cleft lip and cleft palate in Bengaluru city, India (2017-07-01)
        • Tooth avulsion knowledge and practices among dental professionals in Saudi Arabia: Evidence from a systematic review (2026-05-01)
        • Development of a Comprehensive Rubric for Assessing Dental Radiography Skills in Undergraduate Dental Students: Study Protocol (2025-01-01)
        • Malignant transformation in oral submucous fibrosis: Tertiary evidence: An umbrella review (2024-05-01)
        • Mindful medicine: Embracing consciousness-based education for holistic healthcare (2024-01-01)
        • Prevalence of palatogingival groove affecting maxillary anterior teeth in Saudi subpopulation: A cone-beam computed tomographic study with literature review (2023-12-01)
        • Insight of new generation dentists towards the shifting trends of three-dimensional printing for patient management in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2022-07-01)
        • Pathological tooth migration—spontaneous correction of diastema after surgical periodontal therapy: a case report (2022-01-01)
        • Prevalence and pattern of self-medication with alternative medicine: Treatment-switch analysis in oral submucous fibrosis patients (2021-09-01)
        • Prevalence of Trismus and Its Impact on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Treated for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (2021-08-01)
        • Role of consanguineous marriages and blood groups in cleft lip and palate patient: A retrospective study (2016-01-01)
        • Evaluation of subgingivally delivered 0.5% clarithromycin as an adjunct to nonsurgical mechanotherapy in the management of chronic periodontitis: a short-term double blinded randomized control trial (2014-02-01)
        • Comparison of different caries diagnostic thresholds under epidemiological and clinical settings among 7-15 year old school children from Bangalore city (2013-07-01)
        • Occlusal characteristics of deciduous dentition in preschool children of Indian children (2012-10-01)
        • Fibrolipoma of the buccal mucosa (2012-04-01)
        • Morphological study of the palatal rugae in the Western Indian population (2011-10-01)

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