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TR Saraswathi
Researcher at Ragas Dental College & Hospital
Publications - 24
Citations - 1014
TR Saraswathi is an academic researcher from Ragas Dental College & Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Oral submucous fibrosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 23 publications receiving 922 citations.
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Prevalence of oral lesions in relation to habits: Cross-sectional study in South India.
TR Saraswathi,Kannan Ranganathan,S Shanmugam,Ramesh Sowmya,Prem Deepa Narasimhan,Rajan Gunaseelan +5 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of leukoplakia, OSF and oral lichen planus in the study population is similar to those found in other populations, however the prevalence of smoking and chewing was found to be lower.
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Oral submucous fibrosis: a case-control study in Chennai, South India.
TL;DR: The present study confirms the strong association between areca nut use and OSF and the increasing use of pan masala and the duration of the habit was more significant than the frequency of the chewing habit.
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Study of lip prints
TL;DR: The use of lip prints for human identification was first suggested in 1950 and researches were carried out in 1960s and early 1970s, resuming in the last few years.
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Oral lesions and conditions associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection in 1000 South Indian patients.
Kannan Ranganathan,M Umadevi,TR Saraswathi,Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy,Suniti Solomon,Newell W. Johnson +5 more
TL;DR: Oral lesions occur commonly in HIV infection and are higher in males than in females, and a comprehensive oral examination plays an important role not only in the management of the patients, but also in assessing the immune status and in their follow-up.
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Oral submucous fibrosis: a clinico-histopathological study in Chennai
TL;DR: There was no direct correlation between clinical stages and histopathological grading in oral submucous fibrosis and the possibility of difference in the severity and extent of fibrosis in different regions of the oral mucosa and involved muscles were considered.