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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2023

Bifid Uvula-An Enigma.

Prathibha Prasad, Ebtesam Khalil, Vijay Bhavrao Desai, Sudhir Rama Varma, Lalithambigai Gunasekaran, Kiran Kumar, Sulakshana Pradeep

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Prathibha PrasadDepartment of Basic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.
Ebtesam KhalilCenter of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.
Vijay Bhavrao DesaiCenter of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.
Sudhir Rama VarmaCenter of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.
Lalithambigai GunasekaranDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Vivekananda Dental College for Women, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kiran KumarDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology, SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, (A Constituent Unit of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University) Dharwad, Karnataka state, India.
Sulakshana PradeepDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Ajman University · AEGovernment Dental College & Research Institute · INSri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Dental Sciences & Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Facial development involves an intricate regulatory mechanism that accounts for numerous craniofacial abnormalities, common being orofacial clefts. Although cleft in the secondary palate accounts for one-third of orofacial clefts stills remains an under-researched domain. Hence, in this work, the authors put forth two non-syndromic, asymptomatic cleft uvulae reported among bimodal male patients of the Indian-Asiatic population who came up for dental screening. Most of the time, isolated/asymptomatic cleft uvula patients will be reluctant to further investigations and treatment. Although bifid uvula looks benign in most patients, it may sometimes be associated with catastrophic complications. To conclude, whenever bifid uvula is an incidental finding, it is the responsibility of the healthcare worker to plan a thorough patient workup as a primary preventive measure to rule out any complications whenever feasible. It can help us overcome many future unforeseen sequelae and emergency management due to bifid uvula.

Indexed as

Bifidcleft uvulanon-syndromicuvula

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PMID37654280
PMCPMC10466618
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