Vini Mehta

Adjunctive antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in the nonsurgical treatment of periodontitis: an umbrella review

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been proposed as a locally acting adjunct to subgingival instrumentation for periodontitis. This umbrella review aimed to synthesize and critically appraise systematic reviews of adjunctive aPDT during active nonsurgical periodontal t...

Age Cohort Patterns of Socioeconomic Inequalities in High-Risk Body Mass Index (BMI) and Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) Composite: Findings from Nationally Representative Survey

<title>Abstract</title> Background Obesity is a growing global health challenge, with central adiposity posing particularly high cardiometabolic risk. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) like India, the coexistence of undernutrition and obesity reflects a double burden of...