Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences

SwinDent-Seg: Hybrid Swin transformer-CNN with cross-scale feature fusion for automated detection and segmentation of dental pathologies in panoramic radiographs

Background: Automatic detection and segmentation of dental diseases from panoramic x-ray images have been a difficult task to achieve due to the problems of class imbalance and varying sizes of lesions, as well as the inconspicuous nature of early caries. This paper introduces Sw...

A Service Pressure Index (SPI) for quantifying service pressure in India’s public oral health system and its implications for curative care and Public Health Dentistry

Public oral health services in India show a persistent mismatch between nominal workforce availability and effective service delivery. Despite infrastructure and sanctioned posts, care remains predominantly symptomatic, indicating underlying system level constraints. Conventional...

Foreign body–associated maxillary sinus aspergillosis caused by Endomethasone extrusion: diagnostic challenges, biological mechanisms, and surgical management

Extrusion of endodontic sealers into the maxillary sinus is an uncommon but clinically significant complication, particularly when biologically active zinc oxide–eugenol–based materials are involved. Their persistence within the sinus may impair mucociliary clearance and sustain...

Association Between Dental Anxiety, Smoking, and Alcohol Consumption Among Adults in Guntur City: An Analytical Cross-sectional Study

Background Dental anxiety is a common psychological condition significantly affecting treatment outcomes and oral healthcare-seeking behaviors. Alcohol and tobacco use, combined with dental anxiety, are known risk factors for oral diseases, which makes them less likely to seek pr...