Prashant Nair

7.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
67 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Prashant Nair is a scholar working on Oral Surgery, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Prashant Nair has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Oral Surgery, 13 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Prashant Nair's work include Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments (23 papers), Dental Radiography and Imaging (15 papers) and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (9 papers). Prashant Nair is often cited by papers focused on Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments (23 papers), Dental Radiography and Imaging (15 papers) and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (9 papers). Prashant Nair collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Israel. Prashant Nair's co-authors include U. Sjögren, Göran Sundqvist, Hubert E. Schroeder, Gunthild Krey, Stéphane Henry, Jorge Vera, Gion Pajarola, Karl‐Erik Kahnberg, Hans U. Luder and Henry F. Duncan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Prashant Nair

64 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Pathogenesis of Apical Periodontitis and the Causes of Endodontic Failures

2004 757 citations Prashant Nair profile →
On the causes of persistent apical periodontitis: a review

2006 727 citations Prashant Nair International Endodontic Journal profile →
Microbial status of apical root canal system of human mandibular first molars with primary apical periodontitis after “one-visit” endodontic treatment

2005 606 citations Prashant Nair, Stéphane Henry et al. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology profile →
Intraradicular bacteria and fungi in root-filled, asymptomatic human teeth with therapy-resistant periapical lesions: A long-term light and electron microscopic follow-up study

1990 564 citations Prashant Nair, U. Sjögren et al. Journal of Endodontics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Prashant Nair Switzerland	27	4.3k	1.1k	923	409	346	67	5.3k
Gunnar Bergenholtz Sweden	44	4.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	2.1k 2.2×	392 1.0×	159 0.5×	100	5.8k
Domenico Ricucci Brazil	41	5.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	343 0.8×	385 1.1×	76	5.7k
U. Sjögren Sweden	22	6.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	230 0.6×	475 1.4×	64	7.2k
Shanon Patel United Kingdom	49	6.5k 1.5×	406 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	590 1.4×	340 1.0×	125	7.3k
Kaare Langeland United States	37	3.8k 0.9×	545 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	179 0.4×	207 0.6×	110	4.5k
Harold R. Stanley United States	37	4.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	2.0k 2.2×	552 1.3×	130 0.4×	117	6.0k
Shahrokh Shabahang United States	28	3.3k 0.8×	384 0.3×	1.0k 1.1×	247 0.6×	167 0.5×	46	4.0k
Louis M. Lin United States	38	4.1k 0.9×	323 0.3×	851 0.9×	562 1.4×	223 0.6×	77	4.9k
Kee‐Yeon Kum South Korea	37	2.5k 0.6×	664 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	452 1.1×	248 0.7×	144	3.5k
Lars Bjørndal Denmark	33	3.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 2.0×	180 0.4×	59 0.2×	79	4.2k

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Nair, Prashant. (2014). What is on the horizon?. Journal of Conservative Dentistry. 17(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations

Nair, Prashant, Göran Sundqvist, & U. Sjögren. (2008). Experimental evidence supports the abscess theory of development of radicular cysts. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology. 106(2). 294–303. 38 indexed citations

Nair, Prashant, Malin Brundin, Göran Sundqvist, & U. Sjögren. (2008). Building biofilms in vital host tissues: a survival strategy of Actinomyces radicidentis. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology. 106(4). 595–603. 14 indexed citations

Nair, Prashant. (2007). Abusing technology? Culture-difficult microbes and microbial remnants. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology. 104(4). 569–570. 10 indexed citations

Nair, Prashant. (2006). On the causes of persistent apical periodontitis: a review. International Endodontic Journal. 39(4). 249–281. 727 indexed citations breakdown →

Nair, Prashant & Ariel Roguin. (2006). Statins and the acute coronary syndrome: ‘the early bird catches the worm’. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 60(6). 716–727. 3 indexed citations

Nair, Prashant, et al.. (2005). Microbial status of apical root canal system of human mandibular first molars with primary apical periodontitis after “one-visit” endodontic treatment. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology. 99(2). 231–252. 606 indexed citations breakdown →

Nair, Prashant, et al.. (2005). Quantitative histological features and ultrastructure of opercula of human teeth showing normal and delayed eruption. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 34(2). 109–115. 1 indexed citations

Nair, Prashant, et al.. (2003). Characterization of the Endosomal Sorting Signal of the Cation-dependent Mannose 6-Phosphate Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(27). 24753–24758. 12 indexed citations

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Nair, Prashant, Marc Baltensperger, Hans‐Ulrich Luder, & Gerold Eyrich. (2003). Pulpal response to Er:YAG laser drilling of dentine in healthy human third molars. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 32(3). 203–209. 28 indexed citations

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Nair, Prashant, U. Sjögren, David Figdor, & Göran Sundqvist. (1999). Persistent periapical radiolucencies of root-filled human teeth, failed endodontic treatments, and periapical scars. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology. 87(5). 617–627. 156 indexed citations

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Nair, Prashant. (1999). Cholesterol As An Aetiological Agent In Endodontic Failures—A Review. Australian Endodontic Journal. 25(1). 19–26. 35 indexed citations

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Nair, Prashant, U. Sjögren, & Göran Sundqvist. (1998). Cholesterol crystals as an etiological factor in non‐resolving chronic inflammation, an experimental study in guinea pigs. European Journal Of Oral Sciences. 106(2p1). 644–650. 55 indexed citations

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Nair, Prashant. (1997). Apical periodontitis: a dynamic encounter between root canal infection and host response. Periodontology 2000. 13(1). 121–148. 255 indexed citations

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Nair, Prashant, Gion Pajarola, & Hubert E. Schroeder. (1996). Types and incidence of human periapical lesions obtained with extracted teeth. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology. 81(1). 93–102. 260 indexed citations

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Walton, Richard E. & Prashant Nair. (1995). Neural elements in dental pulp and dentin. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology. 80(6). 710–719. 38 indexed citations

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Nair, Prashant & Hubert E. Schroeder. (1995). Number and size spectra of non-myelinated axons of human premolars. Anatomy and Embryology. 192(1). 35–41. 9 indexed citations

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Nair, Prashant, Hans U. Luder, & Hubert E. Schroeder. (1992). Number and size-spectra of myelinated nerve fibers of human premolars. Anatomy and Embryology. 186(6). 563–71. 11 indexed citations

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Krey, Gunthild, et al.. (1992). Numerical density of dentinal tubules at the pulpal wall of human permanent premolars and third molars. Journal of Endodontics. 18(3). 104–109. 38 indexed citations

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Nair, Prashant, U. Sjögren, Gunthild Krey, Karl‐Erik Kahnberg, & Göran Sundqvist. (1990). Intraradicular bacteria and fungi in root-filled, asymptomatic human teeth with therapy-resistant periapical lesions: A long-term light and electron microscopic follow-up study. Journal of Endodontics. 16(12). 580–588. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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