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Associate Professor Rohana De Silva (Kumara)

PositionAssociate Professor
DepartmentDepartment of Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences
QualificationsBDS (S Lanka) FDSRCPSGlas FFDRCSI FDSRCS
Research summaryDental implants and post-operative pain management

Research

Associate Professor Kumara De Silva has special interest in exploring the avenues to find ways of rehabilitating partial and complete edentulous patients with economical use of dental implants.The focus is to look for ways of rehabilitating patients in the shortest possible time following dental extractions using the minimum number of implant fixtures. His research expands further into analysing the quality of life of individuals treated with dental implants and to find the feasibility of using metal-free implant fixtures.This area of research was accepted as an area of research strength by the University of Otago.

He also conducts research also conducts research in the management of post- operative pain after surgical removal of wisdom teeth and to evaluate the metabolism of commonly used analgesics in the body. Several double-blinded crossover trials were conducted to compare different analgesics commonly used in the management of post-operative pain after surgical removal of wisdom teeth. In addition, he has designed a new flap technique for removal of wisdom teeth to minimise post-operative complications.

Publications

Kallarakkal, T. G., Siriwardena, B. S. M. S., Samaranayaka, A., De Silva, R., & Tilakaratne, W. M. (2022). A validated predictive model for risk of nodal metastasis in node negative oral squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa and tongue. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jop.13294

Naung, N. Y., Duncan, W. J., De Silva, R. K., & Coates, D. E. (2021). HGF/MET in osteogenic differentiation of primary human palatal periosteum-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Journal of Oral Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.2334/josnusd.21-0164

Won, J., De Silva, H. L., De Silva, R. K., & Colambage, S. (2020). An unusual lingual lesion: Actinomycosis of the tongue. Oral Surgery, 13(1), 33-36. doi: 10.1111/ors.12437

Won, J., De Silva, H. L., & De Silva, R. K. (2020). A diagnostic dilemma: An unusually large osteochondroma of the mandibular condyle and temporo-mandibular dysfunction. Oral Surgery, 13, 164-167. doi: 10.1111/ors.12471

Tilakaratne, W. M., Jayasooriya, P. R., Jayasuriya, N. S., & De Silva, R. K. (2019). Oral epithelial dysplasia: Causes, quantification, prognosis, and management challenges. Periodontology 2000, 80(1), 126-147. doi: 10.1111/prd.12259

Payne, A. G. T., Tawse-Smith, A., De Silva, R. K., & Duncan, W. J. (2010). Early and conventional loading: Early loading of two implants in the mandible and final restoration with a retentive-anchor-supported RDP. In D. Wismeijer, D. Buser & U. Belser (Eds.), ITI treatment guide: Loading protocols in implant dentistry: Edentulous patients (Vol. 4). (pp. 76-84). Berlin, Germany: Quintessence.

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Kallarakkal, T. G., Siriwardena, B. S. M. S., Samaranayaka, A., De Silva, R., & Tilakaratne, W. M. (2022). A validated predictive model for risk of nodal metastasis in node negative oral squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa and tongue. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jop.13294

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Naung, N. Y., Duncan, W. J., De Silva, R. K., & Coates, D. E. (2021). HGF/MET in osteogenic differentiation of primary human palatal periosteum-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Journal of Oral Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.2334/josnusd.21-0164

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Naung, N. Y., Duncan, W., De Silva, R., & Coates, D. (2019). Localization and characterization of human palatal periosteum stem cells in serum-free, xeno-free medium for clinical use. European Journal of Oral Sciences, 127, 99-111. doi: 10.1111/eos.12603

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Tilakaratne, W. M., Jayasooriya, P. R., Jayasuriya, N. S., & De Silva, R. K. (2019). Oral epithelial dysplasia: Causes, quantification, prognosis, and management challenges. Periodontology 2000, 80(1), 126-147. doi: 10.1111/prd.12259

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De Silva, R. K., Siriwardena, B. S. M. S., Samaranayaka, A., Abeyasinghe, W. A. M. U. L., & Tilakaratne, W. M. (2018). A model to predict nodal metastasis in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. PLoS ONE, 13(8), e0201755. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201755

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Best, A. D., De Silva, R. K., Thomson, W. M., Tong, D. C., Cameron, C. M., & De Silva, H. L. (2017). Efficacy of codeine when added to paracetamol (acetaminophen) and ibuprofen for relief of postoperative pain after surgical removal of impacted third molars: A double-blinded randomised control trial. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 75(10), 2063-2069. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2017.04.045

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Payne, A. G. T., Tawse-Smith, A., Wismeijer, D., De Silva, R. K., & Ma, S. (2017). Multicentre prospective evaluation of implant-assisted mandibular removable partial dentures: Surgical and prosthodontic outcomes. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 28(1), 116-125. doi: 10.1111/clr.12769

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Samaranayaka, C., Samaranayaka, A., Barson, D., & De Silva, R. K. (2017). Factors influencing trends in trauma-associated orbital cavity reconstruction procedures and time delay: New Zealand national data 2000–2014. Trauma, 20(4), 258-267. doi: 10.1177/1460408617719477

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Ma, S., Tawse-Smith, A., De Silva, R. K., Atieh, M. A., Alsabeeha, N. H. M., & Payne, A. G. T. (2016). Maxillary three-implant overdentures opposing mandibular two-implant overdentures: 10-year surgical outcomes of a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, 18(3), 527-544. doi: 10.1111/cid.12325

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Siddiqi, A., Duncan, W. J., De Silva, R. K., & Zafar, S. (2016). One-piece zirconia ceramic versus titanium implants in the jaw and femur of a sheep model: A pilot study. BioMed Research International, 2016, 6792972. doi: 10.1155/2016/6792972

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Dias, G. J., de Silva, R. K., Shah, T., Sim, E., Song, N., Colombage, S., & Cornwall, J. (2015). Multivariate assessment of site of lingual nerve. British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 53(4), 347-351. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2015.01.011

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Friedlander, L. T., Hussaini, H., Cullinan, M. P., Seymour, G. J., De Silva, R. K., De Silva, H., Cameron, C., & Rich, A. M. (2015). VEGF and VEGFR2 in dentigerous cysts associated with impacted third molars. Pathology, 47(5), 446-451. doi: 10.1097/pat.0000000000000272

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Siddiqi, A., Kieser, J. A., De Silva, R. K., Thomson, W. M., & Duncan, W. J. (2015). Soft and hard tissue response to zirconia versus titanium one-piece implants placed in alveolar and palatal sites: A randomized control trial. Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, 17(3), 483-496. doi: 10.1111/cid.12159

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Atieh, M. A., Alsabeeha, N. H. M., Payne, A. G. T., de Silva, R. K., Schwass, D. R., & Duncan, W. J. (2014). The prognostic accuracy of resonance frequency analysis in predicting failure risk of immediately restored implants. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 25(1), 29-35. doi: 10.1111/clr.12057

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Siddiqi, A., Kieser, J. A., De Silva, R. K., McNaughton, A., & Duncan, W. J. (2014). Could the median-palate accommodate wide-bodied implants in order to support maxillary over-dentures? A radiomorphometric study of human cadavers. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 25(1), 101-109. doi: 10.1111/clr.12050

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Atieh, M. A., Alsabeeha, N. H. M., Duncan, W. J., de Silva, R. K., Cullinan, M. P., Schwass, D., & Payne, A. G. T. (2013). Immediate single implant restorations in mandibular molar extraction sockets: A controlled clinical trial. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 24(5), 484-496. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2011.02415.x

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Choi, H. J., De Silva, R. K., Tong, D. C., De Silva, H. L., Love, R. M., & Athens, J. (2013). The thickness of parietal bones in a New Zealand sample of cadaveric skulls in relation to calvarial bone graft. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction, 6(2), 115-120. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1343788

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Ng, D., De Silva, R. K., Smit, R., De Silva, H., & Farella, M. (2013). Facial attractiveness of skeletal Class II patients before and after mandibular advancement surgery as perceived by people with different backgrounds. European Journal of Orthodontics, 35(4), 515-520. doi: 10.1093/ejo/cjs028

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Siddiqi, A., Kieser, J. A., De Silva, R. K., McNaughton, A., Zafar, S., & Duncan, W. J. (2013). Trabecular bone microarchitecture in the median palate and maxillary premolar alveolar sites of edentulous elderly cadavers. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 71(11), 1852.e1-1852.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2013.07.019

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Goldsmith, S. M., De Silva, R. K., Tong, D. C., & Love, R. M. (2012). Influence of a pedicle flap design on acute postoperative sequelae after lower third molar removal. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 41(3), 371-375. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2011.08.006

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Alsabeeha, N. H. M., Payne, A. G. T., De Silva, R. K., & Thomson, W. M. (2011). Mandibular single-implant overdentures: Preliminary results of a randomised-control trial on early loading with different implant diameters and attachment systems. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 22(3), 330-337. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02004.x

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Campbell, D. I., De Silva, R. K., De Silva, H., Sinon, S. H., & Rich, A. M. (2011). Temporomandibular joint synovial chondromatosis with intracranial extension: A review and observations of patient observed for 4 years. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 69(8), 2247-2252. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2010.10.042

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Jattan, R., De Silva, H. L., De Silva, R. K., Rich, A. M., & Love, R. M. (2011). A case series of odontogenic keratocysts from a New Zealand population over a 20-year period. New Zealand Dental Journal, 107(4), 112-116.

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Parton, A. L., Tong, D. C., De Silva, H. L., Farella, M., & De Silva, R. K. (2011). A nine-year review of orthognathic surgery at the University of Otago. New Zealand Dental Journal, 107(4), 117-120.

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Siddiqi, A., Payne, A. G. T., De Silva, R. K., & Duncan, W. J. (2011). Titanium allergy: Could it affect dental implant integration? Clinical Oral Implants Research, 22(7), 673-680. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02081.x

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Alsabeeha, N. H. M., De Silva, R. K., Thomson, W. M., & Payne, A. G. T. (2010). Primary stability measurements of single implants in the midline of the edentulous mandible for overdentures. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 21, 563-566. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2009.01890.x

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Atieh, M. A., Payne, A. G. T., Duncan, W. J., de Silva, R. K., & Cullinan, M. P. (2010). Immediate placement or immediate restoration/loading of single implants for molar tooth replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, 25, 401-415.

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Campbell, D. I., Kuzmanovic, D., & DeSilva, R. K. (2010). Bimaxillary osteotomy in a young, edentulous patient with LADD syndrome. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 68(7), 1685-1690. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.07.095

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Tong, D. C., Kumar, R. R., Kok, S., De Silva, R. K., & Thomson, W. M. (2010). Patterns of maxillofacial fracture presentation in Dunedin from 2000 to 2005. New Zealand Dental Journal, 106(1), 16-19.

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Alsabeeha, N., Payne, A. G. T., De Silva, R. K., & Swain, M. V. (2009). Mandibular single-implant overdentures: A review with surgical and prosthodontic perspectives of a novel approach. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 20(4), 356-365. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2008.01666.x

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Reith, D., Medlicott, N. J., De Silva, R. K., Yang, L., Hickling, J., & Zacharias, M. (2009). Simultaneous modelling of the Michaelis-Menten kinetics of paracetamol sulphation and glucuronidation. Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, 36(1), 35-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.05029.x

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Hall, J. A. G., Payne, A. G. T., Purton, D. G., Torr, B., Duncan, W. J., & De Silva, R. K. (2007). Immediately restored, single-tapered implants in the anterior maxilla: Prosthodontic and aesthetic outcomes after 1 year. Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, 9(1), 34-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8208.2007.00029.x

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Zacharias, M., De Silva, R. K., Hickling, J., Medlicott, N. J., & Reith, D. M. (2007). Comparative safety and efficacy of two high dose regimens of oral paracetamol in healthy adults undergoing third molar surgery under local anaesthesia. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, 35(4), 544-549.

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Lou, S. M.-Y., Rich, A. M., De Silva, R. K., & Ferguson, M. M. (2006). Pleomorphic adenoma of a molar salivary gland. Oral Oncology EXTRA, 42, 170-172.

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Payne, A. G. T., Tawse-Smith, A., Thomson, W. M., Duncan, W., & Kumara, R. (2004). One-stage surgery and early loading of three implants for maxillary overdentures: A 1-year report. Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, 6(2), 61-74.

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Zacharias, M., De Silva, R. K., Herbison, P., & Templer, P. (2004). A randomized crossover trial of tenoxicam compared with rofecoxib for postoperative dental pain control. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, 32(6), 770-774.

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Payne, A. G. T., Tawse-Smith, A., Thomson, W. M., & Kumara, R. (2003). Early functional loading of unsplinted roughened surface implants with mandibular overdentures 2 weeks after surgery. Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, 5(3), 143-153. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8208.2003.tb00196.x

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Colquhoun, A. N., Cathro, I., Kumara, R., Ferguson, M. M., & Doyle, T. C. A. (2002). Bilateral coronoid hyperplasia in two brothers. Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, 31, 142-146.

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Fawcett, J. P., Kennedy, J., Kumar, A., Ledger, R., Kumara, R., Patel, M., & Zacharias, M. (2002). Comparative efficacy and pharmocokinetics of racemic bupivacaine and S-bupivacaine in third molar surgery. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 5(2), 199-204.

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Kumara, R., & Zacharias, M. (2002). Effectiveness of tramadol as an analgesic in oral surgery. New Zealand Dental Journal, 98(431), 9-11.

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Payne, A. G. T., Tawse-Smith, A. A., Duncan, W. J., & Kumara, R. (2002). Conventional and early loading of unsplinted ITI implants supporting mandibular overdentures. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 13, 603-609.

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Tawse-Smith, A. A., Payne, A. G. T., Kumara, R., & Thomson, W. M. (2002). Early loading on unsplinted implants supporting mandibular overdentures using a one-stage operative procedure with two different implant systems: A 2-year report. Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, 4, 33-42.

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Liston, P. N., Kumara, R., & Tong, D. C. (2001). Displaced polishing discs: two case reports and a review of the literature. British Dental Journal, 191, 74-76.

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Liston, P. N., Kumara, R., & Tong, D. C. (2001). Displaced polishing discs: Two case reports. British Dental Journal, 191(2), 74-76. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801099

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Payne, A. G. T., Tawse-Smith, A. A., Kumara, R., & Thomson, W. M. (2001). One-year prospective evaluation of the early loading of unsplinted conical Brånemark fixtures with mandibular overdentures immediately following surgery. Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, 3, 9-19.

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Tawse-Smith, A. A., Payne, A. G. T., Kumara, R., & Thomson, W. M. (2001). One-stage operative procedure using two differing implant systems: A prospective study on implant overdentures in the edentulous mandible. Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, 3, 185-193.

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Kumara, R., & Zacharias, M. (1998). Comparison of oral and intravenous routes of giving tenoxicam. New Zealand Dental Journal, 94(416), 50-53.

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Won, J., De Silva, H. L., & De Silva, R. K. (2020). A diagnostic dilemma: An unusually large osteochondroma of the mandibular condyle and temporo-mandibular dysfunction. Oral Surgery, 13, 164-167. doi: 10.1111/ors.12471

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Won, J., De Silva, H. L., De Silva, R. K., & Colambage, S. (2020). An unusual lingual lesion: Actinomycosis of the tongue. Oral Surgery, 13(1), 33-36. doi: 10.1111/ors.12437

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Goldsmith, S. M., Seo, B. L., de Silva, R. K., Parachuru, P., Rich, A. M., & Seymour, G. J. (2014). Oral mycosis fungoides: Report with immune profile. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology & Oral Radiology, 118(2), e48-e52. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2013.10.005

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Osman, R. B., Ma, S., Duncan, W., De Silva, R. K., Siddiqi, A., & Swain, M. V. (2013). Fractured zirconia implants and related implant designs: Scanning electron microscopy analysis. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 24(5), 592-597. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2011.02411.x

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Goldblatt, F., Highton, J., & Kumara, R. G. M. S. C. (2004). Temporomandibular joint pseudogout: An uncommon site for a familiar condition. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 63, 1706-1707. doi: 10.1136/ard.2003.019075

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