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Kristin K. McNamara

Dentistry · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2006Rising activity
Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyBone Tumor Diagnosis and TreatmentsOral Health Pathology and TreatmentOral and gingival health researchTumors and Oncological Cases

Publications

49

Citations

257

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

21

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
AI-generated

Kristin K. McNamara works in oral and maxillofacial pathology, focusing on diagnosing and characterizing rare diseases of the jawbones, oral soft tissues, and salivary glands, often through detailed case reports and larger retrospective case series. Her work primarily documents unusual tumors, cysts, bone lesions, and sarcomas found in the mouth and jaw, aiming to clarify diagnostic features and inform how such conditions are recognized and classified. This research is largely descriptive and clinical, drawing on pathology case archives rather than laboratory experiments.

Oral and jawbone pathologyOdontogenic cysts and tumorsHead and neck sarcomas and rare neoplasmsDiagnostic case reports and case seriesFibro-osseous and bone lesions of the jaws

Publication output has been variable but shows a recent increase, with a notable surge in 2024-2025 following lower activity in the mid-2010s to early-2020s.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 6 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 2 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 4 publications242025: 9 publications9252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology×21
  • Head and Neck Pathology×6
  • The Journal of the American Dental Association×2
  • Clinical Advances in Periodontics×1
  • Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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