Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral Diagnosis at the School of Dentistry, State University of Campinas.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

• Dentistry (2005), School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, São Paulo State University, Brazil;
• Master (2008), Graduate Program in Estomatopatologia, School of Dentistry, State University of Campinas;
• Visiting Scholar (2009), Oral Pathology Department, School of Clinical Dentistry, The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom;
• PhD degree (2010), Graduate Program in Estomatopatologia, School of Dentistry, State University of Campinas;

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Supportive care in dentistry for patients undergoing cancer treatment (head and neck radiotherapy).
• Radiation-related caries: pathogenesis and microscopic features.
• DNA ploidy in malignant and premalignant oral lesions.
• Clinicopathological aspects of the oral squamous cell carcinoma in young patients.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Fonseca FP, Ramos LMA, Vargas PA, Almeida OP, Lopes MA, Santos-Silva AR. Oral adenosquamous carcinoma: evidence that it arises from the surface mucosal epithelium. Histopathology. 2012; 61: 321-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04257.x
• Oliveira Gondak R, Mariano FV, Dos Santos Silva AR, Vargas PA, Lopes MA. Single Oral Paracoccidioidomycosis Mimicking Other Lesions: Report of Eight Cases. Mycopathologia. 2012; 173: 47- 52. doi: 10.1007/s11046-011-9461-3
• Hopp RN, Pucci J, Santos-Silva AR, Jorge J. Osteonecrosis After Administration of Intravitreous Bevacizumab. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012; 70: 632-635. doi:10.1016/j.joms.2011.02.104
• Arriagada WAG, Santos-Silva AR, Ito FA, Vargas PA, Seight P, Bingle L, Lopes MA. Expression pattern of PLUNC proteins as an auxiliary tool for the diagnosis of high grade mucoepidermoid arcinoma of the salivary gland. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine. 2012. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2012.01145.x. [Epub ahead of print].
• Santos-Silva AR, Ribeiro ACP, Soubhia AMP, Miyahara GI Carlos R, Speight P, Hunter KD, Torres-Rendon A, Vargas PA, Lopes MA. High incidences of DNA ploidy abnormalities in tongue squamous cell carcinoma of young patients: an international collaborative study. Histopathology, v.58, p.1127-1135, 2011.
• Arriagada WAG, Santos-Silva AR, Ito FA, Vargas PA, Lopes MA. Calcifications may be a frequent finding in mucoepidermoid carcinomas of the salivary glands: A clinicopathological study. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontics, v. 111, p. 482-485, 2011.
• Santos-Silva AR, Ribeiro ACP, Furuse CF, Simonato LE, Mattar NJ, Soubhia AMP, Miyahara GI. Maxillary osteosarcoma in a young patient undergoing postorthodontic treatment follow-up: The importance of ongoing oral examinations. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, v. 139, p. 845-848, 2011.
• Hopp RN, Pucci J, Santos-Silva AR, Jorge Junior J. Osteonecrosis after administration of intravitreous bevacizumab. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2011 Jul 12 [Epub ahead of print].
• Santos-Silva AR, Rosa GAB, Brandao TB. Increased risk for radiation-related caries in cancer patients using topical honey for the prevetion of oral mucositis. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2011 Jun 21. [Epub ahead of print].
• Gondak RO, Mariano FV, Santos-Silva AR, Vargas PA, Lopes MA. Single oral paracoccidioidomycosis mimicking other lesions: report of eight cases. Mycopathologia 2011 (aceito para publicação).
• Silva ARS, Alves FA, Berger SB, Giannini M, Goes MF, Lopes MA. Radiation-related caries and early restoration failure in head and neck cancer patients. A polarized light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy study. Supportive Care in Cancer, v. 18, p. 83-87, 2010.
• Silva ARS, Vargas PA, Ribeiro ACP, Martinez-Mata G, Coletta RD, Lopes MA. Fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of cervical tuberculosis and paracoccidioidomycosis. Cytopathology, v. 21, p. 66-68, 2010.
• Ribeiro ACP, Simonato LE, Santos-Silva AR, de Moraes NP, Soubhia AMP, Santos Silva AR. Formalin burn. British Dental Journal, v. 209, p. 4-4, 2010.
• Santos-Silva AR, Correa MB, Vargas PA, Almeida OP, Lopes MA. Bazex Syndrome (Acrokeratosis Paraneoplastica) Diagnosed in a Patient with Oral Persistent Ulcerations. Head and Neck Pathology, v. 4, p. 312-317, 2010.
• Silva ARS, Alves FA, Antunes A, Goes MF, Lopes MA. Patterns of Demineralization and Dentin Reactions in Radiation-Related Caries. Caries Research, v. 43, p. 43-49, 2009.
• Ribeiro ACP, Silva ARS, Simonato LE, Salzedas LMP, Sundefeld MLMM, Soubhia AMP. Clinical and histopathological analysis of oral squamous cell carcinoma in young people: A descriptive study in Brazilians. British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, v. 47, p. 95-98, 2009.
• Carlos-Bregni Roman, Vargas PA, Santos-Silva AR, Chaves-Netto HDM, de Moraes M, Lopes MA. Adenomatoid Odontogenic Hamartoma: Concerns About Correct Nomenclature and 2 Additional Case Reports. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, v. 67, p. 1779-1780, 2009.
• Rocha LA, Lopes SMP, Silva ARS, Lopes MA, Vargas PA. Oral intraneural perineurioma: report of two cases. Clinics (USP) v. 64, p. 1037-1039, 2009.
• Silva ARS, Carlos-Bregni R, Vargas PA, Almeida OP, Lopes MA. Peripheral developing odontoma in newborn. Report of two cases and literature review. Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal (Internet), p. e612-e615, 2009.
• Gueiros L, Santos-Silva AR, Romanach M, Leon J, Lopes MA, Jorge J. Distinctive aspects of oral hyaline ring granulomas. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics v.106, p. e35-e39, 2008.
• Soubhia AMP, Ribeiro ACP, Martins LD, Silva ARS, Lopes MA. Unusual wooden foreign body in the palate. British Dental Journal, v. 203, p. 573-574, 2007.