Research Papers
Redox injectable gel protects osteoblastic function against oxidative stress and suppresses alveolar bone loss in a rat peri-implantitis model.
Acta biomaterialia • 2020 • Vol. 110
Dental implant surgery is a routine treatment in clinical dentistry. However, implant surgery is associated with an increased risk of bacterially induced peri-implantitis and the production of reacti…
Hamada, N; Kawamata, R; Kimoto, K
Correlation of Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha -308G>A Polymorphism with Susceptibility, Clinical Manifestations, and Severity in Behcet Syndrome: Evidences from an Italian Genetic Case-Control Study.
DNA and cell biology • 2020 • Vol. 39 (7)
To investigate the association between a functional drug-response tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha gene polymorphism (at the positions of -308; rs1800629; NG_007462.1:g.4682G>A) and both disease susc…
Carbone, T; D'angelo, S; Lascaro, N
"End to Side Technique": More organ preservation with less morbidity in patients with pyriform sinus apex SCC.
American journal of otolaryngology • 2020 • Vol. 41 (4)
INTRODUCTION: Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is rare, but highly aggressive. Due to the advanced stage of this cancer at the time of diagnosis, radical surgery with reconstruction of ph…
Ahmadi, A; Jan, D; Sanaei, A
Dose compensation based on biological effectiveness due to interruption time for photon radiation therapy.
The British journal of radiology • 2020 • Vol. 93 (1111)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the biological effectiveness of dose associated with interruption time; and propose the dose compensation method based on biological effectiveness when an interruption occurs d…
Kawahara, D; Nagata, Y; Nakano, H
No differences in pain or infection in children with carious primary molars treated with a preventive strategy, a biological strategy, or caries removal and restoration.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) • 2020 • Vol. 151 (7)
Brignardello-Petersen, R
Developing a questionnaire to measure psychological disturbance associated with tooth loss.
Journal of dentistry • 2020 • Vol. 98
OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate a self-reporting measure to assess the psychological disturbance in adult patients with tooth loss and dentures Methods: Ethical approval obtained from the Health …
Baysan, A; Fenlon, M; Hill, K
Surgical Treatment of Symptomatic Small Medial Petrous Meningiomas Causing Trigeminal Neuralgia.
World neurosurgery • 2020 • Vol. 139
BACKGROUND: Symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia caused by small (<3 cm) skull base meningiomas is treated by radiosurgery or surgical resection. Although radiosurgery is less invasive, surgical resectio…
Day, J; Henson, J; Hundley, K
A cleft care workshop for speech and language pathologists in resource-limited countries: The participants' experiences about cleft care in Uganda and satisfaction with the training effect.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology • 2020 • Vol. 134
OBJECTIVES: workshops and specialized training programs are often inaccessible for speech and language pathologists (SLPs) based in resource-limited countries given the lack of supply, the long trave…
Alighieri, C; Bettens, K; Bruneel, L
Prosthesis Survival Rates and Prosthetic Complications of Implant-Supported Fixed Dental Prostheses in Partially Edentulous Patients.
Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists • 2020 • Vol. 29 (6)
PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence and distribution of prosthetic complications affecting implant-supported fixed dental prostheses (ISFDPs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Subjects previously treated with…
Barmak, A; Chochlidakis, K; Einarsdottir, E
Image distortion of intra-oral photographs: The root coverage model.
Journal of clinical periodontology • 2020 • Vol. 47 (7)
AIM: Clinical photographs have been advocated in studies dealing with the quantity of root coverage. Changes in different angles of the camera when taking a photograph may lead to parallax errors res…
Bouchard, P; Damman, D; Garabetyan, J
Layperson and Dental Professional Perception When Evaluating Their Own Virtually 2D or 3D Simulated Esthetic Discrepancies.
Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists • 2020 • Vol. 29 (6)
PURPOSE: To analyze the perceptions of laypersons, dental students, and dentists regarding disparities of the maxillary dental midline and the occlusal plane (OP) when analyzing their own 2D or 3D cl…
Ashby, M; Barrington, J; Meyer, M
Simultaneous Placement of Endosseous Implants in Free Fibula Flap for Reconstruction of Mandibular Resection Defects.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery • 2020 • Vol. 31 (5)
Functional reconstruction of the jaw defect due to tumor resection poses a challenging problem in maxillofacial surgery. Large bone defects in the mandible due to ablation for tumors may generate a s…
Datarkar, A; Daware, S; Eitan, M
Diagnostic Performance of ICDAS II, FluoreCam and Ultrasound for Flat Surface Caries with Different Depths.
Ultrasound in medicine & biology • 2020 • Vol. 46 (7)
The use of ultrasound for the diagnosis of natural caries lesions with different depths on flat surfaces of permanent molar teeth was studied. A total of 200 freshly extracted permanent molar teeth w…
Avci, H; Celik, Z; Tagtekin, D
Measurement of eroded dentine tubule patency and roughness following novel dab-on or brushing abrasion.
Journal of dentistry • 2020 • Vol. 98
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of dab-on or brushing of stannous-fluoride SnF2 or sodium-fluoride NaF dentifrice on eroded dentine tubule patency, surface and inter-tubular dentine roughness, …
Alhaij, S; Appleton, P; Mohsen, B
Characterization of the immune profile of oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas with advancing disease.
Cancer medicine • 2020 • Vol. 9 (13)
We investigated whether a unique immune response was instigated with the development of oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas (OTSCC), with/without nodal involvement, with/without recurrent metastatic…
Bulsara, M; Friedland, P; Jacques, A
Long lasting trigeminal neuropathy, limbic encephalitis and abdominal ganglionitis without primary cancer: An atypical case of Hu-antibody syndrome.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery • 2020 • Vol. 194
OBJECTIVES: Anti-Hu antibodies (Hu-Abs) are the most frequent onconeural antibodies associated with paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes (PNS). PNS include a variety of neurological syndromes, affecti…
De Bleecker, J; De Schamphelaere, E; Geboes, K
Photobiomodulation therapy for the management of recurrent aphthous stomatitis in children: clinical effectiveness and parental satisfaction.
Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal • 2020 • Vol. 25 (4)
BACKGROUND: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) in the treatment of minor recurrent aphthous stomatitis (MiRAS) in children, in terms of pain relief…
Amadori, F; Bardellini, E; Conti, G
Evolution of COVID-19 Guidelines for University of Washington Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Patient Care.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons • 2020 • Vol. 78 (7)
The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (SC2) virus, in late December 2019 has placed an overwhelming strain on healthcare institutions nationwide. The modern h…
Bryson-Cahn, C; Chew, L; Dillon, J
Efficacy of surgery combined with postoperative (125) I interstitial brachytherapy for treatment of acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland in children and adolescents.
Pediatric blood & cancer • 2020 • Vol. 67 (7)
BACKGROUND: Acinic cell carcinoma (AciCC) is rare in children; therefore, reaching a consensus on its management is challenging and radiotherapy is limited by concerns about long-term toxicity. The p…
Huang, M; Li, J; Lyu, X
Slow-Growing Painless Parotid Nodule in a Woman in Her 40s.
JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery • 2020 • Vol. 146 (7)
Ori, M; Ricci, G; Sarno, A