Research Papers
An assessment of strategies to control dental caries in Aboriginal children living in rural and remote communities in New South Wales, Australia.
BMC oral health • 2018 • Vol. 18 (1)
BACKGROUND: A community-led oral health service for Aboriginal people in Central Northern NSW identified the need for oral health promotion, as well as dental treatment; in three remote communities w…
Binge, N; Blinkhorn, A; Dimitropoulos, Y
Photodynamic therapy with Bixa orellana extract and LED for the reduction of halitosis: study protocol for a randomized, microbiological and clinical trial.
Trials • 2018 • Vol. 19 (1)
BACKGROUND: Halitosis is an unpleasant breath odour that can interfere with the professional life, social life and quality of life of people who suffer from it. A modality of treatment that has been …
Bitencourt, G; Bussadori, S; Cavalcante, L
Exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis of the OHIP-Edent instrument.
Brazilian oral research • 2018 • Vol. 32
Several instruments have been used to measure oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). The Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) questionnaire was based on the concept that sequential events related…
Faot, F; Leite, F; Machado, R
Immunohistochemical expression of RANKL in oral giant cell lesions is predictive of aggressiveness.
Brazilian oral research • 2018 • Vol. 32
The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) and of osteoprotegerin (OPG), important proteins correlated wit…
Capella, D; Gondak, R; Martini, G
Restoring a perspective.
British dental journal • 2018 • Vol. 225 (8)
Hancocks, S
Child capacity and protection: Gillick research needed.
British dental journal • 2018 • Vol. 225 (8)
Jacobs, A; McCrory, P
CBCT scans: Teleradiology services.
British dental journal • 2018 • Vol. 225 (8)
Harvey, S
Health-Seeking Behaviour and Delayed Presentation of Oral Cancer Patients in a Developing Country: A Qualitative Study based on the Self-Regulatory Model.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP • 2018 • Vol. 19 (10)
Background: The aim of this study was to explore reasons for delayed health-seeking for late stage oral cancer patients. Methods: Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 35 oral cance…
Azhar, N; Doss, J
In vivo evaluation of chitosan based local delivery systems for atorvastatin in treatment of periodontitis.
International journal of pharmaceutics • 2018 • Vol. 550 (1-2)
Periodontitis is a local inflammatory disease initiated by bacteria accumulation and results in cytokine mediated alveolar bone resorption and tissue destruction. In this study, the effect of locally…
Akca, G; Comerdov, E; Ilarslan, Y
Factors associated with the non-wear of mandibular dentures in the Brazilian public primary health care.
Brazilian oral research • 2018 • Vol. 32
This study investigated factors that affect the use of complete conventional mandibular dentures (CCMD) by patients of the Brazilian Public Health Service. For this, two hundred and thirty one subjec…
Boa, J; Cota, L; Ferreira, E
Increased Plasma Circulating Cell-Free DNA Could Be a Potential Marker for Oral Cancer.
International journal of molecular sciences • 2018 • Vol. 19 (11)
BACKGROUND: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a disease that affects patients worldwide. DNA of dead cells is released into the blood stream and may be isolated from plasma or serum samples. Thi…
Chang, K; Cheng, H; Kao, S
Nanofibrous Spongy Microspheres To Distinctly Release miRNA and Growth Factors To Enrich Regulatory T Cells and Rescue Periodontal Bone Loss.
ACS Nano • 2018 • Vol. 12 (10)
In addition to T cells' roles in immune response and autoimmune diseases, certain types of T cells, called regulatory T cells (Tregs), play important roles in microenvironment modulation for resoluti…
Chen, X; Liu, Z; Ma, P
Nimbolide, a neem limonoid inhibits cytoprotective autophagy to activate apoptosis via modulation of the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3beta signalling pathway in oral cancer.
Cell death & disease • 2018 • Vol. 9 (11)
Of late, nimbolide, a limonoid from the neem tree (Azadirachta indica) has gained increasing research attention owing to its potent antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing effects. The present study…
Bhutia, S; Dwivedi, A; Kowshik, J
[Clinical features of patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome complicated with venous thrombosis].
Zhonghua yi xue za zhi • 2018 • Vol. 98 (39)
Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics of primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) with venous system thrombosis (VT), and to improve the understanding of the disease. Methods: The clinical and l…
Lu, Y; Zhang, Y
ERK phosphorylation functions in invadopodia formation in tongue cancer cells in a novel silicate fibre-based 3D cell culture system.
International journal of oral science • 2018 • Vol. 10 (4)
To screen for additional treatment targets against tongue cancer, we evaluated the contributions of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK), AKT and ezrin in cancer development. Immunohistochemical…
Adachi, T; Koshinuma, S; Machida, Y
Risk Factor in Endodontic Treatment: Topographic Evaluation of Mandibular Posterior Teeth and Lingual Cortical Plate Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CT).
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research • 2018 • Vol. 24
BACKGROUND Topographic relationships of mandibular posterior teeth with mandibular cortical plate are extremely important both in terms of infection spread and endodontic and surgical procedures to b…
Aksoy, U; Orhan, K
Mumps Outbreak in a Marshallese Community - Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado, 2016-2017.
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report • 2018 • Vol. 67 (41)
In January 2017, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) identified four epidemiologically linked cases of mumps among persons from a Marshallese community who were members o…
Albanese, B; Barnes, M; Burakoff, A
The association of the Bolsa Familia Program with children's oral health in Brazil.
BMC public health • 2018 • Vol. 18 (1)
BACKGROUND: Several studies have demonstrated that Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs reduce poverty/inequity and childhood mortality. However, none of these studies investigated the link betwe…
Calvasina, P; O'Campo, P; Oliveira, J
Predicting Tumor Sensitivity to Chemotherapeutic Drugs in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients.
Scientific reports • 2018 • Vol. 8 (1)
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) patients respond poorly to chemotherapy. We analyzed the expression of 11 drug response-related genes in 31 OSCC biopsies, collected prior to any treatment, using …
Dakshinamoorthy, M; Dhandapani, M; Ganapathyagraharam Ramamoorthy, B
Whole-volume ADC Histogram and Texture Analyses of Parotid Glands as an Image Biomarker in Evaluating Disease Activity of Primary Sjogren's Syndrome.
Scientific reports • 2018 • Vol. 8 (1)
Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) has proven to be sensitive for detecting early injury to the parotid gland in pSS (primary Sjogren's syndrome). Here, we explored the application of ADC histogram and…
Chen, W; Chu, C; He, J