Research Papers
A New Modified Method for Accurate Mandibular Reconstruction.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons • 2018 • Vol. 76 (8)
Mandible plays a pivotal role for both function (mastication, swallowing, and phonation) and aesthetic. Traumas, osteomyelitis, osteoradionecrosis, and benign or malignant neoplasm can cause mandibul…
Shen, S; Wu, J; Yang, C
The CCL5/CCR5 Chemotactic Pathway Promotes Perineural Invasion in Salivary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons • 2018 • Vol. 76 (8)
PURPOSE: Perineural invasion (PNI) is a hallmark of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC) and represents an important risk factor for local recurrence and poor survival. However, the mechanism of …
Gao, T; Kang, X; Li, Y
Expression of cyclin D1 correlates with p27(KIP1) and regulates the degree of oral dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma differentiation.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology • 2018 • Vol. 126 (2)
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify an association or link between cyclin D1 and p27(KIP1) protein expression and dysplastic changes or progression. STUDY DESIGN: Oral mucosal biopsies …
Bakr, M; Firth, N; Guan, G
Prosthetic rehabilitation for a patient treated for embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.
The Journal of prosthetic dentistry • 2018 • Vol. 120 (2)
A female patient, now aged 17 years, was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) in the right pterygopalatine fossa when she was 3 years old. The RMS was successfully treated by excision, but the subse…
Benz, K; Jackowski, J; Kozmacs, C
Measuring anterior loop length of the inferior alveolar nerve to estimate safe zone in implant planning: A CBCT study in a Malaysian population.
The Journal of prosthetic dentistry • 2018 • Vol. 120 (2)
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) frequently loops backward before exiting from the mental foramen and spreads several millimeters medially to the foramen. Implant placement in …
Patil, P; Wong, S
Do denture processing techniques affect the mechanical properties of denture teeth?
The Journal of prosthetic dentistry • 2018 • Vol. 120 (2)
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Denture tooth fracture may limit the longevity of dental prostheses. Whether the strength of the denture tooth material is affected by the denture processing technique is unclea…
Cagna, D; Clements, J; Tantbirojn, D
Rehabilitation of edentulous jaws with zirconia complete-arch fixed implant-supported prostheses: An up to 4-year retrospective clinical study.
The Journal of prosthetic dentistry • 2018 • Vol. 120 (2)
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Limited data are available on the clinical outcomes of patients with edentulism treated with zirconia complete-arch fixed implant-supported prostheses (CAFIPs). PURPOSE: The pri…
Bidra, A; Patch, C; Tischler, M
Polymorphism of regulatory region of GHRL gene (-2531C>T) as a promising predictive factor for radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis in patients with head neck cancer.
Head & neck • 2018 • Vol. 40 (8)
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP; rs1629816) in the regulatory region (c.-2531C>T) of the ghrelin (GHRL) gene and…
Brzozowska, A; Ciesielka, M; Golebiowski, P
Interleukin-25 Axis Is Involved in the Pathogenesis of Human Primary and Experimental Murine Sjogren's Syndrome.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) • 2018 • Vol. 70 (8)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of the interleukin-25 (IL-25)/IL-17 receptor B (IL-17RB) axis in experimental Sjogren's syndrome (SS) and in patients with primary SS and primary SS-associated lymp…
Alessandro, R; Candore, G; Ciccia, F
The effect of implant-abutment junction position on crestal bone loss: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Clinical implant dentistry and related research • 2018 • Vol. 20 (4)
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of the apico-coronal implant position on early and late crestal bone loss (CBL), in bone and tissue level implants. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Electronic and manual lit…
Asa'ad, F; Lin, G; Ravida, A
Detecting the effect of bisphosphonates during osteoporosis treatment on jawbones using multidetector computed tomography: The OSTEOSYR project.
Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry • 2018 • Vol. 9 (3)
AIM: The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to investigate the effects of bisphosphonates (BP), prescribed for osteoporosis, on jawbones using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). METH…
Barngkgei, I; Khattab, R
Cost-effectiveness of sialendoscopy versus medical management for radioiodine-induced sialadenitis.
The Laryngoscope • 2018 • Vol. 128 (8)
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: The medical management and radiographic identification of radioiodine-induced sialadenitis (RAIS) is challenging. This study utilizes a cost-effectiveness analysis to compare u…
Jordan, J; Kowalczyk, D; Stringer, S
Zirconia-based and metal-based single posterior crowns probably have similar clinical outcomes after 5 years.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) • 2018 • Vol. 149 (8)
Brignardello-Petersen, R
Primary care physicians and nurses: Targets for basic periodontal education.
Journal of periodontology • 2018 • Vol. 89 (8)
BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis may improve patients' quality of life and reduce the lifelong social and financial burden inherent to treatment. Growing evidence supports the importance of a healthy peri…
Bugarin-Gonzalez, R; Diz-Iglesias, P; Estany-Gestal, A
Systematic review and meta-analysis of double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trials using probiotics in chronic periodontitis.
Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry • 2018 • Vol. 9 (3)
AIM: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of probiotics as an adjunct to scaling and root planning (SRP) in the treatment of chronic periodontitis (CP). METHODS: The focused ques…
Akram, Z; Hassan, N; Ikram, S
Apicoectomy and Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis of an Implant Infected by Apical (Retrograde) Peri-implantitis: A Case Letter.
The Journal of oral implantology • 2018 • Vol. 44 (4)
Bacchi, A; Bortoluzzi, M; Elias, C
Foreign Body Giant Cell Reaction to a Proplast/Teflon Interpositional Implant: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons • 2018 • Vol. 76 (8)
After discectomy, interpositional implants (IPIs) are believed to provide temporomandibular joint stability and protect against degenerative joint space remodeling. Alloplastic IPIs gained popularity…
Eisig, S; Lee, K; Perrino, M
Association between periodontal disease and gestational diabetes mellitus-A prospective cohort study.
Journal of clinical periodontology • 2018 • Vol. 45 (8)
AIM: This study aimed to determine the association between periodontal disease and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the effect of this association on pregnancy outcome in North Indian populati…
Gupta, M; Kumar, A; Lamba, A
Non-mumps Viral Parotitis During the 2014-2015 Influenza Season in the United States.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America • 2018 • Vol. 67 (4)
BACKGROUND: During the 2014-2015 US influenza season, 320 cases of non-mumps parotitis (NMP) among residents of 21 states were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We con…
Barnes, J; Blanton, L; Christensen, J
Influenza-Associated Parotitis During the 2014-2015 Influenza Season in the United States.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America • 2018 • Vol. 67 (4)
BACKGROUND: During the 2014-2015 influenza season in the United States, 256 cases of influenza-associated parotitis were reported from 27 states. We conducted a case-control study and laboratory inve…
Barnes, J; Blanton, L; Cole, S