Research Papers
Benign symmetric lipomatosis with lingual involvement: Case report and literature review.
Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2018 • Vol. 119 (2)
Benign symmetrical lipomatosis (BSL) is a rare disorder characterized by diffuse, multiple, symmetric and non-encapsulated fat masses generally localized in the face, neck and upper trunk. An uncommo…
Alvarez-Buylla Blanco, M; Gonzalez Poggioli, N; Herranz Gonzalez-Botas, J
Role of Neuron-Glial Interaction Mediated by IL-1beta in Ectopic Tooth Pain.
Journal of dental research • 2018 • Vol. 97 (4)
Although many reports have demonstrated that ectopic pain develops in the orofacial region following tooth pulp inflammation, which often causes misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment for patients …
Honda, K; IWATA, K; Kanno, K
Retrospective Study of Tapered One-Piece Implants Placed Over a Ten-Year Period in a Single Private Practice.
The Journal of oral implantology • 2018 • Vol. 44 (2)
Today, clinicians have a variety of treatment modalities available to address the increasing number of implant procedures performed each year. Single-stage implant surgery is now commonly used in imp…
D'Amore, J; Hong, A; Minichetti, J
Epigenetic down-regulation of SOX2 is an independent poor prognostic factor for hypopharyngeal cancers.
Histopathology • 2018 • Vol. 72 (5)
AIMS: We recently reported that a small subset (7%) of oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas completely lacking SOX2 expression had unique clinicopathological features and a dismal prognosis. The aim …
Avincsal, M; Fujikura, K; Furukawa, T
Assessment of interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-Alpha levels in the peri-implant sulcular fluid among waterpipe (narghile) smokers and never-smokers with peri-implantitis.
Clinical implant dentistry and related research • 2018 • Vol. 20 (2)
BACKGROUND: It is hypothesized that levels of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha are significantly higher in the peri-implant sulcular fluid (PISF) of waterpipe-smoker…
Abduljabbar, T; Akram, Z; Javed, F
Reduced antibiotic prescription rates following physician-targeted interventions in a dental practice.
Acta odontologica Scandinavica • 2018 • Vol. 76 (3)
BACKGROUND: The prescription rate for antibiotics in dental clinics is not declining despite the increase in the antibiotic resistance problem. In this study, we observed the change in antibiotic pre…
Bae, K; Choi, H; Kim, H
Simple and innovative method of removal of unfavourable root: technical note.
Tropical doctor • 2018 • Vol. 48 (2)
Extraction of teeth is one of the most commonly performed minor oral surgical procedures. However, some clinical situations render routine extractions challenging. Here we report such a situation and…
Jude, N; Kumar G, S; Rajendran, S
Factors Associated With Late Surgical Cancellations in Pediatric Plastic and Oral Surgery.
Annals of plastic surgery • 2018 • Vol. 80 (4)
BACKGROUND: Surgical cancellations that occur within 1 day of the procedure (ie, late cancellations) disrupt the efficiency of the operating room. The aim of the present study was to identify the fac…
Beijnen, U; Flath-Sporn, S; Labow, B
Postoperative efficacy analysis of patients with facial nerve palsy associated with cholesteatoma otitis media: Our experience with 32 patients.
Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery • 2018 • Vol. 43 (2)
Chen, Z; Feng, Y; Shi, H
Utilization of community health workers in Canada's Children's Oral Health Initiative for indigenous communities.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology • 2018 • Vol. 46 (2)
OBJECTIVE: The Children's Oral Health Initiative (COHI) is a federally funded community-based preventive dental programme implemented in geographically remote Canadian Indigenous communities. The stu…
Brancato, C; Bush, H; Kong, X
Speech evaluation after intravelar veloplasty. How to use Borel-Maisonny classification in the international literature?
Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2018 • Vol. 119 (2)
OBJECTIVE: Comparing functional outcomes after velar repair appeared to be difficult because of the absence of international standardized scale. Moreover most of the studies evaluating speech after c…
Chapuis Vandenbogaerde, C; Joly, A; Kadlub, N
Capnocytophaga endodontalis sp. nov., Isolated from a Human Refractory Periapical Abscess.
Current microbiology • 2018 • Vol. 75 (4)
A novel Gram-negative, capnophilic, fusiform bacterium, designated strain ChDC OS43(T), was isolated from a human refractory periapical abscess in the left mandibular second molar and was characteriz…
Chang, Y; Jo, E; Kim, H
Haemorrhage following transoral robotic surgery.
Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery • 2018 • Vol. 43 (2)
BACKGROUND: To report our experience of postoperative haemorrhage in patients following transoral robotic surgery (TORS). METHODS: Data were collected on patients having TORS. Postoperative haemorrha…
Boyle, J; Ganly, I; Hay, A
Association Between Marginal Jawbone Loss and Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Relationship to Plasma Levels of RANKL.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) • 2018 • Vol. 70 (4)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether periodontitis, characterized by marginal jawbone loss, precedes the onset of symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to analyze plasma levels of RANKL (a cytokine…
Johansson, I; Johansson, L; Kindstedt, E
Factors related to skeletal relapse in the two-jaw surgery treatment of mandibular prognathism.
Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2018 • Vol. 119 (2)
This study identified factors contributing to skeletal relapse in the two-jaw surgery treatment of mandibular prognathism. A set of three standardized lateral cephalograms (T1: before surgery, T2: im…
Chen, C; Chen, K; Chen, Y
Comment on "Effects of the GaAlAs diode laser (780 nm) on the periodontal tissues during orthodontic tooth movement in diabetes rats: histomorphological and immunohistochemical analysis".
Lasers in medical science • 2018 • Vol. 33 (3)
Farias, R
Parapharyngeal neuroglial heterotopia appearing as high uptake on (18)F-FDG PET: case report and literature review of radiographical findings.
Acta neurochirurgica • 2018 • Vol. 160 (4)
Parapharyngeal neuroglial heterotopia is a rare entity, and the specific radiographical findings are unclear. We present a case of parapharyngeal neuroglial heterotopia examined with proton magnetic …
Hayashi, T; Kameyama, M; Kanamori, M
The applications of regenerative medicine in sinus lift procedures: A systematic review.
Clinical implant dentistry and related research • 2018 • Vol. 20 (2)
BACKGROUND: Findings in regenerative medicine applied to the sinus lift procedures. PURPOSE: Evaluate the effectiveness of regenerative medicine in sinus lift. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An extensive sea…
Correia, F; Faria E Almeida, R; Felino, A
Intraoral versus extraoral cementation of implant-supported single crowns: Clinical, biomarker, and microbiological comparisons.
Clinical implant dentistry and related research • 2018 • Vol. 20 (2)
OBJECTIVES: Implant supported single metal-ceramic crowns cemented either extraorally or intraorally were comparatively evaluated by clinical, radiologic, biomarker, and microbiological parameters. M…
Buduneli, N; Kiran, B; Lappin, D
A prospective phase II study of combined androgen blockade in patients with androgen receptor-positive metastatic or locally advanced unresectable salivary gland carcinoma.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology • 2018 • Vol. 29 (4)
BACKGROUND: There is no standard first-line chemotherapy for recurrent/metastatic (RM) or unresectable locally advanced (LA) salivary gland carcinoma (SGC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a singl…
Fushimi, C; Hirai, H; Hoshino, E