Research Papers
Again and again and will it be again?
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (11)
Hancocks, S
The GDC - a law unto itself?
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (11)
The following two pieces are published here to help highlight the parlous state of affairs between the British Dental Association ([BDA] the dental profession) and its regulator, the General Dental C…
Armstrong, M; Ward, P
Oral surgery II: Part 5. Chronic orofacial pain.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (11)
Chronic orofacial pain syndromes represent a diagnostic challenge for any practitioner. Patients are frequently misdiagnosed or attribute their pain to a prior event such as a dental procedure, ENT p…
Renton, T
Event report: 'A heart-warming and truly humbling experience'.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (11)
Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome without cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in Behcet's disease.
Journal of the neurological sciences • 2017 • Vol. 383
Akdal, G; Akman-Demir, G; Bajin, M
Third Dose of MMR Vaccine for Mumps Control.
The New England journal of medicine • 2017 • Vol. 377 (24)
Plotkin, S
Identi fi cation of Key Genes and Pathways in Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Bioinformatics Analysis.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research • 2017 • Vol. 23
BACKGROUND Tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) is a major type of oral cancers and has remained an intractable cancer over the past decades. The aim of this study was to identify differentially exp…
Fu, X; Liu, J; Yang, A
Periosteal desmoid tumour: a rare finding in the oral cavity.
BMJ case reports • 2017 • Vol. 2017
A 55-year-old female patient reported with an intraoral well-localised asymptomatic swelling on the right side of the mandible in relation to the right mandibular first molar along with a history of …
Bavle, R; Konda, P; Shruti, S
Smokeless Tobacco and Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders in South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco • 2017 • Vol. 20 (1)
More than 250 million South and South East Asians use SLT in some form. As cigarettes prices climb up all over the world, more people could potentially take up SLT, particularly in the absence of epi…
Christianson, L; Ekwunife, O; Khan, S
Parental occupations, educational levels, and income and prevalence of dental caries in 3-year-old Japanese children.
Environmental health and preventive medicine • 2017 • Vol. 22 (1)
BACKGROUND: Most studies have investigated the association between parental socioeconomic factors and dental caries in children based on educational and income levels; studies focusing on parental oc…
Arakawa, M; Furukawa, S; Kato, H
p53R2 as a novel prognostic biomarker in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
BMC cancer • 2017 • Vol. 17 (1)
BACKGROUND: p53R2 is a target of p53 gene, which is essential for DNA repair, mitochondrial DNA synthesis, protection against oxidative stress, chromosomal instability, chronic inflammation and tumor…
Cai, M; Chen, J; Li, S
Whole-exome sequencing to identify novel mutations of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome in a Chinese population.
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers • 2017 • Vol. 21 (1)
BACKGROUND: Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) is a rare autosomal dominant disease with a complex genetic etiology. Although three causative genes (PTCH1, PTCH2, SUFU) have been identified…
Gu, J; Lu, N; Qi, F
Teaching Video NeuroImages: Trigeminal neuralgia due to compression by the superior cerebellar artery.
Neurology • 2017 • Vol. 89 (24)
Bakhsheshian, J; Goshtasbi, K; Pham, M
Apical periodontitis in southern Estonian population: prevalence and associations with quality of root canal fillings and coronal restorations.
BMC oral health • 2017 • Vol. 17 (1)
BACKGROUND: Apical periodontitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease around the apex of a tooth root. Reported prevalence of AP ranges from 27% to 83% while the data about most post-Soviet countries are …
Mandar, R; Nguyen, M; Saag, M
Getting to the Root of Fine Motor Skill Performance in Dentistry: Brain Activity During Dental Tasks in a Virtual Reality Haptic Simulation.
Journal of medical Internet research • 2017 • Vol. 19 (12)
BACKGROUND: There is little evidence considering the relationship between movement-specific reinvestment (a dimension of personality which refers to the propensity for individuals to consciously moni…
Bridges, S; Burrow, M; Leung, W
In silico modelling to differentiate the contribution of sugar frequency versus total amount in driving biofilm dysbiosis in dental caries.
Scientific reports • 2017 • Vol. 7 (1)
Dental caries is the most prevalent infection globally and a substantial economic burden in developed countries. Dietary sugars are the main risk factor, and drive increased proportions of acid-produ…
A Devine, D; Head, D; Marsh, P
[Establishment of rat model with diabetes mellitus and concomitant periodontitis and the carotid artery lesions in the model rats].
Zhonghua kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Zhonghua kouqiang yixue zazhi = Chinese journal of stomatology • 2017 • Vol. 52 (12)
Objectives: To establish SD rat model with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and concomitant chronic periodontitis (CP) and to evaluate the influence of periodontitis on the vascular lesions of type 2 di…
Gao, J; Ge, X; Li, H
[How to write and publish a scientific article in stomatology].
Zhonghua kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Zhonghua kouqiang yixue zazhi = Chinese journal of stomatology • 2017 • Vol. 52 (12)
The general principles and key points in writing of a scientific article in stomatology were interpreted based on the national guideline and the author's personal experiences in the present article. …
Gao, X
Horizontal ridge reconstruction of the anterior maxilla using customized allogeneic bone blocks with a minimally invasive technique - a case series.
BMC oral health • 2017 • Vol. 17 (1)
BACKGROUND: Different surgical procedures have been proposed to achieve horizontal ridge reconstruction of the anterior maxilla; all these procedures, however, require bone replacement materials to b…
Fortin, T; Mangano, F; Perriat, M
An unusual osteoma in the mandibular condyle and the successful replacement of the temporomandibular joint with a custom-made prosthesis: a case report.
BMC research notes • 2017 • Vol. 10 (1)
BACKGROUND: An osteoma is a benign tumor of bone with unknown etiology and is considered rare, mostly restricted to the craniofacial skeleton. CASE PRESENTATION: This case report describes an uncommo…
Cavalcante, R; de Albuquerque Cavalcante, M; de Carvalho Coutinho, T