Research Papers
Teaching Video NeuroImages: Hemifacial spasm due to cerebellopontine angle mass.
Neurology • 2017 • Vol. 89 (18)
Arteaga, D; Cathcart, K; Guha, R
Deep neck infections: review of 263 cases.
Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology • 2017 • Vol. 71 (5)
OBJECTIVES: In patients hospitalized due to deep neck infections (DNIs), to investigate the association between demographic parameters, etiology, and localization of abscesses and/or phlegmons, compl…
Adovica, A; Ronis, M; Sumeraga, G
Clinical and radiographic evaluation of pulpectomy in primary teeth: a 18-months clinical randomized controlled trial.
Head & face medicine • 2017 • Vol. 13 (1)
BACKGROUND: To avoid untoward changes when primary teeth are replaced by permanent teeth, resorption of the material used in primary teeth root canal filling should occur at the same rate as root res…
Chen, X; Liu, X; Zhong, J
How practices can facilitate access for the gypsy traveller community.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (8)
Gypsy travellers have poor health in comparison to the UK average. They may struggle to access emergency and routine dental care because of social, educational and cultural barriers. General dental p…
Ireland, A; Walshaw, E
Holistic care should be coming your way.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (8)
In this Opinion article, Nairn Wilson argues that interprofessional, holistic healthcare provision greatly enhances general health and wellbeing. For dentistry-oral healthcare provision to realise it…
Wilson, N
Oral surgery II: Part 3. Cysts of the mouth and jaws and their management.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (8)
A cyst may be defined as a pathological (or abnormal) body cavity, usually lined by epithelium, which contains fluid (gas or liquid) or semi-solid substances other than (primarily) pus. Even this def…
Hill, C; Renton, T
Is it time to digitally enable dentistry with the rest of healthcare?
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (8)
Kholasi, T
Primary dental care: You're not serious.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (8)
Marshall, K
Low quality evidence for treatment approaches for oro-antral communications.
Evidence-based dentistry • 2017 • Vol. 18 (3)
Data sourcesCochrane Oral Health Group's Trials Register, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Medline via Ovid, Embase via Ovid, US National Institutes of Health Trials Regi…
Levine, M; Spivakovsky, S
Incidence of Otologic Symptoms and Evaluation of the Organ of Hearing in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders (TDM).
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research • 2017 • Vol. 23
BACKGROUND Numerous studies have discussed cases of concomitant temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and otologic symptoms (OS). However, attempts to determine the true origin of these symptoms combined…
Czajka-Jakubowska, A; Klatkiewicz, T; Maciejewska, B
Practices regarding human Papillomavirus counseling and vaccination in head and neck cancer: a Canadian physician questionnaire.
Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale • 2017 • Vol. 46 (1)
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) has recently been implicated as a causative agent in a rapidly growing number of oropharyngeal cancers. Emerging literature supports the hypothesis that HPV vac…
Anderson, S; Biron, V; Isaac, A
Haemorrhagic bullae in the oral mucosa with gingival bleeding.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) • 2017 • Vol. 359
Gonzalez-Arriagada, W; Rivera, C; Torres, I
Speech profile of patients undergoing primary palatoplasty.
Codas • 2017 • Vol. 29 (5)
PURPOSE: To characterize the profile and speech characteristics of patients undergoing primary palatoplasty in a Brazilian university hospital, considering the time of intervention (early, before two…
Alonso, N; Andrade, C; Mangilli, L
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the posterior-lateral border of tongue: a rare presentation.
BMJ case reports • 2017 • Vol. 2017
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is the most common malignant tumour of the major and minor salivary glands. Minor salivary glands are scattered in different areas of the oral cavity such as palate, re…
Janardhanan, M; Mathew, L; Savithri, V
Fluoride supplementation (with tablets, drops, lozenges or chewing gum) in pregnant women for preventing dental caries in the primary teeth of their children.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews • 2017 • Vol. 10 (10)
BACKGROUND: Dental caries (tooth decay) is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases. Caries prevalence in most industrialised countries has declined among children over the past few decades.…
Hoshi, K; Mori, R; Naito, T
Surgical Intervention for Behcet's Disease with Aorta Aneurysm and Pseudoaneurysm: Opposite Outcomes in Two Cases.
Chinese medical journal • 2017 • Vol. 130 (20)
Cai, J; Chen, Y; Cui, J
Web-Based Information on the Treatment of Tobacco Dependence for Oral Health Professionals: Analysis of English-Written Websites.
Journal of medical Internet research • 2017 • Vol. 19 (10)
BACKGROUND: Studies have been conducted on the content and quality of Web-based information for patients who are interested in smoking cessation advice and for health care practitioners regarding the…
Albuquerque, R; Catros, S; Diniz-Freitas, M
Epstein-Barr virus infection and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences • 2017 • Vol. 372 (1732)
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with multiple types of human cancer, including lymphoid and epithelial cancers. The closest association with EBV infection is seen in undifferentiated nasophary…
Lo, K; Tsang, C; Tsao, S
Soluble CD40L is associated with increased oxidative burst and neutrophil extracellular trap release in Behcet's disease.
Arthritis research & therapy • 2017 • Vol. 19 (1)
BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested that soluble factors in plasma from patients with active (aBD) and inactive (iBD) Behcet's disease (BD) stimulate neutrophil function. Soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) …
Andrade, L; Condino-Neto, A; de Brito, M
In vitro assessment of the ability of probiotics, blueberry and food carbohydrates to prevent S. pyogenes adhesion on pharyngeal epithelium and modulate immune responses.
Food & function • 2017 • Vol. 8 (10)
Group A streptococci (GAS) cause 20-30% of pediatric pharyngitis episodes, which are a major cause of ambulatory care visits. Therefore, a strategy to prevent GAS dissemination in children could sign…
Dalla Via, A; Del Bo', C; Frokiaer, H