Research Papers
Safe New Approach to the Lingual Flap Management in Mandibular Augmentation Procedures: The Digitoclastic Technique.
Implant dentistry • 2017 • Vol. 26 (5)
PURPOSE: This article describes the digitoclastic technique, an innovative procedure for coronal displacement of the lingual flap. The new technique has the potential to obtain primary flap closure w…
Checchi, V; Felice, P; Pistilli, R
Heat Generation on Implant Surface During Abutment Preparation at Different Elapsed Time Intervals.
Implant dentistry • 2017 • Vol. 26 (5)
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate heat generation at the implant surface caused by abutment preparation using a diamond bur in a high-speed dental turbine in vitro at 2 different wat…
Al-Dwairi, Z; Aleisa, K; Al-Keraidis, A
Hydrochlorothiazide use is strongly associated with risk of lip cancer.
Journal of internal medicine • 2017 • Vol. 282 (4)
BACKGROUND: The diuretic hydrochlorothiazide is amongst the most frequently prescribed drugs in the United States and Western Europe, but there is suggestive evidence that hydrochlorothiazide use inc…
Friedman, G; Friis, S; Habel, L
Effect of Asymptomatic Visible Third Molars on Periodontal Health of Adjacent Second Molars: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons • 2017 • Vol. 75 (10)
PURPOSE: Evidence that asymptomatic third molars (M3s) negatively affect their adjacent second molars (A-M2s) is limited. The present study evaluated the association between visible M3s (V-M3s) of va…
Chen, F; Li, K; Li, Z
Increased expression of CD38 and HLADR in HIV-infected patients with oral lesion.
Journal of medical virology • 2017 • Vol. 89 (10)
Persistent immune actiation is associated with innadequate immune recovery in HIV-patients. This study assessed the relationship between frequency of expression of cell activation markers (CD38 and H…
Brites, C; Brites-Alves, C; Farias, E
Oral health-related quality of life and risk factors associated with traumatic dental injuries in Brazilian children: A multilevel approach.
Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology • 2017 • Vol. 33 (5)
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Among the diseases related to oral health, such as caries and oral cancer, dental trauma stands out as one of the major public health problems worldwide. The aim of this study was to…
Bomfim, R; De-Carli, A; Herrera, D
Increased oral inflammation, leukocytes, and leptin, and lower adiponectin in overweight or obesity.
Oral diseases • 2017 • Vol. 23 (7)
OBJECTIVES: The association between body mass index (BMI) and oral diseases was investigated, and levels of obesity-related inflammatory mediators were evaluated. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Participants (…
Izumi, Y; Pornprasertsuk-Damrongsri, S; Thanakun, S
Relationship Between Periodontal Screening and Recording Index Scores and Need for Periodontal Access Surgery.
Journal of periodontology • 2017 • Vol. 88 (10)
BACKGROUND: The validity of using pretreatment Periodontal Screening and Recording (PSR) index sextant scores to estimate periodontal access surgery needs is evaluated in patients with chronic period…
Loesche, W; Rams, T
Probabilistic Multiple-Bias Modeling Applied to the Canadian Data From the Interphone Study of Mobile Phone Use and Risk of Glioma, Meningioma, Acoustic Neuroma, and Parotid Gland Tumors.
American journal of epidemiology • 2017 • Vol. 186 (7)
We undertook a re-analysis of the Canadian data from the 13-country case-control Interphone Study (2001-2004), in which researchers evaluated the associations of mobile phone use with the risks of br…
Bedard, D; Cardis, E; Krewski, D
Comparison Between Cortical Drill and Cortical Tap and Their Influence on Primary Stability of Macro-Thread Tapered Implant in Thin Crestal Cortical Bone and Low-Density Bone.
Implant dentistry • 2017 • Vol. 26 (5)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of different surgical techniques on primary stability, particularly in poor-quality bone with or without a crestal cortical bone. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three implan…
Heo, D; Heo, Y; Kim, B
ACSS2 gene variant associated with cleft lip and palate in two independent Hispanic populations.
The Laryngoscope • 2017 • Vol. 127 (10)
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: A candidate variant (p.Val496Ala) of the ACSS2 gene (T > C missense, rs59088485 variant at chr20: bp37 33509608) was previously found to consistently segregate with nonsyndromi…
Alfonso, H; Aylward, A; Cai, Y
NUT carcinoma presenting in the palate - a case report.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica • 2017 • Vol. 125 (10)
NUT carcinomas (NC) are rare and aggressive tumours characterized by chromosomal rearrangements of the gene encoding for nuclear protein of the testis (NUT) located on chromosome 15q14. This article …
Bjornstrup, L; Kiss, K; Reibel, J
Improved sampling and analysis of images in corneal confocal microscopy.
Journal of microscopy • 2017 • Vol. 268 (1)
INTRODUCTION: Corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) is a noninvasive clinical method to analyse and quantify corneal nerve fibres in vivo. Although the CCM technique is in constant progress, there are me…
Fontain, F; Karlsson, P; Nyengaard, J
Hydraulic Transcrestal Sinus Lift: Different Patterns of Elevation in Pig Sinuses.
Implant dentistry • 2017 • Vol. 26 (5)
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate different patterns of sinus membrane elevation in pig jaws. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 30 pig jaws (60 sinuses) were used for the present investi…
Cho, Y; Chong, D; Kang, B
Nasal Soft Tissue Change Following Bimaxillary Orthognathic Surgery.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery • 2017 • Vol. 28 (7)
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to identify the correlation between maxillary movement and nasal soft tissue changes on three-dimensional reconstructed cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) im…
Jeong, H; Jung, H; Jung, Y
Anatomical Reconstruction of the Nasal Floor in Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair.
Annals of plastic surgery • 2017 • Vol. 79 (4)
BACKGROUND: Numerous methods exist for repairing unilateral cleft lips and mainly focus on cutaneous design to achieve sufficient rotation of the medial (M) cleft lip and produce a natural Cupid's bo…
Baek, R; Chang, L; Kim, B
Re: Wrong tooth extraction: an examination of 'Never Event' data.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery • 2017 • Vol. 55 (8)
Brennan, P
Asymptomatic Pigmented Lesions of the Gingiva.
JAMA dermatology • 2017 • Vol. 153 (10)
Alawi, F; Ojeda, D; Stoopler, E
Pattern of care and impact of prognostic factors in the outcome of ameloblastic carcinoma: a systematic review and individual patient data analysis of 199 cases.
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery • 2017 • Vol. 274 (10)
Ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare locally aggressive odontogenic neoplasm. These tumors are most commonly found to arise from mandible. Because of rarity, there is limited information about the clinic…
Giridhar, P; Mallick, S; Rath, G
Distress levels in patients with oropharyngeal vs. non-oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck over 1 year after diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer • 2017 • Vol. 25 (10)
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers have been associated with different demographic profiles and disease characteristics than HPV-unrelated cancers in head and neck patients, but d…
Bultz, B; Carlson, L; Groff, S