Research Papers
A prospective evaluation of short-term dysphagia after transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx.
Cancer • 2017 • Vol. 123 (16)
BACKGROUND: Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) has been associated with improved long-term dysphagia symptomatology compared with chemoradiation. Dysph…
Abberbock, S; Albergotti, W; Anthony, K
Dexamethasone did not increase resolution of acute sore throat symptoms at 24 hours.
Annals of internal medicine • 2017 • Vol. 167 (4)
Fekete, T
Patterns of locoregional failure following post-operative intensity-modulated radiotherapy to oral cavity cancer: quantitative spatial and dosimetric analysis using a deformable image registration workflow.
Radiation oncology (London, England) • 2017 • Vol. 12 (1)
BACKGROUND: We sought to identify spatial/dosimetric patterns of failure for oral cavity cancer patients receiving post-operative IMRT (PO-IMRT). METHODS: Two hundred eighty-nine OCC patients receivi…
Beadle, B; Belal, A; El-Gowily, A
Diagnosing peri-implant disease using the tongue as a 24/7 detector.
Nature communications • 2017 • Vol. 8 (1)
Our ability of screening broad communities for clinically asymptomatic diseases critically drives population health. Sensory chewing gums are presented targeting the tongue as 24/7 detector allowing …
Dawe, H; Immohr, I; Karpisek, M
An unusual presentation of primary cutaneous amyloidosis.
Dermatology online journal • 2017 • Vol. 23 (8)
Primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis refers to a group of disorders characterized by deposition of amyloid in the dermis without any systemic involvement. It comprises the following clinical types…
Ahmed, R; Chander, R; Garg, T
Stathmin is overexpressed and regulated by mutant p53 in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR • 2017 • Vol. 36 (1)
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the oncogenic function and regulatory mechanism of stathmin in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). METHODS: Two-dimensional electrophoresis and l…
Fu, Y; Jiang-Li, ; Jin, S
Human papillomavirus in oropharyngeal cancer in Canada: analysis of 5 comprehensive cancer centres using multiple imputation.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne • 2017 • Vol. 189 (32)
BACKGROUND: The incidence of oropharyngeal cancer has risen over the past 2 decades. This rise has been attributed to human papillomavirus (HPV), but information on temporal trends in incidence of HP…
Belayneh, M; Cheung, W; Chu, K
Long-term stability of root coverage by coronally advanced flap procedures.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (3)
Is it of any clinical relevance to use in combination with a coronally advanced flap a xenograft, when there is only an additional 0.3 mm root coverage?
Call for change to child-focused terminology.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (3)
Prosthodontic planning in patients with temporomandibular disorders and/or bruxism: a systematic review.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (3)
It is some indictment, in that there were no studies with sufficient rigor to be included in this systematic review.
A new definition for oral health developed by the FDI World Dental Federation opens the door to a universal definition of oral health.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (3)
'...that will enable a conversation...'
Minimum intervention children's dentistry - the starting point for a lifetime of oral health.
British dental journal • 2017 • Vol. 223 (3)
Child-friendly minimum intervention dentistry (MID) dominates modern thinking and practice around delivery of oral care for children. It is an enormous challenge for our profession to move away from …
Innes, N; Manton, D
Maintaining Traditions: A Qualitative Study of Early Childhood Caries Risk and Protective Factors in an Indigenous Community.
International journal of environmental research and public health • 2017 • Vol. 14 (8)
In lower middle-income economies (LMIE), the nutrition transition from traditional diets to sugary foods and beverages has contributed to widespread early childhood dental caries. This qualitative st…
Funsch, E; Hargrave, A; Hoeft, K
Strategy for the treatment and follow-up of sinonasal solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma: a case series.
Journal of medical case reports • 2017 • Vol. 11 (1)
BACKGROUND: Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare neoplasm characterized by monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells outside bone marrow. It accounts for 4% of all non-epithelial sinonasal tumors. Ac…
Cantone, E; Capriglione, P; Catalano, L
Bimaxillary concomitant hypohyperdontia in a 10-year-old child.
BMJ case reports • 2017 • Vol. 2017
Numerical anomalies, either addition or deletion, are quite a common findings in human dentition. However, it is extremely rare to find both hypodontia and hyperdontia simultaneously in the same indi…
Arora, A; Kariya, P; Kulkarni, N
[Occlusion: current situation and prospect in view of holistic integrative medicine].
Zhonghua kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Zhonghua kouqiang yixue zazhi = Chinese journal of stomatology • 2017 • Vol. 52 (8)
The rise of holistic integrative medicine (HIM) is an inevitable consequence of modern medical development which emphasizes the change from specialization to integration of the most advanced medical …
Liu, X; Wang, M
[Oral maxillofacial-head and neck tumor and holistic integrative medicine].
Zhonghua kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Zhonghua kouqiang yixue zazhi = Chinese journal of stomatology • 2017 • Vol. 52 (8)
The advance of clinical diagnosis and treatment in oral and maxillofacial-head and neck tumors has been through the process of specialization and multidisciplinary cooperation. In most cases, a singl…
Zhang, C
[Periodontology from the perspective of holistic integrative medicine].
Zhonghua kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Zhonghua kouqiang yixue zazhi = Chinese journal of stomatology • 2017 • Vol. 52 (8)
Medical diciplines have been gradually differentiated and specialized during its developement, and problems due to deep specialization have been increasingly apparent. Its performance is as follows: …
Luan, Q
Association between chronic periodontitis and the risk of Alzheimer's disease: a retrospective, population-based, matched-cohort study.
Alzheimer's research & therapy • 2017 • Vol. 9 (1)
BACKGROUND: Although recent short-term cross-sectional studies have revealed that chronic periodontitis (CP) may be a risk factor for increased cognitive impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disea…
Chang, Y; Chen, C; Wu, Y
Long-term follow-up in primary Sjogren's syndrome reveals differences in clinical presentation between female and male patients.
Biology of sex differences • 2017 • Vol. 8 (1)
BACKGROUND: Despite men being less prone to develop autoimmune diseases, male sex has been associated with a more severe disease course in several systemic autoimmune diseases. In the present study, …
Baecklund, E; Brun, J; Eriksson, P