Research Papers
Giant cell-rich osteosarcoma of the parotid gland: An exceptionally rare entity at an unusual site.
Diagnostic cytopathology • 2016 • Vol. 44 (12)
Giant cell-rich osteosarcoma is a rare histologic variant of conventional osteosarcoma that affects mainly the extremities. Extraskeletal giant cell-rich osteosarcoma is therefore exceedingly rare. H…
Ghazikhanian, V; Huang, E; Qian, X
Periodontitis contributes to adipose tissue inflammation through the NF-<kappa>B, JNK and ERK pathways to promote insulin resistance in a rat model.
Microbes and infection • 2016 • Vol. 18 (12)
This study aimed to investigate the mechanism by which periodontitis affects the inflammatory response and systemic insulin resistance in the white adipose and liver tissues in an obese rat model. Th…
Chen, G; Guo, W; Huang, Y
A systematic review of Fusobacterium necrophorum-positive acute tonsillitis: prevalence, methods of detection, patient characteristics, and the usefulness of the Centor score.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology • 2016 • Vol. 35 (12)
The purpose of this study was to review the current evidence for an association between Fusobacterium necrophorum (FN) and acute tonsillitis (AT), to assess the prevalence of FN in AT, to identify th…
Fuursted, K; Jorgensen, A; Klug, T
Skeletal stability of maxillary advancement with and without a mandibular reduction in the cleft lip and palate patient.
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2016 • Vol. 45 (12)
The stability of surgical maxillary advancement in a consecutive series of patients with cleft lip and palate who underwent Le Fort I osteotomy with and without simultaneous mandibular setback surger…
Heggie, A; Schneider, P; Shand, J
Efficacy of buprenorphine added to 2% lignocaine plus adrenaline 1:80,000 in providing postoperative analgesia after lower third molar surgery.
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2016 • Vol. 45 (12)
A number of trials have examined the peripheral analgesic effect of opioids, known to have an anti-nociceptive effect at the central and/or spinal cord level. This study aimed to evaluate the efficac…
Chhabra, N; Chhabra, S; Gupta, N
Two-Session Tumor and Retrogasserian Trigeminal Nerve-Targeted Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Secondary Trigeminal Neuralgia Associated with Benign Tumors.
World neurosurgery • 2016 • Vol. 96
OBJECTIVE: To investigate gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) for benign tumor-associated secondary trigeminal neuralgia (TN). METHODS: Between 2006 and 2015, 21 patients with secondary TN due to meningio…
Lee, D; Lee, J; Park, S
Importance of the Roughness and Residual Stresses of Dental Implants on Fatigue and Osseointegration Behavior. In Vivo Study in Rabbits.
The Journal of oral implantology • 2016 • Vol. 42 (6)
This study focuses on the fatigue behavior and bone-implant attachment for the more usual surfaces of the different CP-titanium dental implants. The implants studied were: as-received (CTR), acid etc…
Gil, F; Jimenez, A; Monsalve-Guil, L
Dental care in patients with epilepsy: a survey of 82 patients and their attending dentists and neurologists in southern Germany.
International dental journal • 2016 • Vol. 66 (6)
INTRODUCTION: The current study assessed the knowledge and attitudes of dentists and neurologists, and of their patients with epilepsy, in the catchment area of an outpatient clinic for epilepsy in s…
Fauser, S; Ludolph, A; Schopper, M
Revisiting the Pencil Wire Twister: An Instrument par excellence.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons • 2016 • Vol. 74 (12)
The need for twisting wires is an integral aspect of maxillofacial surgery. The act of using the commonly available wire twister exposes the operating surgeon as well as the patient to injury by the …
Agrawal, K; Pabari, M; Puri, V
Reorganization of muscle activity in patients with chronic temporomandibular disorders.
Archives of oral biology • 2016 • Vol. 72
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether reorganization of muscle activity occurs in patients with chronic temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and, if so, how it is affected by symptomatology severity. METHOD…
de Felicio, C; Giglio, L; Mapelli, A
Management of a Fractured Implant Abutment Screw.
The Journal of oral implantology • 2016 • Vol. 42 (6)
Flanagan, D
A study of periodontal disease awareness amongst third-year nursing students.
Contemporary nurse • 2016 • Vol. 52 (6)
Nurses make up a large portion of health care professionals, are part of the first line of health care and in a position to provide health education, advice and referrals for patients at high risk of…
Murray, J; Pai, M; Ribot, B
Detection of gonadal mosaicism in Hartsfield syndrome by next generation sequencing.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A • 2016 • Vol. 170 (12)
Babovic-Vuksanovic, D; Dhamija, R; Shi, Y
Gingival crevicular fluid volume and periodontal parameters alterations after use of conventional and self-ligating brackets.
Journal of orthodontics • 2016 • Vol. 43 (4)
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the alterations on plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), gingival bleeding index (GBI), and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) volume after use of thre…
Bergamo, A; da Silva, L; da Silva, R
IgV peptide mapping of native Ro60 autoantibody proteomes in primary Sjogren's syndrome reveals molecular markers of Ro/La diversification.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) • 2016 • Vol. 173
We have used high-resolution mass spectrometry to sequence precipitating anti-Ro60 proteomes from sera of patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome and compare immunoglobulin variable-region (IgV) pep…
Al Kindi, M; Chataway, T; Colella, A
Comparison between all-on-four and all-on-six treatment concepts and framework material on stress distribution in atrophic maxilla: A prototyping guided 3D-FEA study.
Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications • 2016 • Vol. 69
We evaluated two treatment concepts for the rehabilitation of moderate atrophic maxilla with dental implants (all-on-four and all-on-six) and the effect of framework material on the stress distributi…
Barao, V; Bhering, C; Consani, R
Physicochemical characterization of three fiber-reinforced epoxide-based composites for dental applications.
Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications • 2016 • Vol. 69
Fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) biomedical materials are in contact with living tissues arising biocompatibility questions regarding their chemical composition. The hazards of materials such as Bisp…
Bonfante, E; Bonon, A; Coelho, P
Light output from six battery operated dental curing lights.
Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications • 2016 • Vol. 69
Light Curing Units (LCUs) are used daily in almost every dental office to photocure resins, but because the light is so bright, the user is unable to tell visually if there are any differences betwee…
Harlow, J; Price, H; Price, R
Titanium dental implant surfaces obtained by anodic spark deposition - From the past to the future.
Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications • 2016 • Vol. 69
Commercial titanium-based dental implants are obtained applying various methods such as machining, acid etching, anodization, plasma spraying, grit blasting or combination techniques yielding materia…
Graf, H; Kaluderovic, M; Schreckenbach, J
Expression of type III interferons (IFNlambdas) and their receptor in Sjogren's syndrome.
Clinical and experimental immunology • 2016 • Vol. 186 (3)
Type III interferons (IFNs) or IFN-lambdas (IFN-lambda1/IL29, IFN-lambda2/interleukin (IL)-28A and IFN-lambda3/IL-28B) consist of a recently identified group of IFNs, implicated initially in several …
Andreakos, E; Apostolou, E; Giotakis, I