Research Papers
Periodontal Health in Women With Early-Stage Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Newly on Aromatase Inhibitors: A Pilot Study.
Journal of periodontology • 2015 • Vol. 86 (7)
BACKGROUND: Aromatase inhibitor (AI) use results in low estrogen levels, which in turn affect bone mineral density (BMD). Periodontitis, alveolar bone loss, and tooth loss are associated with low BMD…
Braun, T; Giannobile, W; Inglehart, M
Periodontal Status and Whole Salivary Cytokine Profile Among Smokers and Never-Smokers With and Without Prediabetes.
Journal of periodontology • 2015 • Vol. 86 (7)
BACKGROUND: Whole salivary interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-6 in smokers and never-smokers with prediabetes remains uninvestigated. The aim of this study is to assess the periodontal status and whole sa…
Al Amri, M; Al-Askar, M; Al-Kheraif, A
Teeth grinding, oral motor performance and maximal bite force in cerebral palsy children.
Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry • 2015 • Vol. 35 (4)
AIM: Identify whether the degree of oral motor performance is related to the presence of teeth grinding and maximal bite force values in children with spastic cerebral palsy. METHODS: Ninety-five spa…
Botti Rodrigues Santos, M; de Oliveira Guare, R; Duarte Ferreira, M
Ribonucleotide reductase M2 subunit expression and prognostic value in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Molecular medicine reports • 2015 • Vol. 12 (1)
The ribonucleotide reductase M2 subunit (RRM2) modulates the enzymatic activity of ribonucleotide reductase, and is involved in tumor progression. Recently, high levels of RRM2 expression were report…
Cai, Q; Han, P; Huang, X
Age-related alteration of expression and function of TLRs and NK activity in oral candidiasis.
Oral diseases • 2015 • Vol. 21 (5)
OBJECTIVE: Roles of aging or immune responses mediated by Toll-like receptors and natural killer cell in the onset or progression of human candidiasis remain unclear. This study was designed to eluci…
Hasebe, A; Hata, H; Kitagawa, Y
Laser therapy reduces gelatinolytic activity in the rat trigeminal ganglion during temporomandibular joint inflammation.
Oral diseases • 2015 • Vol. 21 (5)
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether low-level laser therapy (LLLT) alters the expression and activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in the trigeminal ganglion (TG) during different stages of temporomandibular jo…
Desidera, A; Gerlach, R; Leite-Panissi, C
Single- or multiple-session viscosupplementation protocols for temporomandibular joint degenerative disorders: a randomized clinical trial.
Journal of oral rehabilitation • 2015 • Vol. 42 (7)
The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of two single-session protocols, either adopting high- (protocol A) or medium-molecular weight hyaluronic acid (protocol B), with the reference f…
Arboretti, R; Bonnini, S; Guarda-Nardini, L
Contamination of Composite Resin by Glove Powder and Saliva Contaminants: Impact on Mechanical Properties and Incremental Layer Debonding.
Operative dentistry • 2015 • Vol. 40 (4)
This study investigated the influence of digital manipulation of a composite resin (Z250; 3M ESPE, St Paul, MN, USA) with gloves contaminated with powder and/or human stimulated saliva on the mechani…
Cenci, M; Madruga, M; Martins, N
Sublingual gland is the origin of giant submandibular mucocele.
American journal of otolaryngology • 2015 • Vol. 36 (4)
Harrison, J
Demonstration of the disease activity by serial carotid artery ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and 18-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in a Behcet's disease patient with carotid artery stenosis.
European heart journal • 2015 • Vol. 36 (25)
Abe, T; Fukumoto, Y; Honda, A
Rutherfurd syndrome revisited: intellectual disability is not a feature.
Clinical dysmorphology • 2015 • Vol. 24 (3)
Clayton-Smith, J; Higgs, J
Factors related to receipt of dental care in Eastern Iowa nursing facilities.
Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry • 2015 • Vol. 35 (4)
OBJECTIVE: To assess factors related to nursing facility residents' receipt of dental treatment when it was offered on site. METHODS: Screening forms that included demographic, general, and dental he…
Caplan, D; Cowen, H; Ghazal, T
Lifestyle and dental attendance as predictors of oral health-related quality of life.
Oral diseases • 2015 • Vol. 21 (5)
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of health-related behaviors and dental attendance on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). METHODS: One hundred and ninety-two individuals presenting for de…
Aframian, D; Almoznino, G; Mirzabaev, A
Validity and reliability of the T-Scan((R)) III for measuring force under laboratory conditions.
Journal of oral rehabilitation • 2015 • Vol. 42 (7)
Although measuring bite force is an important indicator of the health of the masticatory system, few commercially available transducers have been validated for routine clinical use. T-Scan((R)) III O…
Cerna, M; Ferreira, R; Navarro, P
Frey syndrome: factors influencing the time to event.
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2015 • Vol. 44 (7)
Frey syndrome is a common complication after parotidectomy. The time from surgery to disease onset may be quite long; therefore, a time-to-event analysis was performed for the occurrence of this synd…
Lafont, M; Saura, E; Tejedor, M
YKL-40 level in gingival crevicular fluid from patients with periodontitis and type 2 diabetes.
Oral diseases • 2015 • Vol. 21 (5)
OBJECTIVE: YKL-40 is a chitin-binding glycoprotein, the level of which increases in inflammatory diseases, diabetes mellitus (DM), cardiovascular diseases, and tumors. Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF)…
Bando, M; Bando, Y; Funaki, M
[Uncommon Complication of a Common Infection of the Upper Airways].
Laryngo- rhino- otologie • 2015 • Vol. 94 (7)
Albers, A; Jahreiss, L; Zerkowitz, B
Multiportal Combined Transorbital Transnasal Endoscopic Approach for the Management of Selected Skull Base Lesions: Preliminary Experience.
World neurosurgery • 2015 • Vol. 84 (1)
BACKGROUND: Skull base lesions are challenging to treat and may be managed using several approaches each with its own advantages and limitations. In selected cases, a modular, combined, multiportal a…
AlQahtani, A; Battaglia, P; Castelnuovo, P
Telocytes in minor salivary glands of primary Sjogren's syndrome: association with the extent of inflammation and ectopic lymphoid neogenesis.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine • 2015 • Vol. 19 (7)
It has been recently reported that telocytes, a stromal (interstitial) cell subset involved in the control of local tissue homeostasis, are hampered in the target organs of inflammatory/autoimmune di…
Alunno, A; Bistoni, O; Caterbi, S
Validation of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index in complete denture wearers.
Journal of oral rehabilitation • 2015 • Vol. 42 (7)
To perform a validation of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) for complete denture wearers and present a proposal for estimation of perceived oral health. This is a cross-sectional st…
Campos, J; Geremias, R; Maroco, J