Research Papers
Twelve-month incidence and clearance of oral HPV infection in HIV-negative and HIV-infected men who have sex with men: the H2M cohort study.
BMC infectious diseases • 2014 • Vol. 14
BACKGROUND: Our aim was to compare the 12-month incidence and clearance of oral high-risk HPV infection between HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) and HIV-negative MSM. METHODS: MSM aged 18…
Coutinho, R; Heijman, T; King, A
Use of calcium-containing endodontic sealers as apical barrier in fluid-contaminated wide-open apices.
Journal of applied biomaterials & functional materials • 2014 • Vol. 12 (3)
PURPOSE: The sealing of wide-open apex roots is still a challenge and requires the use of apical barrier techniques. The aim was to evaluate ex vivo the sealing and the apical morphology of 3 commerc…
Bossu, M; Gandolfi, M; Polimeni, A
Influence of pastes containing casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate on surface of demineralized enamel.
Journal of applied biomaterials & functional materials • 2014 • Vol. 12 (3)
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the surface characteristics of demineralized enamel after treatment with pastes containing casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP…
Heinemann, R; Lamovec, J; Markovic, D
Stability of class II subdivision malocclusion treatment with 3 and 4 premolar extractions.
Progress in orthodontics • 2014 • Vol. 15 (1)
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare the occlusal stability of class II subdivision malocclusion treatment with 3 and 4 first premolar extractions. A sample of 156 dental casts from 5…
Araki, J; Camardella, L; Estelita, S
Intraoperative local anaesthesia for reduction of postoperative pain following general anaesthesia for dental treatment in children and adolescents.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews • 2014 • Vol. 2014 (12)
BACKGROUND: Whilst carrying out dental procedures under general anaesthesia (GA), practitioners routinely give local anaesthetics (LA) intraoperatively to children. Local anaesthetics are used to hel…
Ashley, P; Gardener, C; Parekh, S
The accuracy of estimating chronological age from Demirjian and Nolla methods in a Portuguese and Spanish sample.
BMC oral health • 2014 • Vol. 14
BACKGROUND: Age determination has great importance in many clinical decisions, being commonly used in odontopediatrics, orthodontics, pediatrics, and forensic medicine. The Nolla and Demirjian et al.…
Martin-Biedma, B; Monico, L; Tomas, I
Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in Kindler syndrome.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases • 2014 • Vol. 9
BACKGROUND: Kindler Syndrome (KS) is an autosomal recessive skin disorder characterized by skin blistering, photosensitivity, premature aging, and propensity to skin cancer. In spite of the knowledge…
Baselga, E; Conti, C; Del Rio, M
Profile of usage of a reference diagnostic service on oral pathology: a 10-year evaluation.
BMC health services research • 2014 • Vol. 14
BACKGROUND: Despite the professional and academic relevance of the Brazilian oral pathology diagnostic laboratories, no information about their usage profile is available in the English literature. T…
Caldeira, P; de Abreu, M; de Aguiar, M
Validity and reliability of OIDP and OHIP-14: a survey of Chinese high school students.
BMC oral health • 2014 • Vol. 14
BACKGROUND: To determine the impact of oral diseases on everyday life, measures of oral quality of life are needed. In complementing traditional disease-based measures, they assess the need for oral …
Astrom, A; Hongxing, L; Johansson, A
Health effects of water fluoridation--how "effectively settled" is the science?
The New Zealand medical journal • 2014 • Vol. 127 (1407)
Menkes, D; Thiessen, K; Williams, J
Pyrosequencing of supra- and subgingival biofilms from inflamed peri-implant and periodontal sites.
BMC oral health • 2014 • Vol. 14
BACKGROUND: To investigate the microbial composition of biofilms at inflamed peri-implant and periodontal tissues in the same subject, using 16S rRNA sequencing. METHODS: Supra- and submucosal, and s…
Eberhard, J; Schaumann, S; Scherer, R
Alterations associated with androgen receptor gene activation in salivary duct carcinoma of both sexes: potential therapeutic ramifications.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research • 2014 • Vol. 20 (24)
PURPOSE: To investigate the molecular events associated with the activation of androgen receptor (AR) as a potential therapeutic target in patients with salivary duct carcinoma (SDC). EXPERIMENTAL DE…
Caulin, C; El-Naggar, A; Ferrarotto, R
EBV-driven LMP1 and IFN-gamma up-regulate PD-L1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Implications for oncotargeted therapy.
Oncotarget • 2014 • Vol. 5 (23)
PD-L1 expression is a feature of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated malignancies such as nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Here, we found that EBV-induced latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) and IFN-gamm…
Chen, N; Fang, W; Hong, S
[Oral ulcer as primary manifestation of HIV infection in an 80-year-old man].
Ugeskrift for laeger • 2014 • Vol. 176 (25A)
Oral lesions such as candidiasis, Kaposi's sarcoma, hairy leukoplakia, herpes simplex infection, and ulcerative periodontitis are associated with HIV infection and may be the primary presentation in …
Ludvigsen, L; Sogaard, O
[Statistics from England. Endocarditis incidence increased after guideline change].
MMW Fortschritte der Medizin • 2014 • Vol. 156 (21-22)
Bublak, R
Refractory trigeminal neuralgia treatment outcomes following CyberKnife radiosurgery.
Radiation oncology (London, England) • 2014 • Vol. 9
INTRODUCTION: A handful of studies have reported outcomes with CyberKnife radiosurgery (CKRS) for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. However, the follow-up has been short with no minimum follow-u…
Bedrick, E; Bhatia, S; Collins, S
Squamous carcinoma arising in a parotid Warthin's tumour.
BMJ case reports • 2014 • Vol. 2014
Warthin's tumour is the second most common benign neoplasm to affect the salivary glands. It virtually affects the sole parotid gland. A sudden increase in a tumour's size is usually due to a maligna…
Allevi, F; Biglioli, F
Integrating oral and general health care.
The New England journal of medicine • 2014 • Vol. 371 (24)
Donoff, B; McDonough, J; Riedy, C
Ear pain, vesicular rash, and facial palsy.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) • 2014 • Vol. 349
Al-Hussaini, A; Berry, S; Latif, F
Effect of orthodontic forces on cytokine and receptor levels in gingival crevicular fluid: a systematic review.
Progress in orthodontics • 2014 • Vol. 15 (1)
This systematic review aimed to generate evidence on role of potent markers of inflammation [cytokines, chemokines, their associated receptors and antagonists] following the application of orthodonti…
Kapila, S; Kapoor, P; Kharbanda, O