Research Papers
Alu methylation in serum from patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP • 2014 • Vol. 15 (22)
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a common cancer in Southern China and Southeast Asia. Alu elements are among the most prevalent repetitive sequences and constitute 11% of the human geno…
Kitkumthorn, N; Mutirangura, A; Puttipanyalears, C
Interference of fisetin with targets of the nuclear factor-kappaB signal transduction pathway activated by Epstein-Barr virus encoded latent membrane protein 1.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP • 2014 • Vol. 15 (22)
Fisetin is an effective compound extracted from lacquer which has been used in the treatment of various diseases. Preliminary data indicate that it also exerts specific anti-cancer effects. However, …
Li, M; Li, R; Liang, H
Editorial: implementation research for oral health.
Oral health & preventive dentistry • 2014 • Vol. 12 (4)
Petersen, P
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in Behcet's disease as a marker of disease activity.
Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica, et Adriatica • 2014 • Vol. 23 (4)
INTRODUCTION: Behcet's disease (BD) is a rare autoimmune disease. The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is used as a marker of inflammation in several diseases nowadays. This study investigated th…
Bulbul Sen, B; Cigdem Dogramaci, A; Ekiz, O
Maxillary anterior teeth dimensions and proportions in a central mainland chinese population.
The Chinese journal of dental research • 2014 • Vol. 17 (2)
OBJECTIVES: To obtain maxillary anterior tooth dimension and proportion values for the Central Chinese population and to evaluate the existence of sexual dimorphism, any consistent relationships betw…
Acharya, L; Chang, T; Chen, L
A comparison between the sixth and seventh editions of the UICC/AJCC staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a Chinese cohort.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (12)
BACKGROUND: The International Union Against Cancer/American Joint Committee on Cancer (UICC/AJCC) TNM staging system of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the most important system for survival predic…
Bei, J; Chen, L; Chen, M
Scaling-stimulated salivary antioxidant changes and oral-health behavior in an evaluation of periodontal treatment outcomes.
TheScientificWorldJournal • 2014 • Vol. 2014
AIM: Our goal was to investigate associations among scaling-stimulated changes in salivary antioxidants, oral-health-related behaviors and attitudes, and periodontal treatment outcomes. MATERIALS AND…
Chen, C; Chen, S; Huang, W
On the management of root canals in teeth that exhibit a draining "fistulous" tract.
Journal of the history of dentistry • 2014 • Vol. 62 (2)
The clinical management of teeth with necrotic pulps, with and without draining fistulous tracts, has been the subject of a wide range of personal opinions and techniques for well over a century. For…
Gutmann, J
"They'll Do it Every Time"--four early dental Comic strips by Jimmy Hatlo.
Journal of the history of dentistry • 2014 • Vol. 62 (2)
Christen, A; Christen, J
Bcl-xL overexpression and its association with the progress of tongue carcinoma.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology • 2014 • Vol. 7 (11)
Apoptosis-related protein B-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-xL) has a crucial role in the control of cell death through its inhibition of apoptosis. This study was designed to investigate the expressi…
Jiao, K; Xie, X; Xing, Z
Primary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of salivary glands: a clinicopathological study of 21 cases.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology • 2014 • Vol. 7 (11)
Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of salivary glands is a rare kind tumor. In this study, the authors evaluated 21 patients with LELC of salivary glands who had long-term follow-up. Clinical ch…
Chen, T; Deng, N; Gao, X
Effect of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell in peri-implant bone defect after immediate implant: an experiment study in beagle dogs.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology • 2014 • Vol. 7 (11)
BACKGROUND: For the sake of reducing post extraction resorption, getting optimal positioning of the implant and shortening treatment time, immediate implant placement following tooth extraction has b…
Hao, P; Li, Z; Liu, Z
Behcet disease and pregnancy.
Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology • 2014 • Vol. 41 (6)
PURPOSE: Behcet disease (BD) is a multisystemic vaculitis commonly diagnosed in reproductive years. The authors aimed to investigate the relationship between BD and pregnancy outcomes. MATERIALS AND …
Cicek, D; Dogan, F; Gungor, A
Significance of p16 positive expression in oropharyngeal cancers.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP • 2014 • Vol. 15 (23)
BACKGROUND: The involvement of HPV in oral and oropharyngeal carcinogenesis was first proposed in 2004, based on epithelial HPV tropism and detection of HPV genotypes in oral squamous cell carcinoma …
Bixofis, R; Ioshii, S; Jung, J
[Update on current care guideline: third molar].
Duodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja • 2014 • Vol. 130 (19)
The aim of the guideline is to promote uniformity in the clinical decision making, improve the quality of care, and prevent health problems related to third molars. The main problem is partial erupti…
Occlusion of artificial teeth in partial dentures in the "chewing center"--first exploratory population-based evaluations.
International journal of computerized dentistry • 2014 • Vol. 17 (3)
Occlusal performance is a substantial determinant of the quality of dental prosthetic restorations. In the follow-up (SHIP 1) to the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP), a representative population o…
Hugger, A; Kordass, B; Mundt, T
Microbial diversity in dental unit waterlines.
Acta odontologica latinoamericana : AOL • 2014 • Vol. 27 (3)
Dental health care providers and patients are exposed during ongoing work to contamination by the water used in the dental units, due to accidental swallowing or aspiration of the sprays generated by…
da Silva-Filho, E; Lisboa, G; Lisboa, Y
Occurrence of porphyromonas gingivalis and its antibacterial susceptibility to metronidazole and tetracycline in patients with chronic periodontitis.
Acta odontologica latinoamericana : AOL • 2014 • Vol. 27 (3)
Chronic periodontitis is a multifactorial infectious disease associated with Gram-negative strict anaerobes which are immersed in the subgingival biofilm. Porphyromonas gingivalis, an important perio…
Acosta, A; Araya, N; Gamboa, F
Epigenetics and periodontal disease: hope to tame the untameable.
Current gene therapy • 2014 • Vol. 14 (6)
Epigenetics means gene expression alterations which occur due to the biochemical changes of the nucleotides modifying structure of DNA rather than the changes in the genetic code itself as in case of…
Grover, V; Kapoor, A; Malhotra, R
An automated dental caries detection and scoring system for optical images of tooth occlusal surface.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference • 2014 • Vol. 2014
Dental caries are one of the most prevalent chronic diseases. The management of dental caries demands detection of carious lesions at early stages. This study aims to design an automated system to de…
Belle, A; Ghaedi, L; Gottlieb, R