Research Papers
Oral diagnostics: an integral component to geriatric health care.
The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male • 2013 • Vol. 16 (4)
Aging is inevitable, every day we live we age. The mouth is referred to as a mirror of overall health, reinforcing that oral health is an integral part of general health. Oral health reflects overall…
Agarwal, N; Aggarwal, A; Alok, A
Validation of the Chinese version of the Summated Xerostomia Inventory (SXI).
Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation • 2013 • Vol. 22 (10)
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to validate the Chinese version of the Summated Xerostomia Inventory (SXI). METHODS: The English SXI was translated into Chinese, cross-cultural adaptation and p…
He, S; Li, M; Wang, J
[Neonatal cleft lip repair: perioperative safety and surgical outcomes].
Annales de chirurgie plastique et esthetique • 2013 • Vol. 58 (6)
INTRODUCTION: There is no international consensus on timing for surgical repair of cleft lip and palate. We argue that neonatal timing for repair of the lip deformity allows a better integration of t…
Calteux, N; Hellers, J; Kumpan, S
The Abbe flap in cleft lip and palate repair.
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery • 2013 • Vol. 47 (6)
The Abbe flap is a procedure where the volume of the upper lip is increased at the expense of the lower lip. This study reviewed the Abbe flaps done at Skane University Hospital during the years 1991…
Becker, M; Larsson, J; Svensson, H
Vascularized free forearm flap versus free anterolateral thigh perforator flaps for reconstruction in patients with head and neck cancer: assessment of quality of life.
Head & neck • 2013 • Vol. 35 (12)
BACKGROUND: This study investigated the quality of life of Chinese patients with malignant tumors who had undergone immediate free flap reconstruction surgery. In addition, we compared 2 groups of pa…
Dai, W; Huang, S; Li, W
Expression of caspase 14 and filaggrin in oral squamous carcinoma.
Head and neck pathology • 2013 • Vol. 7 (4)
Caspase 14 is one of the latter discovered members of the caspase enzyme family and, although sharing sequence homologies with the other caspases, it is not involved in apoptosis. Together with its c…
Eckardt, A; Hussein, K; Kreipe, H
On pseudo-onion bulb intraneural proliferations of the non-major nerves of the oral mucosa.
Head and neck pathology • 2013 • Vol. 7 (4)
Perineurial cells (PCs) participate in reactive and neoplastic processes, of the latter pure perineurial being intraneural (IP) and soft tissue perineuriomas with oral examples being reported in both…
Koutlas, I; Scheithauer, B
Role of salivary epithelial toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in modulating innate immune responses in chronic periodontitis.
Journal of periodontal research • 2013 • Vol. 48 (6)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Chronic periodontitis is initiated by sequential colonization with a broad array of bacteria and is perpetuated by an immune-inflammatory response to the changing biofilm. H…
Prakasam, S; Puri, V; Srinivasan, M
Treatment of chronic recurrent dislocation of the temporomandibular joint with injection of autologous blood alone, intermaxillary fixation alone, or both together: a prospective, randomised, controlled clinical trial.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery • 2013 • Vol. 51 (8)
Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of autologous blood injection in the treatment of chronic recurrent dislocation of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in a prospective randomised controlled clinic…
Hegab, A
Preliminary case-control study to evaluate diagnostic values of C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in differentiating active Crohn's disease from intestinal lymphoma, intestinal tuberculosis and Behcet's syndrome.
The American journal of the medical sciences • 2013 • Vol. 346 (6)
BACKGROUND: There are few evidences of C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and white blood cell (WBC) in differentiating active Crohn's disease (CD) from intestinal lymphom…
Gu, G; Han, G; Li, J
Use of the versatile sternocleidomastoid flap in oral and maxillofacial surgery: our experience.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery • 2013 • Vol. 51 (8)
Our aim was to evaluate the reliability of sternocleidomastoid (SCM) flaps in the reconstruction of defects after oral and maxillofacial resections, and summarise the ways in which morbidity can be r…
Li, Z; Liu, J; Wang, H
Bilateral carotid dissections after a dental procedure: the role of stenting in unstable lesions.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia • 2013 • Vol. 20 (12)
Cervical dissections are a rare but potentionally devastating complication of positioning in anesthetized patients. A 40-year-old woman was noted to have right arm weakness after a prolonged dental p…
Aghaebrahim, A; Jadhav, A; Jankowitz, B
Salivary endoscopy for idiopathic chronic sialadenitis.
The Laryngoscope • 2013 • Vol. 123 (12)
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To describe the findings and therapeutic role of salivary endoscopy for idiopathic chronic sialadenitis. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series. METHODS: The records of 258 pa…
Gillespie, M; Vashishta, R
Intravenous lidocaine and magnesium for management of intractable trigeminal neuralgia: a case series of nine patients.
Journal of anesthesia • 2013 • Vol. 27 (6)
Most patients suffering from trigeminal neuralgia (TN) benefit from medical therapy, for example carbamazepin, gabapentin, and pregabalin, individually or in combination. Nonetheless, some patients e…
Arai, Y; Hatakeyama, N; Ikemoto, T
En bloc resection of epiglottic tumors with transoral robotic approach - preliminary results.
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS • 2013 • Vol. 9 (4)
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify whether it would be possible to excise epiglottic laryngeal tumors en bloc with a transoral robotic approach (TORS), ensuring that basic principles of oncologi…
Oysu, C; Sahin-Yilmaz, A
Translation of oral care practice guidelines into clinical practice by intensive care unit nurses.
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing • 2013 • Vol. 45 (4)
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a change in the oral care practices of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses for ventilated patients after a national effort to increa…
Arad, D; Benbenishty, J; Ben Nun, M
Speech outcomes of early palatal repair with or without intravelar veloplasty in children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery • 2013 • Vol. 51 (8)
We compared the early speech outcomes of 40 consecutive children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) who had been treated according to different 2-stage protocols: the Malek protocol…
Baylon, H; Bigorre, M; Captier, G
Surface electromyography findings in unilateral myofascial pain patients: comparison of painful vs. non painful sides.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) • 2013 • Vol. 14 (12)
OBJECTIVES: To answer the clinical research question: in patients with myofascial pain, are there any differences in the surface electromyography (sEMG) activity of muscles of the painful and nonpain…
Cocilovo, F; Favero, L; Guarda-Nardini, L
Risk of bias in research in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery • 2013 • Vol. 51 (8)
The risk of bias is important in the interpretation of the results of research. The aim of this review was to evaluate the risk of bias in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in oral and maxillofacia…
Forouzanfar, T; Heymans, M; Oomens, M
Extreme mandibular dentobasal discrepancy in orthognathic surgery: a proposal for a definitive solution.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery • 2013 • Vol. 51 (8)
Some cases in orthognathic surgery present with large discrepancies between the skeletal pattern and the occlusion. If there is little or no sagittal dental discrepancy, but the mandibular basal bone…
Carlino, F