Research Papers
Dietary intervention for oral allergy syndrome as a treatment in orofacial granulomatosis: a new approach?
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology • 2013 • Vol. 42 (7)
BACKGROUND: Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) is a chronic granulomatous condition of the mouth, face and lips. Recent work demonstrates a high rate of atopy and silver birch sensitisation from skin pri…
Brostoff, J; Campbell, H; Challacombe, S
Ultrasonic orthognathic surgery: enhancements to established osteotomies.
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2013 • Vol. 42 (8)
The use of a novel ultrasonic osteotome enabled the authors to modify well-established orthognathic osteotomies to more favourably address the anatomy. For this purpose, they utilized a powerful ultr…
Couvreur, T; Dammous, S; Gilles, R
A preliminary comparison of the effect of 0.3% versus 0.2% chlorhexidine mouth rinse on de novo plaque formation: a monocentre randomized double-blind crossover trial.
International journal of dental hygiene • 2013 • Vol. 11 (3)
OBJECTIVE: Chlorhexidine (CHX) is considered the gold standard against gram-negative microorganisms. Little has been written about the simultaneous influence that both time and concentration could ha…
Cassini, M; Dominici, F; Mongardini, C
Smallest detectable differences in clinical functional temporomandibular joint examination variables in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Orthodontics & craniofacial research • 2013 • Vol. 16 (3)
OBJECTIVE: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis in juvenile patients may interfere with optimal joint function and mouth opening patterns. Clinical assessment of maximal mouth opening capacity, la…
Herlin, T; Kristensen, K; Kuseler, A
Occupational ocular accidents amongst Greek endodontists: a national questionnaire survey.
International endodontic journal • 2013 • Vol. 46 (8)
AIM: To investigate amongst Greek endodontists, the incidence of ocular accidents during practice, the circumstances associated with them, the therapeutic measures taken after the accidents, their co…
Lambrianidis, T; Zarra, T
Is myofascial pain in temporomandibular disorder patients a manifestation of delayed-onset muscle soreness?
The Clinical journal of pain • 2013 • Vol. 29 (8)
OBJECTIVE: In a study to the possible role of overuse of the jaw muscles in the pathogenesis of jaw muscle pain, we used a protocol involving concentric and eccentric muscle contractions to provoke a…
Atis, E; Koutris, M; Lobbezoo, F
Salivary gland pleomorphic adenoma with giant cell tumor component.
International journal of surgical pathology • 2013 • Vol. 21 (4)
Benzakin, S; Handra-Luca, A
Oral leiomyomatous hamartoma of the median maxillary gingiva: a case report and review of the literature.
International journal of surgical pathology • 2013 • Vol. 21 (4)
Oral leiomyomatous hamartoma (OLH) is a rare lesion seen in the oral cavity. It mainly presents on the median maxilla and tongue. In the literature in English, there are only 10 reported cases of OLH…
ALQahtani, D; Qannam, A
Developing a custom dental porcelain shade system for computer color matching.
Journal of dentistry • 2013 • Vol. 41 Suppl 3
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to update the computer color matching method by generating a new ceramic shade system that covers the entire spectrum of natural tooth color and has an efficient design. M…
Da Silva, J; Ishikawa-Nagai, S; Lin, J
Essentials of standard chinese phonetics for prosthetic dentistry.
Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists • 2013 • Vol. 22 (6)
Speech adaptation after oral rehabilitation is based on a complex interaction of articulatory and myofunctional factors. The knowledge of basic phonetic principles may help clinicians identify phonet…
Hu, X; Hunold, C; Lin, Y
Double osteotomy of mandibula in the treatment of carotid body tumors with skull base extension.
Journal of vascular surgery • 2013 • Vol. 58 (2)
We report two patients with a carotid body paraganglioma that extended to the skull base, a position that is surgically inaccessible by means of a traditional lateral cervical approach. In both patie…
Biglioli, F; Carmo, M; Mazzaccaro, D
The distinct expressions of interleukin-15 and interleukin-15 receptor alpha in Behcet's disease.
Rheumatology international • 2013 • Vol. 33 (8)
Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a pleotrophic cytokine that is involved in the pathogenesis of diverse inflammatory rheumatic diseases. The aims of this study were to compare serum IL-15 levels and express…
Choe, J; Kim, M; Kim, S
Reliability of different methods for measuring the inclination of the maxillary canines on panoramic radiographs.
Orthodontics & craniofacial research • 2013 • Vol. 16 (3)
OBJECTIVES: To test the reliability of 4 different methods of measuring maxillary canine inclination (CI) on panoramic radiographs, and to determine whether examiner experience level influenced these…
Alessandri Bonetti, G; Gatto, M; Gracco, A
Extended survival after chemotherapy and conservative radiotherapy for HPV-16 positive stage IVB oropharyngeal carcinoma.
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) • 2013 • Vol. 52 (6)
Ampil, F; Chaudhery, S; Devarakonda, S
Expression of Galpha12 predicts progression and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinomas in Taiwan.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology • 2013 • Vol. 42 (7)
BACKGROUND: Expression of Galpha12 is found to be associated with cancer cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and metastasis. METHODS: This study used immunohistochemistry to examine the expressi…
Chang, H; Chen, H; Cheng, S
Good tolerance to goat's milk in patients with recurrent aphthous ulcers with increased immunoreactivity to cow's milk proteins.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology • 2013 • Vol. 42 (7)
BACKGROUND: Recurrent aphthous ulcers (RAU) represent a very common, but poorly understood mucosal disorder. The connection between immunity to cow's milk proteins (CMP) and oral diseases was noted e…
Besu, I; Besu, V; Damjanovic, A
Antibacterial and immunomodulatory properties of azithromycin treatment implications for periodontitis.
Inflammopharmacology • 2013 • Vol. 21 (4)
Macrolide antibiotics have been found to possess not only antimicrobial properties, but also modulate inflammation. In this review the multi-faceted properties of azithromycin are discussed. Due to t…
Bartold, P; du Bois, A; Gannon, S
Improving imaging diagnosis of persistent nodal metastases after definitive therapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma: specific signs for CT and best performance of combined criteria.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology • 2013 • Vol. 34 (8)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Criteria for detection of persistent nodal metastases in treated oropharyngeal tumors are sensitive but nonspecific, leading to unnecessary nodal dissections. Developing speci…
Ahmed, S; Daram, S; Ginsberg, L
Effect of resin cement type on the microtensile bond strength to lithium disilicate ceramic and dentin using different test assemblies.
The journal of adhesive dentistry • 2013 • Vol. 15 (4)
PURPOSE: This study evaluated the microtensile bond strength (microTBS) of 3 different resin cements to lithium-disilicate ceramic using two assemblies: ceramic-cement-ceramic (CCC) and ceramic-cemen…
Amaral, R; Bottino, M; Marocho, S
Resin-dentin bonds of etch-and-rinse adhesives to alcohol-saturated acid-etched dentin.
The journal of adhesive dentistry • 2013 • Vol. 15 (4)
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of the alcohol wet-bonding technique on bond performance of the adhesive interface produced by two-step etch-and-rinse adhesive systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Composi…
Apolonio, F; de Barros, L; de Saboia, V