Oral hygiene might prevent cancer

Oral health, hygiene practices and oral cancer.

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between oral health and hygiene practices and oral cancer. METHODS Hospital-based case-control study in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, from 1998 to 2002. A total 309 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth and the pharynx and 468 controls matched by sex and age were included in the study. Cases were recruited in seven re...

Oral dehydroepiandrosterone might prevent frequent tears in atrophic skin: A case report

INTRODUCTION Large superficial tears frequently develop during minor trauma to the fragile skin of older men and women. These tears are more common in chronically ill or malnourished patients, can develop during attempted assisted transfer of weak patients, and were recently reported to have been treated annually in 1.5 3 10 MediCare patients during their care in an acute or long-term medical c...

Oral Hygiene among Pregnant Women

.. Objective: To define the self-reported oral health knowledge, attitudes and oral hygiene habits, among pregnant women getting antenatal care at Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital Karachi. Method and Material: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted at the KVSS Site Hospital antenatal clinic during the period January June 2013. The data was analyzed using the SPSS for Windows (ver...

Upfront. Avocados may help prevent oral cancer, OSU study shows.

D'Ambrosio also authored an accompanying editorial in Seminars in Cancer Biology entitled "Phytonutrients: A more natural approach toward cancer prevention." "The future is ripe for identifying fruits and vegetables and individual phytonutrients with cancer preventing activity," wrote D'Ambrosio in the editorial. "As we identify the molecular mechanisms and targets by which individual phytonutr...

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