Kosar Dadgar

Asistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry , Mazandaran university of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

[ 1 ] - Efficacy of Camellia sinensis extract against Candida species in patients with denture stomatitis

Background and Purpose: Denture stomatitis is a chronic inflammation disease of the oral mucosa, which is specified by erythematous lesions mainly in the upper palate. Nystatin as a polyene, a class of antifungal agents, is one of the effective drugs to treat denture stomatitis. Considering the expansion of utilizing herbal drugs to cure many kinds of diseases, the present study was conducted t...

[ 2 ] - Parallelism of the Occlusal Plane with the Ala-tragus Line in Various Posterior References in Dentate Patients

Background and purpose: Occlusal plane in edentulous patients is lost and needs to be reconstructed. The most common method for reconstructing occlusal plane is to make it parallel to the ala-tragus line. There are disagreements about the posterior reference of ala-tragus line. The aim of this study was to determine the best posterior reference of ala-tragus line (superior, middle and anterior ...