Cysticercosis refers to infection of tissues after exposure of eggs of pork tapeworm Taenia solium. The authors report a rare case of a solitary intraoral cysticercosis in a thirty-four year female who presented with a mass in the left buccal mucosa of two months duration. The attending dentist could not have an impression of the lesion and sent for ultrasonography. The ultrasonographic report ...

Mucosal epithelial surfaces, such as line the oral cavity, are common sites of microbial colonization by bacteria, yeast and fungi. The microbial interactions involve adherence between the glycans on the host cells and the carbohydrate-binding proteins of the pathogen. Saliva constantly bathes the buccal cells of the epithelial surface of the mouth and we postulate that the sugars on the saliva...

Mucoadhesive buccal patch releasing drug in the oral cavity at a predetermined rate may present distinct advantages over traditional dosage forms, such as tablets, gels and solutions. A buccal patch for systemic administration of acyclovir in the oral cavity was developed using polymers hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose (K4M), hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose (K15M), sodium carboxy methyl cellulos...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE CT and MR imaging are useful for evaluating the extension of carcinomas in the face and neck. We evaluated the involvement by carcinoma arising from the gingiva (ie, gingival cancer) by using CT and MR imaging. METHODS We retrospectively examined 122 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCCA) in the lower (88 patients) and upper (34 patients) gingiva. Extension of SCC...

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, NH-58, Baghpat Road-Bypass Crossing, Meerut-250005 (U.P), India ABSTRACT Drug release from mucoadhesive patches at predetermined rate in oral cavity having distinct advantages over traditional dosage forms as tablets, gels and solutions. This review provides brief information about method of preparation and e...

This term is a misnomer because the lesion is unrelated to infection and in.Pyogenic Granuloma Hyperplastic Lesion of the Gingiva: Case Reports. Like growth of the oral cavity, frequently located surrounding the anterior teeth or.Pyogenic granuloma is an inflammatory hyperplasia affecting the oral tissues. Because of the high frequency of pyogenic granuloma in the oral cavity, this.Pyogenic gra...

1. Ascorbic acid was absorbed across the mucosa of the human mouth. 2. Omission of sodium ions from the medium decreased the absorption of ascorbic acid. 3. The presence of D-glucose, or 3-O-methyl-D-glucose, increased the absorption of ascorbic acid but D-fructose had little effect and D-mannitol had no effect. 4. Calcium ions also increased ascorbic acid absorption probably by a secondary ef...

appropriate controls the concentration of each amino acid could be established. The absence of glycylproline ( < 0 . 5 m ~ ) from the samples were established by t.1.c. From each of two to six animals a minimum of four sacs were prepared from the ileum. Examination of sacs after incubation by lightmicroscopy failed to show any disruption caused by the experimental procedure. Fig. ] ( a ) shows ...

A new species of small, ciliated protozoon, Microcetus lappus gen. nov., sp. nov., from the rumen of Norwegian Red cattle is described. M. lappus possesses a novel cytopharyngeal apparatus of two rod-shaped structures, one situated on the dorsal side of the buccal cavity and one on the ventral side, suggesting that it belongs to a previously undescribed taxon.

Neurofibroma is a benign neural tumor. Plexiform type of this tumor is rarely seen in oral cavity in solitary form. In this article, we present an 18-year-old male case with an isolated plexiform neurofibroma localized at buccal region without any other manifestation or family history of neurofibromatosis type 1.