Lipoma, a benign tumour of adipose tissue, is one of the most common benign neoplasms of the body. However, its occurrence in oral cavity is relatively rare. It accounts for 1 to 4% of benign neoplasms of the oral cavity, affecting predominantly buccal mucosa, floor of mouth and tongue. They have been known to grow to sufficiently large sizes causing problems in mastication and speech. The usua...

Angina bullosa hemorrhagica is a rare and benign disorder, usually localized in the subepithelial layer of the oral, pharyngeal and esophageal mucosa. The lesions are characterized by their sudden onset. They appear as a painless, tense, dark red and blood-filled blister in the mouth that rapidly expand and rupture spontaneously in 24-48 hours. The underlying etiopathology remains ill defined, ...

In recent days the use of fast mouth dissolving tablets are well accepted by elderly, children and the patients having trouble in swallowing and even by the travelling patients who find it convenient to ingest. Cinnarizine is a piperazine derivative and is widely prescribed for the treatment of vestibular disorders and motion sickness. To enhance the anti-emetic and anti-migraine properties of ...

This systematic review aimed to explore the efficacy and safety of oral moisturizing agents for dry mouth xerostomia. Oral improve patient's quality life by mucosa maintaining buffer capacity. The methods this was structured following Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Pubmed Ebscohost-CINAHL Plus databases were used article searching. JADAD or Oxfor...

Oral squamous papilloma is a benign epithelial tumor that constitutes around 2.5% of all oral verruco-papillary lesions and caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). HPV subtypes 6 11, which are considered to be low carcinogenic potential usually associated with papilloma. Though there no site predilection as such, most common intraoral sites reported tongue, lips, buccal mucosa, gingiva, pala...

OMPLETE dentures are designed to replace lost teeth and restore comfort, function, and C natural appearance. Unfortunately, the stomatognathic system does not always respond favorably to these oral substitutes. Acute and chronic inflammatory changes of the oral mucosa beneath complete dentures are common, and the cause of these changes has been the subject of many reports. Even with the control...

Background: Phenol and its derivatives like dinitrophenol and pentachlorophenol (carbolic acid) are widely used as insecticides, but they are very toxic substances. Phenol is a general protoplasmic poison with corrosive local effects that denature proteins. Poisoning with phenol compounds may occur by ingestion, inhalation, and absorption through skin. In this report we presented the toxicity e...

UNLABELLED Epidemiological data from oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is mostly derived from North American, European and East Asian populations. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to report the demographic and clinicopathological features from OSCC diagnosed in an Oral Pathology service in southeastern Brazil in an 8-year period. MATERIAL AND METHODS All OSCC diagnosed from 2005 to 201...

Although culture-independent techniques have refuted lung sterility in health, controversy about contamination during bronchoscope passage through the upper respiratory tract (URT) has impeded research progress. We sought to establish whether bronchoscopic sampling accurately reflects the lung microbiome in health and to distinguish between two proposed routes of authentic microbial immigration...

mucosa-adhesive gels can be used as a useful mean of delivering drugs to or via mucosal membranes, and in particular buccal mucosa. carbomers are among the best mucosa-adhesive materials known. the aim of this study was to compare the results obtained from the mucosa-adhesive strength of aqueous gels containing carbomers, either alone or in combination, to the data obtained from assessing the d...