introduction: few studies on benign soft tissue tumors of oral cavity have been conducted in an iranian population. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of the benign soft tissue tumors of the oral cavity in three central pathology centers of rasht, iran. materials and methods: in this retrospective study, all benign soft tissue tumors of the oral cavity, were retrieved from...

The most common malignancy to involve the oral cavity and oropharynx is squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Because these oral cancers share an origin from the squamous epithelium, the pathology of oral SCC might be expected to be uniform and its diagnosis repetitive. In reality, the morphologic diversity in SCC, along with the propensity for reactive processes of the oral cavity to mimic SCC histol...

The oral lymphoepithelial cyst is an uncommon lesion in children with rather distinct clinical features. This case report describes the pertinent characteristics of this entity, involving the floor of the mouth in a 4 year-old boy. (Pediatr Dent 22:422-423, 2000) The oral lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC) is an uncommon developmental lesion that is frequently an incidental finding during a routine de...

The problems to solve Oral medicine and oral pathology are disciplines that comprise diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the oral cavity and adjacent tissues. Oral medicine focuses on clinical diagnosis and treatment of mucosal lesions, including oral cancer, while oral pathology contributes to the diagnosis of these disorders at a microscopic level. Available teaching aids do not cover the ...

PURPOSE To verify the corrected gestational age when oral feeding (breast half full) and exclusive breastfeeding were initiated in preterm newborns submitted to the transition technique from enteral feeding directly to breastfeeding, and time spent (in days) under speech-language pathology intervention until discharge. METHODS Study participants were 35 preterm infants (PTI) divided into two ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Giant cell lesions as a group of the oral and maxillofacial lesions are common and potentially destructive. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of oral lesions containing giant cells in a 22-year period in Isfahan Dental School, Iran.METHODS: In this epidemiological, cross-sectional, retrospective study the archive information in the Department of Oral Patholog...

In this study, numerical course scores of second-year dental students in four successive classes in an oral and maxillofacial pathology course were compared. While the course content and teaching methods were essentially unchanged throughout the four years, two modest departures from the sole use of multiple-choice format questions were made in the assessment of student achievements. The modifi...

s presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, April 25 to April 30, 2014