Orofacial clefts are the most prevalent birth defects that affect craniofacial structures and implicate genetic and environmental factors in their aetiology. Maternal metabolic state and nutrition have been related to these and other structural malformations, and studies of maternal obesity before pregnancy have shown controversial results about its association with the risk of orofacial clefts...

Methods Children who underwent a positive OFC to peanut between November 2001 and November 2012 in the Allergy Department of the University Hospital in Montpellier, France, were analysed with respect to demographics, history of atopic disease, specific IgE values, skin tests results and the severity of both the index reaction and the one elicited by the OFC (according to the Sampson grades of s...

A harmonização orofacial é uma especialidade odontológica precedente da necessidade em ampliar e associar tratamentos entre as estruturas intra extraorais, reabilitando funções reestruturando unidades anatômicas que ao longo do tempo sofreram alterações, possibilitando restituir paciente confiança auto estima diversas faixas etárias. O objetivo trabalho salientar a importância lábio harmonia fa...

Calcium, through its various channels involves in local, spinal and supra-spinal transmission of pain. In the present study, we investigated the separate and combined treatment effects of verapamil (a calcium channel blocker), morphine (an opioid agonist) and naloxone (an opioid antagonist) on pain in the orofacial region of rats. Orofacial pain was induced by subcutaneous (SC) injection of for...

The first dilemma of facial pain patients is “who to consult”? Is this a dental problem or a medical one and who will be able to treat it most appropriately? There is no doubt that the dental conditions described by Renton in her first article are best managed by dentists. However, when patients present with persistent pain after dental surgery or due to other causes the boundaries become less ...

murraya koenigii l. (rutaceae), commonly known as curry leaf tree, closely associated with south india where the word “curry” originates from the tamil “kari” for spiced sauces. curry leaves are a rich source of carbazole alkaloids which possess various biological activities such as antitumor, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. curry leaf has a potential role in the treatment of diabetes. reser...

Orofacial clefts are one of the commonest birth defects, and may be associated with other congenital anomalies. The majority of these orofacial clefts are nonsyndromic . A significant percentage of these clefts both syndromic and non-syndromic may have associated anomalies. Apart from reviewing other studies, this article also analyses a study of associated anomalies from a tertiary cleft centr...

UNLABELLED The most common types of orofacial pain originate at the dental or periodontal level or in the musculoskeletal structures. However, the patient may present pain in this region even though the source is located elsewhere in the body. One possible source of heterotopic pain is of cardiac origin. OBJECTIVES Report two cases of orofacial pain of cardiac origin and review the clinical c...

calcium, through its various channels involves in local, spinal and supra-spinal transmission of pain. in the present study, we investigated the separate and combined treatment effects of verapamil (a calcium channel blocker), morphine (an opioid agonist) and naloxone (an opioid antagonist) on pain in the orofacial region of rats. orofacial pain was induced by subcutaneous (sc) injection of for...