Vitamin D is a well-known secosteroid hormone, which exerts multiple essential roles in bone physiology, cell growth and differentiation, the neuromuscular system, immunomodulatory functions autoimmune diseases. Deficiency of vitamin has been linked to many oral disorders including tooth decay, periodontitis, cancer, candidiasis, lichen planus recurrent aphthous ulcers. Many studies have reveal...

UNLABELLED Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a quite frequent, painful, ulcerative disease that affects the lining of the oral cavity and has an unknown etiology. The aim of this article is to examine the impact of the medication proaftol on epithelization speed and severity of pain in patients with RAS. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study respondents were divided in...

background: recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is the most common inflammatory ulcerative condition of oral cavity. the aim of this study was to compare the levels of the salivary malondialdehyde (mda) and total antioxidant capacity (tac) and blood parameter in ras versus healthy controls. methods: this case-control study consisted of 28 patients with ras and 28 age and sex -matched control wi...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate enamel defects (EDs), recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) and salivary findings in Eastern Turkish children with coeliac disease (CD), and to compare the results with healthy children. MATERIALS AND METHODS STUDY DESIGN 70 children (35 CD patients and 35 healthy patients) aged between 5 to 15 years were included in this study. Intraoral examination...