Background/Aim. The cause of discolored gingiva (DG) is the presence metal in gingival tissue. DG a relatively common case, and caused by deposition amalgam material tissue during dental application or oral surgery. aim this study was to determine significance cast post for appearance abutment teeth (AT) relation type fixed prosthesis (FDP) alloy. Methods. included 327 subjects with FDP. A tota...

Malignant mesothelioma predominantly arises from the serosal surfaces of the pleural or peritoneal cavity. There is currently no effective standard treatment for mesothelioma and the prognosis for patients is poor; the majority of patients with malignant mesothelioma succumb between 12 and 17 months following diagnosis. The association of all forms of malignant mesothelioma with asbestos exposu...

Fibrosarcoma is a malignant tumor of the fibroblasts, which is liable to recur and metastasize, most frequently in the lungs. Although fibrosarcomas are rare, they can occur anywhere in the body. The most common sites are in the retroperitoneum, thigh, knee, and distal extremities. It is very uncommon in the head and neck region and comprises only about 1% of all the malignancies in humans. Alm...

PURPOSE Our purpose was to document the MR imaging findings of malignant lymphoma of the gingiva. METHODS Five patients with histologically proved malignant lymphoma of the gingiva were studied by MR imaging. The MR images were analyzed for tumor size, extent, and signal characteristics, bone involvement, and associated cervical lymph node enlargement. RESULTS Clinical examination tended to...

background: the differences between marginal gingiva and interdental papilla may be due to variation in the molecular composition of these two different anatomical structures. the aim of this study was to evaluate the staining intensity of fibronectin in human marginal gingiva and interdental papilla. materials and methods: in a prospective analytical study, 16 healthy subjects needing crown le...