INTRODUCTION Most dental procedures require a dry working environment. Although many evaporative drying methods are available, an additional reduction of salivary flow would often be helpful. METHODS This prospective randomized cross-over study compares salivary production in 31 volunteers during direct, indirect, and non-suggestive (control group) intervention. Overall, each volunteer underw...

Objective. To study the procalcitonin concentration (PCC) in oral fluid of healthy persons and patients with periodontitis.
 Materials methods. The was studied cavity 42 periodontitis (main group) 25 sanitized (comparison group).
 Results. result medians comparison group by 1.658 times exceeded median main (р = 0,004315) made up for 114 (64; 144) pg/ml 189 (117; 485) pg/ml. No differe...

Abstract Parotid duct injury is a rare complication of cutaneous surgery usually occurring after excision deep infiltrating tumours on the cheek. The existing literature limited to case reports. We present our experience two cases encountered in unit over last 15 years. Our first patient was an 87-year-old man referred for Mohs biopsy-confirmed morphoeic basal cell carcinoma (BCC) his right Dur...

BACKGROUND Clozapine is the only medication licensed for the treatment of resistant schizophrenia in the UK. Although efficacious, a common and unpopular side effect of clozapine treatment is clozapine-induced hypersalivation (CIH), which can contribute to non-adherence. The standard treatment for CIH in the UK is hyoscine hydrobromide but this may aggravate cognitive deficits in patients with ...

The relationship between tooth eruption and otitis media has been a subject of debate in the literature. Teething may produce conditions conducive to the initiation or exacerbation of otitis media as well as other local and systemic clinical manifestations. A report of a child with bacterially involved pericoronitis associated with primary tooth eruption is presented. The potential relationship...