Introduction: This study aimed to assess the effect of controlled mouth breathing during the resting state using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Methods: Eleven subjects participated in this experiment in which the controlled “Nose” and “Mouth” breathings of 6 s respiratory cycle were performed with a visual cue at 3T MRI. Voxel-wise seed-to-voxel maps and whole-brain region of i...

Introduction: According to the prevalence of sore mouth, its outcome and possible role of anemia in its etiology and some contradictions in this theory, our study was performed to evaluate the role of iron deficiency anemia as a etiological factor for sore mouth. Materials and Methods: This historical cohort study was performed on 40 cases, including 20 anemic patients as the experimental group...

Abstract Introduction: Due to the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and hypothyroidism and the fact that the complication of burning mouth syndrome is seen in both of these diseases, we compared the frequency of burning mouth syndrome in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and patients with hypothyroidism referred to Rasht dental school in 1399. Materials and Methods:In this cross-section...

context studies show that despite the role of mouth care in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia, there is no high quality evidences for it. this study reviewed the literature related to mouth care in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. evidence acquisition pubmed, ovide, elsevier, proquest, iranmedex, sid, and magiran databases were searched using key terms such as oral care, mout...

nowadays, paying attention to the environmental needs and desires of consumersand trying to satisfy them by designing marketing activities in an environmentallyfriendly way, is the best way to increase their satisfaction and finally, gaincompetitive advantage. prior research has paid much attention to the consumerbehavior and marketing activities of corporate organizations, but none has studied...

background: green tea contains phenolic compounds which could be considered as an anticariogenic agent. in addition, there has not been any significant side effect reported compared to sodium fluoride. so it seems that any comparison between the effects of green tea extract on the level of cariogenic bacteria with sodium fluoride is beneficial. the purpose of this study was to compare the effec...

abnormal elongation of the mandibular coronoid process is rare and its etiology is not yet elucidated. the aim of this report is to demonstrate and discuss the relationship between elongated mandibular coronoid process and limitation of mouth opening with cone beam computed tomography. although the clinical characteristic of elongation of the coronoid process is mandibular limitation, in this r...

background: as glass ionomers have the ability to reload fluoride from outside sources, the aim was to compare the recharge pattern of six glass ionomer cements after exposure to fluoride. materials and methods: fuji vii, fuji ix, riva pink, riva bleach, ketac fil and fuji ix extra were investigated. the fluoride-containing materials used were tooth paste and mouth wash (colgate). specimens of ...