Oral lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory immune-mediated disease. ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 are vascular adhesion molecules that their receptors are located on endothelial cells and leukocytes. The aim of this study is the immunohistochemical evaluation of VCAM1 and ICAM1 in oral lichen planus and to compare these two markers with normal mucosa for evaluation of angiogenesis. This descriptive-analy...

oral lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory immune-mediated disease. icam-1 and vcam-1 are vascular adhesion molecules that their receptors are located on endothelial cells and leukocytes. the aim of this study is the immunohistochemical evaluation of vcam1 and icam1 in oral lichen planus and to compare these two markers with normal mucosa for evaluation of angiogenesis. this descriptive-analy...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Epidemiological studies have established a wide variation in the prevalence of oral lesions in different population. Officially oral mucosa diseases can occur in 25-50% of cases, depending on the population to which the survey was conducted. We examined the relationship between oral mucosal lesions, tongue pH level, gingivitis, oral hygiene, and oral health behaviors in stud...

objective: oral mucosal epithelia of smokers and waterpipe users are more susceptible to malignant alterations. the aim of this study was morphometric evaluation of the effects of using waterpipe on normal oral mucosa. materials and methods: in a cross sectional study, cytologic smear samples from the following three different areas: buccal mucosa, lateral surface of the tongue, and floor of th...

BACKGROUND: The biopsy of an oral mucosal lesion is a minor operation. Pain might be an unpredictable consequence of the oral mucosal biopsy. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and severity of post-operative pain following the biopsy of oral mucosal lesions in patients attending in an oral medicine department of Kerman Dental School. METHODS: Visual analogue scale (VAS) was used...

oral mucosa can be affected in many systemic diseases such as chronic renal failure (crf). many metabolic and hematologic disorders develop in patients with crf which can also affect oral cavity. oral mucosa, teeth, salivary glands and jaw bones are affected. although hemodialysis can improve many of systemic features but the best treatment is renal transplantation. in addition to previous feat...

introduction: leukoplakia is the most common precancerous lesion of the oral mucosa and may range microscopically form benign hyperkeratosis to invasive squamous cell carcinoma. p53 is a tumor suppressor protein; whereas, proliferative cell nuclear antigen (pcna) is a proliferative marker. the aim of this study was to evaluate the immunohistochemical expressions of p53 and pcna in oral leukopla...

back ground: the aim of this study was to characterize the immunohistochemical expression of galectin 1, 3, and 9 in normal oral epithelium, oral squamous papilloma, and oral squamous cell carcinoma. materials and methods: immunohistochemical staining for galectins 1, 3, and 9 was evaluated in 8 samples of normal oral squamous epithelium, 15 samples of oral squamous papilloma, and 41 samples of...