stem cell-based therapy has great potential in treating health conditions including cardiovascular, autoimmune, type i diabetes, neurodegenerative and bone and cartilage diseases also in spinal cord injuries, malformations and cancer. in addition to their potential use to treat systemic diseases, stem cell-based therapy also provides a powerful tool to treat oral and dental diseases such as cra...

Lister Hill Auditorium National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, USA Co-Sponsors: American Dietetic Association American Society for Clinical Nutrition Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Department of Defense Fogarty International Center Food and Drug Administration/Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institu...

A new type of RNA coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) related to acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and responsible for COVID-19 disease has spread around the world, resulting in an unprecedented pandemic. become international public health emergency countless people sectors have been affected. In this context, individual collective protection measures were taken, mainly care. Dentistry, considered a high ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and severity of oral impact on daily performance (OIDP) in adults attending dental clinics in the city of Kerman, Iran. METHODS: In 2010, a cross-sectional survey was conducted on a sample of 400 patients (age 20-50 years) referring to dental centers in Kerman. Validated OIDP inventory was used to collect data. Clinical ex...

conclusion radiology equipment in tehran university of medical sciences have potential capacity, but they need repair, and better maintenance and management and application of standards for the imaging system needs organized supervisory mechanisms. materials and methods the study was performed in 16 hospitals, 4 faculties and three healthcare centers of tehran university of medical sciences. we...

Subgingival calculus has been recognized as a major cause of periodontitis, which is one of the main chronic infectious diseases of oral cavities and a principal cause of tooth loss in humans. Bacteria deposited in subgingival calculus or plaque cause gingival inflammation, function deterioration, and then periodontitis. However, subgingival calculus within the periodontal pocket is a complicat...

background: despite the positive impact of cardiac rehabilitation (cr) on quality of life and mortality, the majority of people who could benefit from this program fail to participate in it. the lack of referral from the physician is a common reason that patients give for not seeking cr. the objective of this study was to compare factors affecting cr referral by cardiologists. methods: a cross-...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the use of a newly developed micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) system for the diagnosis of oral pathologies in small animals, using the rabbit as a model. The diagnosis of dental diseases in rabbits is usually based on oral endoscopy and radiographic imaging, but detailed pathological diagnosis using these methods is frequently difficult. M...

BACKGROUND Modern imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have the advantage of producing images without superimposition. Whilst CT is a well-established technique for dental diagnostics, MRI examinations are rarely used for the evaluation of dental diseases in horses. Regarding equine endodontic therapies which are increasingly implemented, MRI ...