background: transferrin is a negative acute phase protein, which decreases during inflammation and infection. the aim of the present study was to evaluate changes in the transferrin serum levels subsequent to non-surgical treatment of chronic periodontal disease. methods: twenty patients with chronic periodontitis and 20 systemically healthy subjects without periodontal disease, who had referre...

abstract background: the emotional bond that a mother feels towards her infant is critical to their social, emotional, and cognitive development. this concept has a major influence on an infant’s future health, and growth, so the assessment of parental-fetal attachment and related factors is of great importance. this study aimed to examine the effect of psychological intervention on attachment ...

objective: low-level laser therapy (lllt) has been increasingly in use over the last few decades in both medicine and dentistry. it has been suggested that lllt may be helpful in pulpal wound healing following pulp exposure. the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of lllt and formocresol (fc) application in healing of remaining pulp following pulp amputation in primary molars...

In Brief Objectives: To investigate the association between clinical/sociodemographic factors and labor market attachment, to estimate employment probability 2 years after colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery. Background: A rising prevalence of younger CRC survivors commands a stronger focus on attachment. The clinical like type surgery survivors’ attachment remains poorly investigated. Methods: Nat...

This retrospective case series reports on the use of freeze-dried bone allograft (FDBA) combined with a purified recombinant protein of platelet-derived growth factor BB (PDGF-BB) for the treatment of periodontal intraosseous defects in 50 consecutive patients. The mean pretreatment measurements for clinical attachment level and probing depth were 7.9 ± 1.6 mm and 7.8 ± 1.4 mm, respectively. At...

AIM To investigate the effect of concentrated growth factors (CGFs) in human intrabony defect treatment. METHODS Thirty-one intrabony defects were randomly treated with CGFs + bovine porous bone mineral (BPBM) or BPBM alone. Probing depth, clinical attachment level and hard tissue fill were evaluated at baseline and 1 year post surgery. RESULTS No differences in any of the investigated para...

Asian Indians develop type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) much earlier as compared to White Caucasians, due to unique phenotypic and genetic architecture. Periodontitis in T2DM patients is often a neglected clinical feature. This study was conducted to derive predictor variables for gingival index in middle-aged Asian Indians with T2DM in a semiurban population of Dravidian ethnicity from Tamil Nad...

This study utilized three-dimensional micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) to evaluate the regenerative response to Bio-Oss Collagen when used alone or in combination with a Bio-Gide bilayer collagen membrane for the treatment of four intrabony defects (5 to 7 mm) around single-rooted teeth. The micro-CT observations are compared to the clinical, radiographic, and histologic results, which have...