Novel mucoadhesive buccal tablets (NMBTs) of oxytocin were prepared as cores in cup fashion to release and permeate the drug unidirectionally toward the buccal mucosa to reach the systemic circulation directly. Adhesive cups for NMBTs were prepared with mucilage (DPM) isolated from edible Diospyros peregrina fruit. Mucoadhesive properties like shear and tensile and peel strengths of the adhesiv...

Lymphangiomas are uncommon congenital hamarto‐ mas of the lymphatic system, usually diagnosed in infancy and early childhood. Most lymphangiomas are present at birth (60%) and, by the age of 2 years, 80% to 90% are present. Tongue, palate, gingiva, lip, alveolar ridge and buccal mucosa are the most commonly affected sites in the oral cavity. Various methods have been tried for the treat‐ ment o...

Lipomas are benign mesenchymal neoplasms of soft tissue that can be found in any part of the human body. Conversely, their presence in the oral mucosa is rather uncommon, with approximately 4% of the cases occurring in the oral cavity. In such cases, they are likely to have originated from mature adipose tissue and to be among several described histological variants of lipomas, which are identi...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to analyze the outcome of surgical therapy for buccal carcinoma. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart review was done. SETTING The study took place in a major tertiary-care hospital. RESULTS Twenty-seven patients received first-time surgical therapy for buccal carcinoma. Treatment was surgery alone in 15 and surgery followed by radiation therapy in 6 patients. Six add...

Little is known about the pathogenesis of the phenotype in individuals with trisomy 21 mosaicism and Down syndrome. The primary goal of this study was to identify factors contributing to the observed phenotypic variation by evaluating 107 individuals having trisomy 21 mosaicism. To investigate a potential "threshold" effect due to trisomic imbalance, lymphocyte and buccal mucosa nuclei were sco...

Background: Palate is a complex structure separating oro- and nasopharynx. However, reconstruction of the defects of palate is much simpler because of the versatile mucoperiosteal flaps. Here, we present our experience of palatal mucoperiosteal flap used in different situations. Methods: Fifteen patients of palatal as well as buccal mucosa defects were reconstructed using either free or pedicl...