BACKGROUND Reviewing the literature, no studies were cited to report the prevalence of recurrent aphthous ulceration in Jordan. The aim of this study is to report the prevalence of recurrent aphthous ulceration in Jordanian subjects. METHODS A total of 684 dental patients who attended Jordan University of Science and Technology interviewed and administered to fill questionnaires related to hi...

J Dent Health Oral Disord Ther 2016, 5(5): 00170 Abbreviations: CREST: Calcinosis Raynaud Phenomenon Esophageal Dismotility Sclerodactyly Teleangiectasia; GERD: Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease; CD: Celiac Disease; RAS: Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis; MiRAS: Mikulicz’s Aphthae; MaRAS: Sutton’s Aphthae; HeRAS: Herpetiform Aphthae; PFAPA: Periodic Fever Aphthous Stomatitis Pharyngitis and Adenitis...

IL: interleukin RAS: recurrent aphthous stomatitis OBSERVATION Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a common cause of recurrent oral ulcers, which often leads to significant impairment of a patient’s quality of life. The underlying pathogenic mechanism remains unclear, and no treatment modality is uniformly effective. In this report, we describe the use of apremilast, an oral phosphodiesteras...

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis consists on recurring oral ulcers of unknown etiology. Oral ulcers may be different in number and size depending on the clinical presentation, which also determines the time needed for healing. Moreover, there are factors associated to outbreaks but not implicated in its etiopathogenesis. When oral aphthosis has a known etiology, it is not considered as recurrent a...

The study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an herbal extract of Yunnan Baiyao formulated in toothpaste as an alternative therapy for minor RAS. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial (from March 2010 to March 2011) was conducted on a cohort of 227 minor RAS patients. The toothpaste containing Yunnan Baiyao was used twice daily as part of the patient's r...

This research is a double blinded clinical study that tries to assay the thrapeutical effects of olive leaf extract on the oral minor aphthous ulcers in comparison with dexametasone mouth wash. The statistical society of the study was 80 patients which were equally divided into 2 groups. One group received olive leaf extract and the other group received dexametasone mouth wash (elixir 0.1%). Th...

Aim. To examine the potential of Pudilan Keyanning toothpaste (PKT) to treat minor aphthous ulcers (MiAU). Method. A double-blind clinical trial was conducted in which 80 volunteers were randomly assigned to the PKT group (N = 40) or the control group (N = 40). The control group used a placebo toothpaste containing no Pudilan extract. At baseline, after 3 days, and after 6 days the following pa...