The concentration of bivalent cations affects a large number of processes that occur in the oro-maxillary region. A connection has been established between chronic periodontitis, on one side, and the salivary concentration of calcium, magnesium, zinc and copper and the concentration of magnesium in blood, on the other. Patients with suppurations on oro-maxillo-facial area show decreased blood c...

Cancer awareness public campaigns aim to shorten the interval between symptom onset and presentation to a doctor (the 'patient interval'). Appreciating variation in promptness of presentation can help to better target awareness campaigns. We explored variation in patient intervals recorded in consultations with general practitioners among 10,297 English patients subsequently diagnosed with one ...

BACKGROUND Human bites in the maxillofacial region compromise function and aesthetics, resulting in social and psychological effects. There is paucity of information regarding human bite injuries in Tanzania. The aim of the study was to assess the occurrence, treatment modalities and prognosis of human bite injuries in the oro-facial region at the Muhimbili National Hospital Dar es Salaam, Tanz...

The isolation of arboviruses from patient's low titer sera can be difficult. Here we compared the detection efficiency of Dengue (DEN), Yellow Fever (YF), Saint Louis Encephalitis (SLE), West Nile (WN), Ilheus (ILH), Group C (GC), Oropouche (ORO), Mayaro (MAY) and Venezuela Encephalitis Equine (VEE) viruses using a Modified Shell Vial Culture (MSVC) protocol to a Standard Cell Culture (SCC) pro...

Oil Red O (ORO) stain is lipophilic for fat and lipid components, it one of the chemical reagents which have potential to be utilized forensic medicine identify asphyxia deaths from pulmonary emboli, that are frequently occurred following an accident or sudden death. Consequently, can increase pathologists' confidence lower cost delivering ORO stains other units. Therefore, authors were interes...

Although known to occur in the past, it is only in recent years that the incidence and importance of oral infection by the gonococcus has come to be assessed. The first case of gonococcal pharyngitis was described by Fiumara, Wise, and Many (1967). Thatcher, McCraney, Kellogg, and Whaley (1969) found no gonococci in the urethra and rectum in a routine screening by culture of 505 military subjec...

SummaryFour cases of oro-facial infection leading to life-threatening complications are reported. Although all had been treated with antibiotics prior to consultation, lack of surgical intervention had allowed the infection to progress. These cases are a reminder that acute spreading odontogenic infection can be life-threatening. Definitive treatment includes airway management, adequate resusci...

En la actualidad, nos encontramos cada vez con mayor demanda de minerales entre ellos el Oro. Los beneficios minería del Oro en país se reflejan su contribución a las exportaciones y recaudación tributaria. La geometalurgia busca reducir significativamente impacto incertidumbre espacial planeamiento mina, debido documenta variabilidad un depósito Oro, esto minimiza riesgo proyecto una futura ex...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and influential factors of maxillary rehabilitation with zygomatic implant and prosthesis after tumor resection. METHODS Thirty-six patients with maxillary defects were collected prospectively in this study and received zygomatic implant and prosthesis for maxillary rehabilitation in the Department of Stomatology of the Municipal Hospital, Taiz...