According to the resemblance account of ‘what it's like’ and similar constructions, a sentence such as ‘there is something like have toothache’ means having toothache resembles’. This has proved controversial in literature; some writers endorse it, many reject it. We show that this conflict illusory. Drawing on semantics intensional transitive verbs, we there are two versions account, depending...

The herbal medicine occupy distinct position right from ancient period. The plant Calotorpis procera is known by different name in different part of world like French cotton, Alarka, or Madar, Rooster tree, and Widuri. The plant is poisonous can lead to blindness if its juice is put in to the eyes. The same plant is used for Ayurvedic medicines. The medicinal properties like Calotropin isolated...

This study aimed to assess the impact of traumatic dental injury (TDI) on the quality of life of preschoolers and their families. A cross-sectional study was carried out, with a sample of 814 children, aged three to five years old, in Campina Grande, Brazil. Parents/caregivers were asked to complete the Brazilian Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale and a questionnaire on socio-demographic ...

Many parents rely on emergency services to deal with their children's dental problems, mostly pain and infection associated with dental caries. This cross-sectional study analyzed the factors associated with not doing an oral procedure in preschoolers with toothache attending public dental emergency services. Data were obtained from the clinical files of preschoolers treated at all nine dental ...

CASE PRESENTATION DR HELLMANN: My patient, Professor R, who is a 79-year-old woman, was well until she developed a disorder that eventually produced blindness in her right eye. Although most of the common presenting features of temporal arteritis (TA) are familiar to general internists and family physicians, the many disguises of this condition may challenge the diagnostic skills of any experie...

Spilanthes acmella is an important medicinal plant, found in tropical and subtropical countries mainly India and South America. Popularly, it is known as toothache plant which reduces the pain associated with toothaches and can induce saliva secretion. Various extracts and active metabolites from various parts of this plant possess useful pharmacological activities. Literature survey proposed t...

Psidium guajava L is commonly known as guava in English. The present investigation focuses on the toothache activity. The investigation is based upon the analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial activity of water extract of Psidium guajava L. The study assessed the different solvent extracts of Psidium guajava leaf for thin layer chromatography (TLC) and also evaluated the analgesic acti...