This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the association between sociodemographic characteristics, health care indicators, work process characteristics, and the performance of preventive dental procedures by oral health care teams (OHCTs) assessed during the first phase of the PMAQ in Brazil. A census of 10 334 primary OHCTs was conducted. The outcome included topical application of fluorid...

BACKGROUND acupuncture is a therapeutic technique currently used in the treatment of many pathologies. The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential effect of acupuncture on "in vivo" variations in oral microcirculation in healthy subjects. METHODS an exploratory study was conducted on 40 healthy subjects: 20 cases (mean 55.90, SD 16.04) and 20 controls (mean 51, SD 11.91). Videocapillar...

in the present study, the effects of the acute and chronic oral administrations (po) of curcumin in the absence and presence of morphine and naloxone was investigated on the sensation of acute corneal pain in rats. acute corneal pain was induced by the local application of hypertonic saline (5 m nacl) on the corneal surface, and the number of eye wipes was then counted for 30 s. subcutaneous (s...

evaluation of urmia dentists knowledge attitude practes a bout oral cancer in 2010     ala aghbali a [1] * , vosough hossani s [2] , mahmoudifar f [3] , mahmoudi sm [4] , janani m [5] ,fattahi s 4 , parvisnia r [6]     received: 3july, 2011 accepted: 23september, 2011     abstract   background & aims: most oral cancers are diagnosed in the late stages. since dentists can play a critical role in...

A case of bullous pemphigoid with extra-oral and intraoral lesions in a 60-year-old female is reported. Diagnosis is based on histopathology and direct immunofluorescence, and the treatment regime described included oral prescription of prednisolone and topical application of a mixture of fluocinonide ointment and triamcinolone acetonide in Orabase on the oral lesions.

background and aim: oral mucosal lesions have various prevalence rates among different populations. few studies have evaluated the frequency of oral mucosal lesions in iranian population. this study aimed to determine the frequency of oral mucosal lesions and the related factors.                        materials and methods: this descriptive study was conducted based on the data in the archives...

Oral myiasis is a rare disease caused by larvae of certain dipteran flies. A case of oral myiasis caused by chrysomya bezziana, in the maxillary anterior region in a 20 year old mentally challenged female patient is reported. Manual removal of the larvae by topical application of turpentine oil, surgical debridement of the oral wound, followed by oral therapy with broad spectrum antibiotics wer...