INTRODUCTION Diagnosis of atypical tuberculosis is difficult. Therefore, it is important that physicians are aware of rare presentations of tuberculosis to avoid diagnostic delays. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 17-year-old Sri Lankan man who presented to our facility with an ill-defined large induration over the skin of his left buttock and thigh. A cause could not be found despi...

Denosumab (Dmab) è un potente farmaco anti-riassorbitivo impiegato per il trattamento dell’osteoporosi al dosaggio di 60 mg sottocute ogni sei 6 mesi. A differenza dei bisfosfonati (BPs), Dmab non si accumula nella matrice ossea e, in caso ritardo o interruzione delle somministrazioni, noto effetto rebound sul turnover osseo, che traduce una rapida perdita Bone Mineral Density (BMD) e aumento d...

Purpose: To assess surgical success rate of placing dental implants in the atrophic posterior maxilla engaging the maxillary sinus floor in patients with inadequate posterior maxillary alveolar bone height (PMABH). Methods: 26 patients with PMABH of 7 10 mm had 39 implants placed between July 2012 and June 2014. These implants were placed protruding apically 1 3 mm into the maxillary sinus enga...

periodontal disease is a chronic inflammatory disease which represents a primarily anaerobic gram‑negative oral infection that results in gingival inflammation, loss of attachment, bone destruction. bacterial endotoxins in the form of lipopolysaccharides (lps) that are instrumentalin generating a host‑mediated tissue destructive immune response by mobilizing their defensivecells and releasing c...