introduction: laser dentistry is a one of the upcoming advanced treatment modality for oral mucosal lesions. diode laser is a soft tissue laser that has found much acceptance in all branches of dentistry. available compact size and feasibility has render diode laser an enhanced tool for today’s clinical practice. the aim of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of diode laser for t...

introduction: autologous stem cells have greatly influenced the treatment of a variety of malignancies including hodgkin/non-hodgkins lymphoma and acute leukemias. this is a preliminary study comparing the time of engraftment, mortality rate and cost of treatment in outpatient versus inpatient autologous stem cell transplantation (sct) in iran. patients and methods: 11 outpatients (6 hodgkin ly...

case presentation we report a male patient with leigh’s syndrome and a family history suggestive of unknown hypotonia and malignant hyperthermia presenting for dental rehabilitation. conclusions dexmedetomidine with remifentanil can be used with no complication in this senerio. introduction usually presenting in infancy, leigh’s syndrome is an inherited condition often manifesting with seizures...

background: qat (also known as khat , kat and miraa ) is a green-leaved plant ( catha edulis ). it is a shrub indigenous to yemen and certain parts of eastern africa. chewing the leaves, which have sympathomimetic and euphoric effects, has been documented in many countries and increased with worldwide migration. the effect of long-term chewing qat on the oral cavity is unknown. objective: a sys...

background: the mapping of the malignization mechanism is still incomplete, but oxidative stress is strongly correlated to carcinogenesis. in our research, using fuzzy logic, we aimed to estimate the oxidative stress related-cancerization risk of the oral potentially malignant disorders. methods: serum from 16 patients diagnosed (clinical and histopathological) with oral potentially malignant d...

Background: Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure, often life saving measure in variety of clinical conditions. It one the commonest procedures carried out on critically ill patient. The most common causes non-malignant airway obstruction are head and severe facial trauma, cerebrovascular accident, coma, respiratory burn presence foreign bodies etc. an increasingly utilised adjunct ICU managemen...

Background and Objectives: We aimed at evaluating the efficacy of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) in comparison with histopathology and demonstrating whether cytological study could be a proper diagnostic tool in orbital mass lesions. Materials and Methods: In a cross sectional study during 36 months, patients referred to our ophthalmologic center affiliated to Tehran University of Medical...