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http://www.webmedcentral.com/images/Header_Logo.giftext/html2011-01-14T13:21:25+01:00http://www.webmedcentral.com/Dr. Medha P BabshetCentral Giant Cell Granuloma - A Rare Presentation
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Central giant cell granuloma is an uncommon benign proliferative lesion occurring more commonly in the anterior mandible. It may become aggressive leading to expansion and perforation of the cortex. Mobility and displacement of teeth and root resorption are often observed. The reported case is a rare, extremely aggressive central giant cell granuloma arising from maxillary antrum with intracranial extension through the base of the cranium. The affected patient was a 34 year old female who reported to us with a diffuse swelling of the right middle third of face associated with paresthesia of the entire face on the affected side.text/html2011-04-23T05:34:35+01:00http://www.webmedcentral.com/Dr. Pegah Mosannen-MozafariPalatal Perforation: Causes and Features
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Here we explain potential causes of palatal perforation and demonstrate some features.1.Developmental:During the sixth week of prenatal period, palatal shelve coalesce to form the hard palate. Failure to this integration results in cleft palate.(Illustration 1) Some syndromes, maternal alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking, folic acid deficiency, corticosteroid use and anticonvulsant therapy are some causative agents for this abnormality. (1)Sometimes an elderly edentoulous denture wearer complaines of a perforation in his/her palate. Due to bone resorption a previously impacted canine may emerge in the form of a palatal perforation. An orthopantomograph can easily reveal the impacted tooth.(Illustration 2)2. Infectious:There are some infections resulting in palatal perforation. In leprosy, tertiary syphilis, tuberculosis, rhinoscleroderma, naso-oral blastomycosis, leishmaniasis, actinomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis and diphtheria The palatal roof may be perforated.(2-3) (Illustration 3)3. Autoimmune:There are some autoimmune diseases which results in palatal perforation. Examples are lupus erythematous, sarcoidosis, Crohn's disease and Wegener granulomatosis.(4)4. Neoplastic:differenttumors can extend from maxillary sinus or nasal cavity and perforate the palate. Although these neoplasms usually form a mass, but in advance cases perforation of palate may occur in course of disease or following treatment(5)5. Drug related:palatal perforation due to cocaine abuse is a well-known situation. Other drugs (heroine, narcotics) can be responsible for palatal perforation.(6-7)(Illustration 4)6. Iatrogenic:Sometimes following a tooth extraction an oro-antral fistula remains.(Illustration 5). Other procedures such as tumor surgery(maxillectomy), corrective surgeries(e.g.septoplasty) or intubation can cause palatal perforation.(8)7. Rare causes:Rhinolithcan result in palatal perforation. Patients with psychologic problems may present with a fictitiouspalatal perforation.(Illustration 6)text/html2011-11-29T16:53:29+01:00http://www.webmedcentral.com/Prof. Sergio E CuryAggressive Hyperplastic Dental Follicle: Report of a Bilateral Case.
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This paper reports the case of an 11-year old boy exhibiting a unique form of aggressive bilateral hyperplastic dental follicle of his unerupted maxillary canines. He was asymptomatic and unaware of this occurrence. Biopsy of the overlying tissue associated with the impacted canines revealed no significant pathological process other than focal inflammation and some hyperplasia within the dental follicle.text/html2011-12-07T17:12:17+01:00http://www.webmedcentral.com/Prof. Sergio E CuryCalcifying Cystic Odontogenic Tumor: Case Report
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The following is a report of a 16-year-old boy with history of pain in the maxillary left central incisor and in the maxillary sinus area. Radiographs showed a well-demarcated, unilocular mixed radiolucent-radiodense lesion.text/html2012-01-11T07:54:20+01:00http://www.webmedcentral.com/Prof. Sergio E CuryAtypical Aggressive Periapical Granuloma: A Case Report
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We reported a atypical and aggressive case of a periapical granuloma, located in the mandibular right first and second molars region of the caucasian 32 year-old woman.text/html2013-02-18T07:44:07+01:00http://www.webmedcentral.com/Dr. Stuti GoyalSerum Lipid Profile In Patients With Oral Tobacco Habits and Oral Precancer Lesions and Conditions
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Background & Objectives:. Tobacco carcinogens induce generation of free radicals and reactive oxygen species, which cause lipid peroxidation. Because of the lipid peroxidation, there is a greater utilization of lipids for new membrane biogenesis. Hence the present study was carried out to determine the variations, if any, in the serum lipid profile of subjects with tobacco habit and patients with oral precancers.
Methodology: The study consisted of 30 healthy controls, 30 patients with oral tobacco habit and 30 oral precancer cases. After thorough clinical oral screening for all the subjects of the groups and histopathological confirmation for premalignancy, 5 ml of fasting blood was collected. Blood was allowed to clot and serum separated. The serum triglycerides were estimated by the GPO-PAP, End Point Assay method; Total cholesterol by CHOD-PAP and HDL-Cholesterol by PEG-CHOD-PAP, End Point Assay method with Lipid Clearing Factor (LCF). The LDL and VLDL levels were calculated using the Friedewald’s equation. One way ANOVA SPSS version 19.0 was used for statistical analysis.
Results: In the present study there was no statistically significant change in values of serum lipid profile in either the oral tobacco habit group or the oral precancer group when compared with age and sex matched controls. There was no statistical significant change in the lipid profile parameters on comparing oral tobacco habit group with oral precancer group also.
Conclusion: Therefore it was concluded that oral precancer, though it represents ‘potentially malignant lesions’, it is localized and hence might not cause a significant serum lipid profile change as frank cancers do. Hence the precancerous lesions might not have the required need for greater utilization of lipids for new membrane biogenesis, which are fulfilled by synthesis or degradation of the circulating lipids in the blood, which might cause a significant change in the serum lipid profile values.text/html2013-11-15T12:40:51+01:00http://www.webmedcentral.com/Prof. Sergio E CuryImpacted Maxillary Canines: Frequency in a Brazilian population
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Objective: To evaluate the occurrence of impacted maxillary canines in the population of Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, taking into account age, gender and affected side of the face.
Methods: three thousand five hundred and forty panoramic radiographs were carried out during 2012. These files, which belong to the Class of Oral Pathology, at the Dentistry Course of UniFOA, were evaluated for the presence of impacted maxillary canines. Results: from a total of 3,540 panoramic radiographies studied, 53 presented images which showed impacted maxillary canines. There was a predominance of female subjects, and a higher concentration in the age group ranging from 13 to 30 years. It was also observed that the left side was the most affected. Conclusions: The overall incidence of impacted maxillary canines studied in the 3,540 radiographies corresponded to 1.5%, observed in the average numbers found in the specific literature.text/html2013-11-23T05:43:50+01:00http://www.webmedcentral.com/Dr. Francesca MuggianoMajor dental clinical pathological manifestation of celiac disease
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Celiac disease or sprue is an autoimmune disorder that leads the blunting and loss of villi of the small intestine due to the gluten assumption which is a proteic complex found in various cereal product. Celiac symptoms are mostly various: diarrhoea, failure to gain weight(in young children), reduction of adipose tissue, irritability are the most common symptoms, though other signs and symptoms be clinically suggestive of celiac disease. Among the most characteristic symptoms there are migraine, iron deficiency anaemia, hypertransaminasemia, hepatosteatosis, meteorism. Other clinical symptoms related to the oral cavity but not properly pathognomonic of, can be observed in all clinical forms of celiac disease and suggest clinicians to require more specific diagnostic analysis and exams.text/html2014-09-22T04:25:12+01:00http://www.webmedcentral.com/Prof. Sergio E CuryGiant-cell Fibroma: case report
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We present a case of a 21-year-old woman who had a asymptomatic nodular injury located on the lingual gums at the height of the second upper left premolar. Histological findings showed a benign giant-cell fibroma.