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Periodontitis and the Elderly: An Overview of the Disease and its Impact on an Aging Population [PDF]
, 2019 Periodontitis affects millions of Americans each year, and is especially prevalent among the elderly. Since periodontitis is a chronic, progressive condition, uninterrupted disease progression leads to irreversible oral damage; therefore, periodontitis ...
Weissenfluh, Nicole Grace
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Effects of metformin on inflammation, oxidative stress, and bone loss in a rat model of periodontitis. [PDF]
, 2017 AimTo evaluate the effects of metformin (Met) on inflammation, oxidative stress, and bone loss in a rat model of ligature-induced periodontitis.Materials & methodsMale albino Wistar rats were divided randomly into five groups of twenty-one rats each,
Araújo Júnior, Raimundo Fernandes de +9 more
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Effect of Oral Inflammatory Burden on Size and Stage of Oral Tongue Cancer
Oral Diseases, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma is an aggressive life‐threatening disease, the prognosis of which is affected by tumor stage and size. We retrospectively studied whether oral inflammatory burden and established tongue carcinoma etiological factors exert an impact on tumor size and stage.
Orvokki Saraneva +7 more
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Aggressive Periodontitis in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital
The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice, 2014 ABSTRACT Aim These case series were aimed at highlighting late presentations of aggressive periodontitis (AP) in a teaching hospital as well as proffering possible reasons for such presentations which would serve as part of the solution to prevent such presentations in the future.
Osagie Ikponmwosa +3 more
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Antioxidantes dietéticos para la prevención de la periodontitis crónica y su tratamiento. Una revisión de las evidencias actuales procedentes de estudios en animales y humanos [PDF]
, 2015 Objetivos. Dada la relación existente entre periodontitis crónica y altos niveles de estrés oxidativo, esta revisión pretende clarificar qué papel puede desempeñar la ingesta de los diferentes antioxidantes de la dieta en el mantenimiento de un ...
Bullon, Pedro
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The Microbial Aetiology of Periodontal Diseases [PDF]
, 2012 Introduction: The study of the aetiology of periodontal diseases has continued for decades with much progress shown in the last two decades. Having moved through periods of “whole” plaque (with emphasis on mass) being attributed to the disease process,
Africa, Charlene W.J.
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The effect of smoking on myeloid-related protein-8 and myeloid-related protein-14
Brazilian Oral Research, 2016 The aim of this study was to determine the myeloid-related protein-8 and myeloid-related protein-14 levels in the gingival crevicular fluid of smoker patients with generalized aggressive periodontitis (SAgP), smoker patients with chronic periodontitis ...
Abdullah Seckin ERTUGRUL, Hacer SAHİN
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Photodynamic therapy of cancer‐associated infections
Photochemistry and Photobiology, EarlyView.Pathogens can be involved in tumor initiation, promotion and progression through different mechanisms, and their treatment can prevent new cancer cases, improve outcomes, and revert poor‐prognostic phenotypes. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) successfully treats different types of cancers and infections, and, therefore, has a unique potential to address ...
Giulia Kassab, Juan Chen, Gang Zheng
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Disease Staging Index for Aggressive Periodontitis.
Oral health & preventive dentistry, 2017 Major advances in the knowledge about the aetiopathogenesis of aggressive periodontitis (AgP) have been achieved. An ever increasing number of scientific articles related to AgP are published every year contributing significantly to the knowledge of this unique and complex disease.
Ramachandra, Srinivas Sulugodu +3 more
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Detection of aggressive periodontitis by calprotectin expression
Dental Journal (Majalah Kedokteran Gigi), 2009 Background: Calprotectin is a calcium-binding protein expressed by neutrophil, monocytes, gingival keratinocytes, and oral epithelial cells. The concentrations of calprotectin increase in plasma, urine and synovial fluid of patients with inflammatory diseases.
Desi Sandra Sari, Suryono Suryono
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