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Objectives: In this study we investigate the effectiveness of lycopene in themanagement of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) when intralesional steroids also given incombination. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Dental Section Allied Hospital,Faisalabad. Period: Eight months from September 2016 to April 2017.
Muhammad Zeeshan +3 more
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Objective: The systematic review is aimed to assess the antioxidant status by superoxide dismutase level in oral sub-mucous fibrosis using available literature.
Khadijah Mohideen +12 more
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Background: Ultrasonography (USG) has emerged as a real time imaging modality capable of assessing the thickness and depth of the affected oral mucosa in a potentially malignant condition like Oral Submucous Fibrosis.
Priyanka Vijay Patil, Amita Navalkar
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Objectives: Oral Submucous Fibrosis is a chronic, high risk, debilitating, pre-cancerous oral condition that is prevalent in Southeast Asian consumers of areca nut. This study was conducted to determine regarding gender specificity with relation to stages of OSF and medical & surgical treatment modalities.
Anwar Ali +6 more
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Background: Oral submucous fibrosis is very common in Asia. It has many deleterious effects on individual's oral functions. Thus, there is a need to assess the effect of oral submucous fibrosis on quality of life.
Ashok Kumar Jena +3 more
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Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of triamcinolone in combination with pentoxifylline and vitamin E in the treatment of patients with level two and three oral submucous fibrosis.
Saeed Ullah Shah +8 more
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Objectives: The diagnostic role and correlation between phosphatase and tensin homologue and alpha-smooth muscle actin in oral submucous fibrosis and oral squamous cell carcinoma with concomitant oral submucous fibrosis was analysed by this case control ...
Roshni Monteiro +2 more
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Background: Heat shock proteins are a highly conserved group of protective cellular proteins whose synthesis is increased in response to a variety of environmental or pathophysiological stresses.
M Thubashini, N Malathi, L Kannan
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Etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of oral submucous fibrosis
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic disease that produces scars, tissue fibrosis, and precancerous lesions. Epidemiological studies have shown that chewing betel nut is the most significant risk factor for OSF.
JIAN Xinchun, GAO Xing
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