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Traumatic Oral Lesions // Орални травматични лезии
… of malignant growth. In the majority of cases of oral traumatic lesions, there is no dilemma as to the cause that led to the occurrence of this suffering. Through the analysis of the data obtained from the patient's questioning and the clinical examination, the diagnosis is not difficult for the …
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Oral lesions in hiv/aids patients before and after haart treatment
… present study was to determine the prevalence of oral lesions in patients before and after undergoing HAART. Methods: The study design was longitudinal and descriptive, investigating the prevalence of oral lesions presenting in HIV/AIDS patients at baseline, 3 and 6 months after taking HAART. A …
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Clinical study of the use of Photodynamic Detection (PDD) in assessing suspicious oral lesions
… 5-ALA, in assessing clinically suspicious oral lesions. To that end the followings were assessed: • The fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) or Red/Green ratio at 635/500nm measurements of normal anatomical sites at ten oral anatomical sites to map and create baseline readings for normal oral …
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Benign, potentially malignant & malignant oral lesions; an analysis of oral and gut microbiota
… to be associated with health and disease. The oral microbiome has been linked with oral diseases and infections, though not many studies have explored the relation between oral and gut microbiome with oral cancer based on their histology. This study explores the oral and gut microbiota in 30 …
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The use of optical coherence tomography in the management of patients with potentially malignant oral lesions
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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The relationship of dietary beta-carotene intake and serum beta- carotene levels to the development of oral lesions in smokeless tobacco users
… and serum beta-carotene to the development of oral lesions in smokeless tobacco users. Eighty eight smokeless tobacco users without oral lesions and 18 with lesions participated in the study. Dietary intake of beta-carotene, personal health habits and selected dietary intake were analyzed by …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of oral health care workers of Lesotho regarding the management of patients with oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS
… people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) present with oral manifestations of HIV as the first sign of the disease. While Lesotho has a population of fewer than 2 million people, it is faced with the harsh reality of a dire shortage of health care workers including oral health care workers (OHCWs). The …
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Multispectral optical imaging for the detection and delineation of oral neoplasia
Despite the accessibility of the oral cavity to inspection, patients with oral cancer most often present at a late stage, leading to high morbidity and mortality. Multispectral widefield optical imaging has emerged as a promising technology to aid clinicians in screening and resection of oral …
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Barriers to oral health care among people living with HIV in Kwazulu Natal and the Western Cape
… of the adult population infected with HIV. Oral lesions and various opportunistic infections characterize the progression of HIV making it imperative for people living with HIV to have access to good quality oral care. There is a need to examine accessibility and use of dental services in …
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Complex Oral Diagnosis of Children and Adolescents with Diabetes and Obesity /// Комплексна орална диагностика на деца и подрастващи със захарен диабет и затлъстяване
… between diseases with metabolic disturbances and oral cavity state are carried out by means of various types of homeostasis (metabolic, immunological etc.), distortions of which lead to various diseases of the whole organism and the oral cavity as well. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most …
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Effectiveness of an educational intervention based on health belief model to promote mouth self-examination among active-duty military personnel
… the value of mouth self-examination in detecting oral lesions and seeking professional medical help in the early stages. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention based on a health belief model to promote mouth self-examination among active-duty military …
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Studies on neutron diffraction and X-ray radiography for material inspection
… X-ray panorama is performed for the detection of oral lesions. A novel automatic computer-aided method to identify dental lesions from dental X-ray is presented. Morphological operations, intensity profile analysis, automated seed point selection, region growing, feature extraction and neural …
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Non-invasive detection of oral cancer using reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopy
… spectra were collected from patients with oral lesions, as well as healthy volunteers, in order to evaluate the potential of spectroscopy to serve as a non-invasive tool for the detection oral cancer. A total of 710 spectra were analyzed from 79 healthy volunteers, and 87 spectra from 67 …
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A multidisciplinary approach to reconstruct the lived-experience of people with ‘leprosy’ and Hansen’s Disease in medieval England
… to dramatic and debilitating physical lesions. As such, ‘leprosy’, and those inflicted with it, have frequently been the subject of negative generalisations resulting from the conflation of HD with ‘Biblical leprosy’, and nineteenth-century fearmongering by media. Recent historic and …
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Age-associated alterations in head and neck cancer
… age) mice to elucidate the role of the aged oral tumor microenvironment in modulating oral tumor biology. We observed that older age promotes malignant features in oral lesions. Additionally, we identified an enrichment of an age-associated, immune-evasive carcinoma cell population that …
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DISCOVERY OF LIGNIN SULFATE AS A POTENT INHIBITOR OF HSV ENTRY INTO CELLS
… humans. HSV- I is the most common one, causing oral lesions and sporadic encephalitis. These infections are highly prevalent affecting at least one in three individuals in the United States.The entry of the herpes virus into the cell is a two-step process. The initial step involves the cell …