Background and Objectives:The purpose of this study was to evaluate total antioxidant levels in caries-free and caries-active children.Materials and Methods:The present study included one hundred and twenty healthy children who were divided into two groups; Group I and Group II, comprising of age groups 7 to 10 years and 11 to 14 years. respectively. Both the groups were then sub-divided equally according to gender. They were further divided into caries-free and caries-active children with 15 children in each group. Unstimulated saliva was collected by suction method. The samples were then analyzed for total antioxidant capacity. The data was then statistically analyzed using Student's t-test (unpaired).Results:The results revealed that the total antioxidant capacity of saliva increased significantly in caries-active children when compared to caries-free children.Conclusion:Within the limitation of this study, we can conclude that the physicochemical properties of saliva in particular total antioxidant capacity play a role in the development of caries.
Unilateral absence of pulmonary artery is an uncommon congenital disorder. We report a case of unilateral absence of the right pulmonary artery in an adult without any other cardiovascular anomalies. We describe the clinical and radiologic presentations of this disease. Computed tomography scan and Surgery enabled us to confirm the diagnosis precisely, which was successfully treated with a right pneumonectomy for right-sided bullous lung disease and bronchiectasis. He is doing well at 2 year follow-up.
In medical literature, the association of acquired and congenital heart disease is interestingly well known, but uncommon. We report a case of young male adult whose therapeutic management for rheumatic mitral stenosis is changed as sinus venosus atrial septal defect was detected by transesophageal echocardiography. Presence of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return of right superior pulmonary vein into the superior vena cava detected in transesophageal echocardiography was confirmed at the operation which was successfully carried out to correct all three abnormalities through the right atrial approach.
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