Introduction:With better health care facilities and nutritional levels the average life expectancy of Indian population has been on the rise over the years. Most of the geriatric population is under long-term medication.Aim:The aim of this study was to evaluate the synergistic effect of multiple xerostomia drugs.Materials and Methods:Unstimulated saliva was measured in 60 geriatric patients, and xerostomia questionnaire and quality-of-life scale were also administered.Results:There was a very highly significant reduction in the salivary flow rates of patients under multiple xerostomia-inducing drugs.Conclusion:The synergistic effect of the xerostomia inducing medication could be the possible factor responsible for reduced salivary flow in elderly individuals using such drugs
Introduction:Lipid oxidation gives rise to number of secondary by-products. Malondialdehyde (MDA) is the principal and most widely studied product of polyunsaturated fatty acid peroxidation. This aldehyde is a highly toxic molecule and should be considered as more than just a marker of lipid peroxidation in oral carcinogenesis.Materials and Methods:Salivary malondiadldehyde was evaluated in 65 healthy controls (HC), 115 subjects with oral, potentially malignant disorders (PMD) and 50 subjects with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) using the Thiobarbituric-Trichloroacetitic acid (TBA-TCA) method.Results:A consistent elevation in the levels of salivary MDA was observed in HC with tobacco related habits, subjects with PMD and subjects with OSCC. The elevation in the salivary MDA was significant (P = 0.001) in the groups PMD and OSCC and group OSCC when compared to HC.Conclusion:The significant and encouraging findings of this study thus validate and reinforce that salivary malodialdehyde analysis can be used as an efficient, noninvasive tool for the early diagnosis of PMD and OSCC for planning comprehensive treatment protocol.
Objectives: Diabetes Mellitus is emerging as a major health problem over these years. Present method of blood glucose monitoring by venepuncture is invasive leading to reduced patient compliance and thereby ineffective judicious monitoring. The need of the hour is to direct research in the direction of establishing painless and more acceptable blood glucose analysis method.The objective of the study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the concentrations of salivary glucose and blood glucose in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.
Study Design: This study assessed glucose levels using the glucose oxidase method in blood and unstimulated saliva in 90 subjects who were divided into 3 equal groups of controlled type 2 diabetes, uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and those without diabetes. Statistical analysis was carried out using one way ANOVA, Post hoc Tukeys tests and Pearson’s correlation coefficient test.
Results: Salivary glucose levels were significantly higher in patients with diabetes than controls. There was a significant positive correlation between salivary and plasma glucose levels in patients with diabetes.
Conclusions: Glucose concentration in saliva is higher in diabetics but hyperglycemia does not influence salivary glucose levels. Further clarification is required to claim the diagnostic potentials of saliva in diabetes.
Key words:Salivary glucose, type 2 diabetes mellitus, blood glucose.
BackgroundThe purpose of this report is to present a rare case of co-occurrence of
florid cemento-osseous dysplasia with simple bone cyst in a middle aged
Asian woman. Most of the reported cases are isolated cases of simple bone
cyst or florid cemento-osseous dysplasia, but co-occurrence of these two
entities is extremely rare.MethodsThe authors report a 41 year old female patient with co-occurrence of
mandibular florid cemento-osseous dysplasia with simple bone cyst. A
thorough clinical and radiological examination was carried out.ResultsIt was diagnosed mandibular cyst with possible co-occurrence of florid
cemento-osseous dysplasia. Surgical exploration of the multilocular lesion
was applied. Since, the patient was symptomatic at the time of presentation
utmost caution was taken during the surgical procedure as florid
cemento-osseous dysplasia is associated with hypo-vascularity of the
affected bone. Based on histopathological, as well as supporting
clinico-radiological findings a confirmative diagnosis of florid
cemento-osseous dysplasia co-occurring with simple bone cyst was made.
Patient was followed-up for a period of six months and was reported to be
asymptomatic.ConclusionsTimely diagnosis and well planned treatment is important to obtain a good
prognosis when a rare co-occurrence of two or more bone lesions affects the
jaws.
Kissing molar is a rare condition wherein the occlusal surfaces of the impacted mandibular molars are in close proximity with each other within a single follicular space, with their roots in the opposite direction. According to the existing dental literature, the occurrence of this phenomenon is extremely rare and its etiology remains unknown. Keywords: Mandibular, kissing molar, follicular space, impacted ÖZ Kissing molar, gömülü mandibuler molarların oklüzal yüzeylerinin tek bir foliküler torba içerisinde birbirleriyle çok yakın oldukları ve köklerinin ters yönde olduğu nadir bir durumdur. Mevcut dental literatüre göre, bu fenomenin gelişmesi son derece nadirdir ve etiyolojisi bilinmemektedir.
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