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Salivary rheumatoid factor in primary and secondary Sjögren’s syndrome

J. oral res. (Impresa); 8 (3), 2019
Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease, characterized by the presence of hyposalivation and xerophthalmia, which in addition to other factors is diagnosed by the presence of rheumatoid factor in blood. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the presence of rheumatoid factor (IgG-I...

Immunological and Morphological substantiation of the use of dental stick with biopharmaceuticals in the complex therapy of inflammatory periodontal diseases

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (4), 2019
Aim of the study: clinical, immunological and morphological substantiation of the use of a dental stick with biopharmaceuticals in the complex therapy of inflammatory periodontal diseases. Research methods: leukocyte migration test, cytograms, the study of quantitative and qualitative content of spontane...

Serão as bactérias cariogénicas o fator de risco maior para cáries dentárias em doentes com retocolite ulcerativa?

Arq. gastroenterol; 56 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: High prevalence of dental caries in ulcerative colitis (UC) has been attributed to diet and changes in salivary environment. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to characterize the prevalence of dental caries, salivary flow rates, salivary buffering capacity and cariogenic bacteria counts of Mut...

Desarrollo psicomotor y cortisol salival en niños que viven juntos a sus madres privadas de libertad

Rev. chil. pediatr; 90 (3), 2019
INTRODUCCIÓN: En Chile el sistema penitenciario cuenta con un programa que permite que las madres privadas de libertad vivan con sus hijos menores de 2 años. Esta modalidad podría implicar que los niños estén más expuestos a condiciones de estrés y a mayor riesgo de retraso en su desarrollo psico...

Saliva contamination effects at different application steps on bond strength of total etch two-step adhesive

Introduction: there are clinical situations in the management of cavities favorable to saliva contamination. Human saliva is a complex mixture of oral fluids and it has been showed that the protein content of the saliva is responsible for the decrease in adhesive bond strength when contamination has occu...

The 4Ds of ectopic ACTH syndrome: diagnostic dilemmas of a difficult disease

SUMMARY Cushing's syndrome (CS) is an uncommon condition that leads to high morbidity and mortality. The majority of endogenous CS is caused by excessive ACTH secretion, mainly due to a pituitary tumor - the so-called Cushing's disease (CD) - followed by ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS), an extra-pituitary tu...

Antitumoral effects of Amblyomma sculptum Berlese saliva in neuroblastoma cell lines involve cytoskeletal deconstruction and cell cycle arrest

Abstract The antitumor properties of ticks salivary gland extracts or recombinant proteins have been reported recently, but little is known about the antitumor properties of the secreted components of saliva. The goal of this study was to investigate the in vitro effect of the saliva of the hard tick Am...

Prevalence of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus isolated from saliva samples of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

J. oral res. (Impresa); 8 (1), 2019
Objectives: To study the prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in saliva samples of pre-surgical oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients along with their resistance pattern to other antibiotics. Methods: Saliva samples of OSCC patients were collected and processed for isol...

Efeitos da fibrose cística sobre o microbioma bucal e o proteoma salivar

A Fibrose Cística (FC) é uma doença genética de elevada prevalência global e que causa função anormal das glândulas exócrinas. As alterações nas funções das glândulas salivares podem impactar a saúde bucal que por sua vez podem influenciar a saúde geral. A boca pode representar um reserva...

Impacto do tratamento periodontal não cirúrgico nos níveis de biomarcadores do metabolismo ósseo na saliva

O objetivo foi avaliar o efeito do tratamento periodontal não cirúrgico, após 1 ano, na expressão salivar dos marcadores do metabolismo ósseo: TNF-α, SOST, PTH, OPG, OPN, OC, Leptina, IL-6, IL-1β e FGF-23; em pacientes com periodontite crônica generalizada. Participaram deste estudo 15 pacientes ...