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ERG11 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to fluconazole in candida isolates from diabetic and kidney transplant patients

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Candidiasis is the most frequent opportunistic mycosis in humans and can cause mortality, particularly in immunodeficient patients. One major concern is the increasing number of infections caused by drug-resistant Candidas trains, as these cannot be efficiently treated with standa...

Clinical attachment loss and molecular profile of inflamed sites before treatment

J. appl. oral sci; 27 (), 2019
Abstract Objective: To monitor early periodontal disease progression and to investigate clinical and molecular profile of inflamed sites by means of crevicular fluid and gingival biopsy analysis. Methodology: Eighty-one samples of twenty-seven periodontitis subjects and periodontally healthy individual...

Influência do método de limpeza da zircônia na adesão da prótese após a contaminação com saliva

Resumo Introdução A contaminação das restaurações de zircônia com saliva antes da cimentação influencia na resistência da adesão face à afinidade com os íons da saliva. Objetivo Analisar os métodos de limpeza da zircônia na adesão à dentina após a contaminação com saliva. Material ...

Efeito de probióticos no desenvolvimento de lesão periapical induzida em ratos

Objetivo: O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar o efeito da administração sistêmica de probióticos nos parâmetros hematológicos, microbiológicos do canal radicular e da saliva e no desenvolvimento da periodontite apical (PA) induzida em ratos. Material e Métodos: Foram utilizados 24 ratos Wis...

The evaluation of the Myxovirus Resistance 1 protein in serum and saliva to monitor disease activation in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSjS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes dry eye and mouth. No laboratory parameters to monitor the activation of this disease have been identified. Therefore, any possible relationships between salivary and blood myxovirus resistance 1 (MX1) and pSjS must...

Streptococcus mutans detection in saliva and colostrum samples

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective To detect Streptococcus mutans in colostrum and saliva of neonates and compare with its detection in saliva of mothers. Methods Forty-three healthy women, full-term gestations with no complications, submitted to elective Cesarean section, and their newborns were included in the stu...

Inflammatory markers in the saliva of cerebral palsy individuals with gingivitis after periodontal treatment

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of periodontal treatment on the salivary cytokine levels and clinical parameters of individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) with gingivitis. A non-randomized, clinical trial was conducted in individuals diagnosed with spastic CP. Thirty-eight individ...

Análisis de los niveles de cortisol salival y α-amilasa en cirugía del tercer molar

Odontología (Ecuad.); 21 (1), 2019
Los procedimientos dentales implican una alta situación de estrés y ansiedad. Objetivos: Verificar una asociación de ansiedad dental medida por la Escala de ansiedad dental modificada (EADM), con variaciones de los niveles de cortisol salival (sC) y de α-amilasa (sAA) en pacientes sometidos a cirugí...

A saliva e seus produtos – sua importância na periodontia: revisão da literatura

Periodontia; 29 (2), 2019
A saliva é um fluido biológico bucal secretado por glândulas salivares e tem grande participação na regulação da microbiota bucal. Atualmente diversas áreas da pesquisa científica adotam o uso da saliva na elaboração de diagnósticos e previsibilidade de terapias afins. Esta tendência se deve...

Chicken eggs as a surveillance tool for malaria and leishmaniasis vector presence

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Malaria and leishmaniases are transmitted by vectors during blood-feeding. Vector-infected animals develop antibodies against the vector's saliva. This study evaluated IgY antibody detection in the chicken eggs exposed to bites from Migonemyia migonei, Lutzomyia longipalpis and A...