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Masticatory satisfaction, ability, and performance in partially dentate patients after periodontal therapy

Introduction: Understanding the effects of periodontal therapy is essential in performance and satisfaction of partially dentate patients. Objective: To assess the effect of subgingival periodontal treatment in performance and masticatory satisfaction and ability as reported by partially dentate patie...

Obesity, salivary glands and oral pathology

Colomb. med; 49 (4), 2018
Abstract Obesity has reached pandemic proportions in recent years. Not only adults suffer from the disease, but increasingly children and young people. One of the main causes of overweight and obesity is excessive food intake, in particular heavily processed carbohydrates. Obesity alters multiple organs,...

Microorganismos periodontales en el líquido sinovial de pacientes con artritis reumatoide. Revisión sistemática de la literatura 2017

Rev. colomb. reumatol; 25 (4), 2018
RESUMEN Introducción: La enfermedad periodontal (EP) y la artritis reumatoide (AR) son enfermedades inflamatorias crónicas multifactoriales que tienen en común algunos factores etiopatogénicos y la destrucción de los tejidos dentoalveolares y de las articulaciones sinoviales, de tal forma que se h...

Relación entre la enfermedad Periodontal y enfermedad cardiovascular. La necesidad de un protocolo de manejo

Rev. costarric. cardiol; 20 (2), 2018
Resumen La enfermedad periodontal y la enfermedad cardiovascular son dos de las enfermedades más prevalentes en la población mundial. Son ambas enfermedades de alto impacto en la salud pública. La enfermedad periodontal se define como una inflamación crónica de los tejidos que dan soporte a los dien...

Periodontal health knowledge and awareness among subjects with fixed orthodontic appliance

Abstract Objective: To report on periodontal health knowledge and awareness among orthodontic patients and to investigate the effect of age, attitude and duration of orthodontic treatment on periodontal health awareness among orthodontic patients. Methods: A total of 297 orthodontics patient (90 males...

Salivary arginase activity after mechanical-chemical therapy

Introduction: Salivary components can be used as biomarkers for diagnosing and monitoring oral diseases. There is evidence that one potential biomarker, arginase, is associated with the inflammatory processes of periodontal disease, and its enzymatic activity is reduced according to the improvement in t...

A importância da participação do paciente para a manutenção da saúde periodontal – revisão de literatura
The importance of patient participation in periodontal health maintenance - literature review

As doenças gengivais e periodontais mais comuns e prevalentes são a gengivite e as periodontites, ambas têm como fator etiológico o biofilme dental periodontopatogênico, que é composto principalmente por bactérias. Alguns fatores de risco podem favorecer o aparecimento ou o agravo dessas doenças,...

Interleukin-6 and Interferon-α Levels in Gingival Crevicular Fluid in HIV-1 Patients with Chronic Periodontitis

ABSTRACT: The influence of cytokine on the progression of chronic periodontitis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients is still controversial and poorly investigated. This study aimed to analyze and compare IL-6 and IFN-α levels in the gingival crevicular fluid of HIV-1-positive and HIV-1-ne...

Dispositivos de Administración Electrónica de Nicotina y sus Efectos en los Tejidos Periodontales y la Región Orofacial: Revisión de la Literatura

RESUMEN: Los dispositivos de administración electrónica de nicotina aparecieron con el objetivo de reemplazar el uso del tabaco y contribuir al reciente crecimiento de las políticas antitabaco. Actualmente, los efectos que producen los químicos que contiene son desconocidos. El objetivo de este traba...