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Oral and pharyngeal cancer in South Asians and non-South Asians in relation to socioeconomic deprivation in South East England.

Moles, DR; Fedele, S; Speight, PM; Porter, SR; dos Santos Silva, I (England, 2008-02-12)

From UK Thames Cancer Registry data, after controlling for socioeconomic deprivation of area of residence, South Asian males showed a higher relative risk of oral (1.36; 95% CI: 1.11, 1.67), but not of pharyngeal cancer ...

A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of reports of clinical trials published in six Brazilian dental journals indexed in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO).

de Souza, RF; Chaves, CDAL; Nasser, M; Fedorowicz, Z (Brazil, 2010-03)

INTRODUCTION: Open access publishing is becoming increasingly popular within the biomedical sciences. SciELO, the Scientific Electronic Library Online, is a digital library covering a selected collection of Brazilian ...

Hand and ultrasonic instrumentation for orthograde root canal treatment of permanent teeth.

Pedrazzi, V; de Oliveira-Neto, JM; Sequeira, P; Fedorowicz, Z; Nasser, M (Brazil, 2010-05)

UNLABELLED: Root canal treatment is a frequently performed dental procedure and is carried out on teeth in which irreversible pulpitis has led to necrosis of the dental pulp. Removal of the necrotic tissue remnants and ...

Impaired immune tolerance to Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide promotes neutrophil migration and decreased apoptosis.

Zaric, S; Shelburne, C; Darveau, R; Quinn, DJ; Weldon, S; Taggart, CC; Coulter, WA (United States, 2010-10)

Periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the tissues supporting the teeth, is characterized by an exaggerated host immune and inflammatory response to periopathogenic bacteria. Toll-like receptor activation, ...

Altered Toll-like receptor 2-mediated endotoxin tolerance is related to diminished interferon beta production.

Zaric, SS; Coulter, WA; Shelburne, CE; Fulton, CR; Zaric, MS; Scott, A; Lappin, MJ; Fitzgerald, DC; Irwin, CR; Taggart, CC (United States, 2011-08-26)

Induction of endotoxin tolerance leads to a reduced inflammatory response after repeated challenge by LPS and is important for resolution of inflammation and prevention of tissue damage. Enterobacterial LPS is recognized ...

Oral health and pathology: a macrophage account.

Merry, R; Belfield, L; McArdle, P; McLennan, A; Crean, S; Foey, A (Scotland, 2012-01)

Macrophages are present in healthy oral mucosa and their numbers increase dramatically during disease. They can exhibit a diverse range of phenotypes characterised as a functional spectrum from pro-inflammatory to ...

An unusual case of chronic suppurative osteomyelitis of the mandible

Ali, K; Akram, A; Akhtar, MU (2012-01-29)

Systematic review of outcome measurements and reference group(s) to evaluate and compare implant success and failure

Needleman, I; Chin, S; O'Brien, T; Petrie, A; Donos, N (Wiley, 2012-02)

Mutant p63 causes defective expansion of ectodermal progenitor cells and impaired FGF signalling in AEC syndrome.

Ferone, G; Thomason, HA; Antonini, D; De Rosa, L; Hu, B; Gemei, M; Zhou, H; Ambrosio, R; Rice, DP; Acampora, D; van Bokhoven, H; Del Vecchio, L; Koster, MI; Tadini, G; Spencer-Dene, B; Dixon, M; Dixon, J; Missero, C (England, 2012-03)

Ankyloblepharon-ectodermal defects-cleft lip/palate (AEC) syndrome, which is characterized by cleft palate and severe defects of the skin, is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding ...

Osteochondral tissue engineering: scaffolds, stem cells and applications.

Nooeaid, P; Salih, V; Beier, JP; Boccaccini, AR (2012-10)

Osteochondral tissue engineering has shown an increasing development to provide suitable strategies for the regeneration of damaged cartilage and underlying subchondral bone tissue. For reasons of the limitation in the ...

Interventions for the management of mandibular fractures.

Nasser, M; Pandis, N; Fleming, PS; Fedorowicz, Z; Ellis, E; Ali, K (England, 2013-07-08)

BACKGROUND: Fractures of the mandible (lower jaw) are a common occurrence and usually related to interpersonal violence or road traffic accidents. Mandibular fractures may be treated using open (surgical) and closed ...

Biological effects of soft denture reline materials on L929 cells in vitro.

Chaves, CA; Vergani, CE; Thomas, D; Young, A; Costa, CA; Salih, VM; Machado, AL (England, 2014)

Soft denture reline materials have been developed to help patients when their oral mucosa is damaged or affected due to ill-fitting dentures or post-implant surgery. Although reports have indicated that these materials ...

Hydroxyapatite, fluor-hydroxyapatite and fluorapatite produced via the sol-gel method: dissolution behaviour and biological properties after crystallisation.

Tredwin, CJ; Young, AM; Abou Neel, EA; Georgiou, G; Knowles, JC (United States, 2014-01)

Hydroxyapatite (HA), fluor-hydroxyapatite (FHA) with varying levels of fluoride ion substitution and fluorapatite (FA) were synthesised by the sol-gel method as possible implant coating or bone-grafting materials. Calcium ...

Improving Dental Experiences by Using Virtual Reality Distraction: A Simulation Study

Tanja-Dijkstra, K; Pahl, S; White, MP; Andrade, J; Qian, C; Bruce, M; May, J; Moles, DR (Public Library of Science, 2014-03-12)

Dental anxiety creates significant problems for both patients and the dental profession. Some distraction interventions are already used by healthcare professionals to help patients cope with unpleasant procedures. The ...

Can virtual nature improve patient experiences and memories of dental treatment? A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Tanja-Dijkstra, K; Pahl, S; White, MP; Andrade, J; May, J; Stone, RJ; Bruce, M; Mills, I; Auvray, M; Gabe, R; Moles, DR (2014-03-24)

Background Dental anxiety and anxiety-related avoidance of dental care create significant problems for patients and the dental profession. Distraction interventions are used in daily medical practice to help patients cope ...