Publications by authors named "Arife Sabancı"
Resonance frequency analysis of dental implants in patients with vitamin D deficiency.
Clin Oral Investig
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigated how different levels of vitamin D affect the stability of dental implants, separating patients into four groups based on their vitamin D levels and whether they were taking supplements.
- - Results showed that patients with sufficient vitamin D (Group D) had significantly higher implant stability than those with deficiency or insufficiency, particularly at the baseline measurement.
- - The conclusion emphasized that higher vitamin D levels are linked to better implant stability, suggesting that supplementation is critical for patients with low vitamin D when undergoing dental implants.
Background: Mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum are key cellular organelles and create contact sites (mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum contact [MERC]), which plays a major role in calcium metabolism, apoptotic processes, and inflammation. Previously, proteins that have been associated with these MERC contact sites mitofusin-1 (MFN1) and mitofusin-2 (MFN2) have been found to be downregulated in periodontal disease in vitro. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate MFN1 and MFN2 in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of patients with periodontal disease compared with healthy controls clinically.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOral and post-transplantation infectious status in patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplants: A prospective observational study.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol
February 2023
Objective: Infectious status may be life threatening in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of oral status on infectious conditions during the neutropenic phase after HSCT.
Study Design: Seventy patients with various hematologic malignancies were involved.
Objectives: Oral mucositis (OM) is a frequent complication of cancer treatments. Oral mucositis and periodontal disease have a common inflammatory pattern. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the OM and its association with periodontal status in patients with hematologic malignancies who undergo high-dose chemotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe influence of diabetes mellitus on the peri-implant microflora: A cross-sectional study.
J Oral Biol Craniofac Res
May 2022
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an important systemic disease, predisposing patients to inflammatory conditions including periodontitis and peri-implantitis and negatively affects dental implant success through various mechanisms. This study aimed to compare clinical and microbiological findings of individuals with dental implants with or without T2DM.
Methods: A total of 82 dental implants which were in function >3 years, were involved.