Correlation between patient satisfaction with complete dentures and denture quality, oral condition, and flow rate of submandibular/sublingual salivary glands.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between patient satisfaction with complete dentures and parameters of denture quality, oral condition, and flow rate of the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands.

Materials And Methods: The parameters were evaluated on 50 denture wearers using semiquantitative scales and a recently described submandibular/sublingual saliva collector.

Results: Most patients had a medication-induced reduced salivary flow rate (mean 0.

A three-year programme in oral diagnosis and treatment planning. A model using an interdisciplinary teaching team.

Diagnosis and treatment planning are considered to be the basis for successful clinical dentistry, however, these skills are difficult to teach and evaluate. At the Department of Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, Tel Aviv University Dental School, a 3-year teaching programme has been developed. The goals of the programme are to teach a systematic pattern of data collection from history, clinical examination, imaging modalities and models, and to use this data to identify the patient's problems and to arrive at a final diagnosis, to develop a treatment plan, taking into account all relevant information, and to consult experts when needed, to train in case presentation, and to deal with peer response.

An immunohistochemical study of p53 and PCNA in inflammatory papillary hyperplasia of the palate: a dilemma of interpretation.

Objective: Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia of the palate (IPHP) or the granular type of denture stomatitis, is a non-neoplastic lesion characterized histologically by a significant epithelial hyperplasia and inflammatory infiltrate usually caused by trauma and Candida infection. p53 and proliferative cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) are cell-cycle regulators, that when overexpressed, are considered by many investigators as markers of malignant transformation. The objective of this study was to investigate the immunodetection of p53 and PCNA in IPHP, and to correlate these results with the degree of epithelial hyperplasia and inflammatory infiltrate.

A novel system of human submandibular/sublingual saliva collection.

The assessment of submandibular/sublingual (sm/sl) saliva is a procedure of increasing significance. However, the collection of these fluids by traditional techniques is difficult and therefore often neglected. To collect sm/sl saliva, we have assembled a novel, universal system consisting of four parts-collecting tubing, a buffering chamber, a storing tube, and a suction device.

Bilateral asymmetry in dental discrete traits in human isolates: south Sinai Bedouin tribes.

Data are presented on dental morphology as adjudged from dental casts of children (boys and girls) 6-13 years of age from four Bedouin tribes of Southern Sinai (Gebeliya, Muzeina, Hamada and Aliquat) and a mixed group designated as "other tribes", (Awlad Said, Gararsha, Sawalcha, Haweitat and Beni-Wassal). Alginate was the impression material used and the casts were made of artificial stone poured into the irreversible hydrocolloid impression. A total of 352 casts were available for study.