Impact of Periodontal Inflammation on Nutrition and Inflammation Markers in Hemodialysis Patients.

: Malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome (MICS) is a common and usually concurrent condition occurring in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD), with a pathogenesis linked to biological and in situ environmental traditional risk factors. Periodontitis, one of the major types of infection-driven inflammation, often co-occurs in the in the hemodialysis population and correlates with markers of malnutrition and inflammation, such as albumin, creatinine, and C-reactive protein. : The present study aimed to determine whether the periodontal inflammatory status parameters correlate with the albumin, creatinine, and C-reactive protein serum concentrations in HD patients, and investigate whether periodontal treatment improves these markers of nutritional and systemic inflammation.

Periodontitis and cytokine patterns in HIV positive patients.

Objective: Oral and dental problems are common among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals, particularly the periodontitis is common in HIV-infected subjects.

Aim: To evaluate the cytokine patterns in HIV+ patients with periodontitis.

Material And Methods: In this study we analysed: HIV+ patients with and without periodontitis and HIV negative patients with and without periodontitis.

Sucralfate: a help during oral management in patients with epidermolysis bullosa.

Background: Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of genetic disorders that lead to blister formation at variable depths in skin and mucosa. Vesicles may arise spontaneously or be caused by friction or trauma. Oral tissue fragility and blistering is common in all EB types.

Effects of topical diclofenac (DHEP plaster) on skin, subcutis and muscle pain thresholds in subjects without spontaneous pain.

The aim of this study was to determine whether topical application of diclofenac hydroxyethylpyrrolidine (DHEP) modifies somatic pain sensitivity in subjects without spontaneous pain. Twenty male subjects (aged 19-40 years), who had not reported any pain for at least 1 month, underwent measurement of pain thresholds to bilateral electrical stimulation in the quadriceps muscle and overlying subcutis and skin. Following the double-blind study design, one diclofenac adhesive plaster (13 x 10 cm; 180 mg DHEP) was then applied over one quadriceps while a matched placebo plaster was placed contralaterally.

Intraoral fluoride releasing device: a new clinical therapy for dentine sensitivity.

Background: Dentinal sensitivity (DS) occurs frequently in adult populations in western countries. The purpose of this work was to assess the effectiveness of a new intraoral fluoride releasing device (IFRD) in reducing the level of pain in patients with primary or postsurgical dentine sensitivity.

Methods: A total of 49 individuals were selected for this study, 15 of whom had post-periodontal surgery dentine sensitivity and 34 with primary sensitivity.