Sleep deprivation in the last trimester of pregnancy and inadequate vitamin D: Is there a relationship?

Background: Disturbed sleep is a significant health issue for pregnant women. Inadequate vitamin D intake is common among pregnant women and can affect many bodily systems. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to test the hypothesis that serum vitamin D levels are low in pregnant women who have poor sleep quality in their last trimester.

Periodontal healing of marginal flap versus paramarginal flap in palatally impacted canine surgery: a prospective study.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to compare the influence of 2 mucoperiosteal flaps, marginal and paramarginal, on the periodontal healing of adjacent maxillary teeth after extraction of palatally impacted canines.

Patients And Methods: Marginal (15 patients) and paramarginal (16 patients) techniques were used to remove palatally impacted canines. The periodontal examination of the adjacent teeth included evaluation of the plaque index, gingival index, probing depth, and clinical crown length preoperatively and at the first, third, and sixth months postoperatively using an individual acrylic stent.

Wound healing effects of arnebia densiflora root extracts on rat palatal mucosa.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate wound healing effects of Arnebia densiflora (Nordm.) Ledeb. root extracts on rat palatal mucosa.

Stability in dental changes in RME and SARME: a 2-year follow-up.

Objective: To compare the effects of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) on dentoalveolar structures following orthodontic treatment, as well as stability at 2-year follow-up.

Materials And Methods: Two groups of subjects were used in the study. Group 1 consisted of 14 subjects (mean age, 12.