Improving oral hygiene in the long-term care of the elderly--a RCT.

Background: Oral hygiene and health of the institutionalized elderly are frequently described as inadequate.

Objectives: This randomized and single-blinded (outcome evaluation) study compared three types of intervention for improving oral hygiene with a control. The purpose was to investigate whether there were any significant differences between the intervention and control groups.

Analysis of quality and feasibility of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in preclinical dental education.

Introduction: An objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) has been implemented in preclinical dentistry. It was taken at an early stage (propaedeutics course). The objectives of this study were to evaluate the reliability, validity, and feasibility of the examination, and the effect of circuit number on OSCE score.

Molecular characterization of MARTA1, a protein interacting with the dendritic targeting element of MAP2 mRNAs.

In neurones, the somatodendritic microtubule-associated protein 2 regulates the stability of the dendritic cytoskeleton. Its extrasomatic localization appears to be a multicausal mechanism that involves dendritic mRNA trafficking, a process that depends on a dendritic targeting element in the 3' untranslated region. Two rat MAP2-RNA trans-acting proteins, MARTA1 and MARTA2, exhibit specific high-affinity binding to the dendritic targeting element.

[Doxycycline--the forgotten antibiotic].

Background: Doxycycline is an broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent, it remains an inexpensive alternative for the treatment of community-acquired respiratory infections and urinary tract infections. Despite these clinical data the use of doxycycline has decreased during the last years.

Pharmacology: Adverse effects and resistance to therapy are infrequent and not different to fluoroquinolones and macrolide antibiotics.