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.

Mesial migration effect on root morphology of mandibular third molars.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that there is a relationship between forward mandibular third molar migration and root curvature of the mandibular third molars.

Materials And Methods: The study is comprised of 64 patients who had a history of unilateral mandibular first molar extraction before 16 years of age with no other missing teeth or prosthetic restorations in the mandible. The extraction space was fully or partly closed.

Impacted permanent first molars: two case reports.

Impaction of first permanent molars is an uncommon condition and few cases are reported in the literature. Two cases of a mandibular and a maxillary impacted first permanent molar are presented, their aetiology and treatment alternatives are discussed.

Palatal mucosa necrosis because of accidental sodium hypochlorite injection instead of anaesthetic solution.

Aim: A case is reported in which sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) was inadvertently injected into the palatal mucosa instead of local anaesthetic solution.

Summary: An adult male was referred to the University clinic 15 days after an inadvertent NaOCl injection into the palatal mucosa. Soft tissue necrosis was evident, without obvious bony involvement.

Changes in mandibular third molar angle and position after unilateral mandibular first molar extraction.

Introduction: Third molars often become impacted because of lack of space for their eruption. Because the third molars play an important role occlusally, premolars or second molars are sometimes extracted to create space. First molars are seldom extracted to create space, but they are occasionally extracted for other reasons, especially caries.