Diagnosis of the misdiagnosed: Mucormycosis depicting periodontitis.

Oral cavity is habitat for plethora of micro-organism causing various diseases. The most common includes dental caries, periodontal diseases, etc. Dental practice may rarely encounter unusual and subtle symptoms with nonpathognomonic clinical signs of several fatal diseases which may pretend like a common oral disease.

Oral Multifocal Epithelial Hyperplasia: An Unusual Entity.

Multifocal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck's disease) is a rare, contagious, asymptomatic, and benign disease affecting the oral mucosa. It is usually seen in childhood and adolescence and is noted only in specific groups in certain geographical regions. The lesion is clinically characterized by the presence of multiple small papules or nodules in the oral cavity, especially on the labial mucosa, buccal mucosa, and tongue.

Alterations of Serum Lipid Profile Patterns in Oral Lichen Planus Patients: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic disease of established immune-mediated pathogenesis. It most commonly, protractedly, and persistently involves the mucosa of the oral cavity. Antigen-specific and nonspecific mechanisms play a role in its pathogenesis, leading to T-cell accumulation in superficial lamina propria, intraepithelial T-cell migration, and keratinocyte apoptosis in OLP.

Oral epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HE) is an intermediate malignant potential vascular neoplasm with uncertain clinical behavior, wide variations in microscopic findings, and prognosis. According to the World Health Organization (2002) classification, epithelioid HE has been considered under malignant tumors which rarely metastasize. The epithelioid variant, the most aggressive one, has similar gender predilection and sporadic occurrence in children.

Use of Curcumin Mouthrinse in Radio-Chemotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis Patients: A Pilot Study.

Introduction: Oral Mucositis is a complex and distinct pathobiologic entity resulting in injuries in mucosa that is a common complication in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (CT) and radiation therapy (RT). Phytochemicals, such as Curcumin, turmeric extract, has attracted great attention for its therapeutic benefits in clinical oncology due to its chemopreventive, antitumoral, chemosensibilizing and radiosensibilizing activities against various types of cancers and the complications associated with their management.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of curcumin mouthwash in the management of Oral Mucositis in cancer patients undergoing radio-chemotherapy.

Reliability of Panoramic Radiographs in the Localization of Mandibular Foramen.

Objective: The present study evaluated the reliability and accuracy of panoramic radiographs in the localization of mandibular foramen.

Materials And Methods: Twenty five Indian dry human adult mandibles constituted the study material. Ten measurements were carried on each of them to evaluate the location of mandibular foramen with respect to adjacent anatomic landmarks.

Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia: diagnostic sequence and literature review of an orofacial lesion.

Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia or Masson's tumor is a rare reactive disease of vascular origin characterized by exuberant proliferation of endothelial cells notably occurring within blood vessels of head, neck, and extremities. The importance of this entity is its ability to mimic a variety of diseases both benign and malignant in the orofacial region. Here, we present a case of Masson's tumor within the masseter muscle in a 40-year-old female with emphasis on the sequential investigative procedures performed to diagnose this entity.

Proximity of impacted mandibular third molars to the inferior alveolar canal and its radiographic predictors: a panoramic radiographic study.

Purpose: To assess the radiographic proximity of impacted mandibular third molars to the inferior alveolar canal on panoramic radiographs. The radiographic distance between the impacted mandibular third molars and inferior alveolar canal and the reliable radiographic risk predictor signs that indicate close proximity between these two structures were evaluated.

Methods: The study comprised of 64 subjects with 68 symptomatic impacted mandibular third molars for whom panoramic radiographs were made.

Report of rare palatal expression of Nevus of Ota with amendment of Tanino's classification.

Nevus of Ota, a benign melanocytic pigmentary disorder with rare malignant transformation potential, affects 0.014-0.034% of the Asian and Black population and has a strong predilection for females.

Eruption times and patterns of permanent teeth in school children of India.

Aim: To study the eruption pattern of permanent teeth excluding third molars in school children of Mysore, South India.

Objectives: To compare the eruption times determined with previous studies. To determine range of variation of the eruption time of each tooth and evaluate if any preponderance exists in the eruption timings of maxillary and mandibular teeth and between boys and girls.

Rhinolith.

Rhinoliths are rare entities encountered in clinical practice. They are calcified masses found within the nasal cavity. Which lesions can be encountered incidentally upon a routine dental radiograph.