Publications by authors named "Ori Bar"
Article Synopsis
- - This study compared oral symptoms in patients with and without SARS-CoV-2 to determine links between these symptoms and viral load, measured through Ct values of viral genes.
- - Out of 353 participants, significant oral manifestations like dry mouth and altered taste were more common in SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals, with 37.4% reporting dry mouth versus 18.9% in the negative group.
- - The results indicate that lower Ct values correlate with higher viral loads, which can predict COVID-19 outcomes, emphasizing that while oral symptoms exist, viral load is a more critical factor in assessing disease severity.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objectives of the research were to analyze the association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and dental caries using novel approaches of both statistical and machine learning (ML) models while adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome (MetS) components, consequences, and related conditions. This research is a data-driven analysis of the Dental, Oral, Medical Epidemiological (DOME) big data repository, that integrates comprehensive socio-demographic, medical, and dental databases of a nationwide sample of dental attendees to military dental clinics for 1 year aged 18−50 years. Obesity categories were defined according to the World Health Organization (WHO): under-weight: BMI < 18.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the combination of salivary gland intraductal irrigations (IG) followed by sialoendoscopy irrigations (SI) of the parotid gland on the improvement of salivary gland secretory dysfunction (SGSD).
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the records of SGSD patients who underwent major salivary gland IG followed by SI during 2014-2020. Records included demographics, systemic background, signs, and symptoms.
Oral verruciform xanthoma in chronic graft-versus-host disease patients.
Support Care Cancer
January 2021
Background: Verruciform xanthoma (VX) is an uncommon benign epithelial lesion which mainly appears in inflamed oral epithelium. In this study, our aim was to present new cases of oral VX (OVX) in chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) and review the literature.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of cGVHD patients (2012-2019) to reveal cases of OVX.