Driving Stress-Induced Effects on the Orofacial Region and Its Functions and Health Behaviors in Riyadh: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Driving stress is a multifaceted phenomenon, and the experience of driving invokes stress. Driving causes the activation of stress-response mechanisms, leading to short-term and long-term stress responses resulting in physiological and behavioral changes. The aim of this study was to evaluate driving stress-initiated effects on orofacial functions and health behaviors in the Riyadh population.

Role of Extracellular Heat Shock Protein 90 Alpha in the Metastasis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review.

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are expressed in a variety of cancers in human beings and are correlated with differentiation, proliferation, and metastasis. Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas, like other tumors, are exposed to environmental stress, and lack of oxygen and nutrients, and in such situations, hypoxic inducible factor (HIF) initiates the expression of genes causing angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis. Extracellular heat shock proteins 90 alpha (eHSP90α) are overexpressed in cancers leading to tumor progression and metastasis.

The Association of Helicobacter pylori in the Oral Cavity With Dental Caries in Patients With and Without Gastric Infection: A Systematic Review.

(. ) organisms are well-recognized pathogens responsible for many GI diseases. related caries and infection share similar risk factors such as early childhood occurrence and low socioeconomic status.

The neurosensory deficit of inferior alveolar nerve following bilateral sagittal split osteotomy: a prospective study.

Objectives: Investigation in Saudi Arabia or the Arab Gulf States to assess the unfavorable impacts of the bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) is non-existent, so questions have been raised about the success rate of this operation and the frequency of unwilling outcome. To address these worries, we directed a case series study to evaluate the hypoesthesia, a type of neurosensory deficit (NSD) of the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) after BSSO, and if the hypoesthesia outcome will improve if the surgeries performed by a single surgeon.

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective case series study for the patient who underwent BSSO in a medical complex that is considered one of the largest in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh).

Retrospective radiological evaluation to study the prevalence and pattern of maxillofacial fracture among Military personal at Prince Sultan Military Medical City [PSMMC], Riyadh: An institutional study.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to analyze the prevalence, causes, and patterns of maxillofacial fractures retrospectively in patients who were treated at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: Patients' medical records were reviewed from 2005 to 2014. Patient's age, gender, cause, and the pattern of maxillofacial fractures were studied.

Vital signs changes during different dental procedures: A prospective longitudinal cross-over clinical trial.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the magnitude of vital signs changes during 3 different dental treatments.

Study Design: A prospective longitudinal multiarm cross-over clinical trial was conducted. Three dental procedures were performed on each participant: supragingival scaling, dental restoration under local anesthesia (LA), and exodontia under LA.

Operative time, blood loss, hemoglobin drop, blood transfusion, and hospital stay in orthognathic surgery.

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the operative time, blood loss, hemoglobin drop, blood transfusion, and length of hospital stay in orthognathic surgery.

Methods: A 10-year retrospective analysis was performed on patients who underwent bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (with or without genioplasty), Le Fort I osteotomy (with or without genioplasty), or any combination of these procedures. A total of 271 patients were included.