Protective effect of bilingualism on aging, MCI, and dementia: A community-based study.

Introduction: Lifelong bilingualism is associated with a delayed age at onset of dementia, but evidence from community-based studies is limited. We investigated the relationship between bilingualism and the prevalence of cognitive impairment in a linguistically diverse community.

Methods: A door-to-door community study was conducted from January to December 2021 in urban Bengaluru, India.

Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide therapy for inflammatory oral ulcers.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to report on the clinical indications and treatment outcomes of intralesional steroid therapy (IST) for oral ulcerative conditions in an oral medicine practice.

Study Design: This was a retrospective single-center study of patients with oral ulcerative conditions treated with IST. Demographic data, clinical diagnosis of the oral condition, size of the ulcer, and pain were abstracted from patients' electronic medical records.

A SIMPL application to assess oral medicine residents' performance and level of autonomy.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate a smartphone application, SIMPL, to optimize faculty guidance and oral medicine residents' performance, and to measure resident-faculty agreement for performance and supervision levels.

Study Design: Raters used the 5-level "Performance" scale to assess resident's readiness for independent practice and the 4-level Zwisch scale to assess faculty guidance, between June 2016 and June 2017. Junior residents were trainees with less than 18 months of training, and senior residents had more than 18 months of training.

Phenotypic and growth characterization of human mesenchymal stem cells cultured from permanent and deciduous teeth.

Context: A step-by-step approach to harvesting stem cells from the pulp of permanent and deciduous teeth, the problems faced during culture, and the differences in the growth properties and morphology of cells obtained from both the sources has been discussed as a precursor to the use of these cells in therapy.

Aims: To isolate, culture, and study the morphology and growth characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells from the dental pulp of permanent teeth (dental pulp stem cells; DPSC) and exfoliated deciduous teeth (stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous; SHED).

Settings And Design: Cell culture study carried out at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai.