Publications by authors named "Rubem-Beraldo Dos Santos"
Background: Actinic Cheilitis (AC) is a pathological condition of the labial mucosa considered potentially malignant. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of treatment of AC with daily use of a vitamin-based barrier cream.
Material And Methods: For this clinical study, 36 participants with lower-lip AC were recruited from three oral medicine services.
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- The study investigated how different heat treatments before photopolymerization affect the cytotoxicity of self-adhesive resin cements on NIH/3T3 fibroblast cells.
- Samples were divided into three groups: no heat treatment, 37°C, and 60°C, with results from cell cultures assessed at both 24 hours and 7 days post-mixing.
- Findings showed that heat treatment at 60°C significantly reduced cytotoxicity across all cement types, suggesting it could be a beneficial method for minimizing harmful effects.
The burning mouth syndrome (BMS) has no specific clinical and laboratory signs. Its etiology is yet to be elucidated, but it is considered to be affected by multifactorial, psychological, and local and systemic factors. This condition is considered of great morbidity, and the main complaint of patients maybe associated with xerostomia, thirst, and altered taste.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives/aims: The actinic cheilitis (AC) is a precancerous lip lesion seen as a consequence of chronic sun exposure. Clinically, the border between the lip's skin and the semimucosa could be blurred; in the more aggressive cases, leucoplakia and ulcers also represent its clinical feature. It seems that no clinical criterion is universally accepted for this disease yet.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives/aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate if the duration of the consultation has influence on the intensity of noise in the dental clinic environment.
Materials And Methods: The measurement was performed using the decibelmetre IDETEC 300. It was turned on among 10 dental equipment at basal time (BT) and in the first, second and third hours of activity by 10 times with 1-week interval.
Nicotinic stomatitis: positive correlation with heat in maté tea drinks and smoking.
Quintessence Int
January 2010
Objective: The etiology of nicotinic stomatitis is strongly linked with nicotine compounds; however, high temperature can be synergistic to the damage of tobacco compounds. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the separate and combined effects of smoking and heat applied by hot drinks as predictors for the development of nicotinic stomatitis in a population from southern Brazil.
Method And Materials: In a case-control study, 53 patients of both sexes with a median age of 43 years (18 to 83 years) with the clinical diagnosis of nicotinic stomatitis were selected consecutively.