Publications by authors named "Saman Baghaei"

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  • This study focuses on evaluating the antibacterial effects of different intracanal medicaments, specifically comparing essential oil from seed extract to calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)), for treating infected teeth.* -
  • Conducted on 78 human extracted teeth, the research found that after 7 days of treatment, the essential oil was significantly more effective at reducing bacterial counts than Ca(OH), although both medicaments showed decreased bacterial levels over time.* -
  • Key compounds found in the essential oil included oleic acid, benzoic acid, and gallic acid, and while the essential oil exhibited superior antimicrobial efficacy initially, both treatments had no substantial difference in effectiveness after 14 days.*
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Background: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the relationship between anxiety levels and severity of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) disorder's chronic orofacial pain during 2019-2020 in Shiraz Dental Faculty.

Methods: In this study, patients with TN disorder who were referred to the Oral Medicine Department of Shiraz Dental Faculty were evaluated. Individuals were selected based on convenience sampling.

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Alzheimer's disease causes memory loss and dementia in older adults through a neurodegenerative mechanism. Despite the pathophysiological clarification of this cognitive disorder, novel molecular and cellular pathways should be identified to determine its exact mechanism. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is pathologically characterized by senile plaques comprising beta-amyloid and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) formed by hyperphosphorylated tau as a microtubule-associated protein with a key role in the pathogenesis of AD.

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Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on patients with pemphigus vulgaris referred to Faghihi Hospital and Shiraz Dental Faculty in 2017-2018. The participants included 26 women with histopathologically confirmed pemphigus vulgaris and 26 healthy age-matched controls. The serum levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, prolactin, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) were evaluated in both groups.

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