The unrevealed links: periodontal health, human milk composition, and infant gut microbiome dynamics.

Aim: This review aims to identify the mechanistic relationships related to periodontal diseases and its possible association with changes in human milk composition and the composition and function of infants' gut microbiome.

Background: Maternal health conditions, especially inflammatory, are associated with altered human milk composition. It is known whether maternal oral inflammatory diseases, including periodontal diseases, deleteriously affect human milk composition.

Utilizing Oral Neutrophil Counts as an Indicator of Oral Inflammation Associated With Periodontal Disease: A Blinded Multicentre Study.

Background: Periodontal diseases are chronic inflammatory conditions that require early screening for effective long-term management. Oral neutrophil counts (ONCs) correlate with periodontal inflammation. This study investigates a point-of-care test using a neutrophil enzyme activity (NEA) colorimetric strip for measuring periodontal inflammation.

Validation of clinically related aging models based on enamel wear.

Purpose: Physiological and erosive wear reported in clinical studies were reviewed, and in vitro aging models were developed to simulate and compare the effect of aging on human teeth with the review data obtained from clinical studies.

Methods: A review of clinical studies and randomized clinical trials that quantify enamel wear was performed in the PubMed database. The first in vitro analysis evaluated the effect of mechanical chewing simulation only.

"What do they mean?" a systematic review on the interpretation, usage and acceptability of "they".

The rise of feminist and LGBTQIA+ movements paved the way for many equality reforms. These include language reforms, which facilitate inclusion of multiple groups in society. For example, the shift from the generic "he" to "he or she" and "they" allows for the inclusion of women, transgender, and non-binary individuals in many narratives.

Pediatric growth hormone deficiency: Understanding the patient and caregiver perspectives.

Childhood growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a rare disorder associated with significant burden on both patients and caregivers. Although previous reports have detailed aspects of the burden experienced by patients and their caregivers, there is a paucity of first-hand information on the patient and caregiver journeys from their respective voices. To address this need, an advisory board meeting was conducted on September 30, 2022, with 4 pediatric patients with GHD and their caregivers to discuss their experiences prior to GHD diagnosis, during the diagnostic process, and during ongoing treatment with recombinant growth hormone.

Computed tomography in patients with sepsis presenting to the emergency department: exploring its role in light of patient outcomes.

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the role of CT in septic patients presenting to the emergency department (ED).

Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective secondary analysis of 192 septic patients from a prospective observational study, i.e.

The role of late adolescents' emotion regulation in the experience of COVID-19 lockdown: A longitudinal study.

The COVID-19 pandemic may be considered a unique mass-trauma experience. This study examined the relations between Italian late adolescents' emotion regulation strategies, their anxiety states, and their experience of the lockdown (in terms of discomfort related to restrictions, capacities to create new functional daily routines, and to find positive changes in one's own life) during the first wave of this pandemic. We analysed how participants' reports of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression were associated with anxiety states during the 2020 Italian COVID-19 lockdown (large scale physical distancing and movement restrictions) and one month after the lockdown restrictions had been removed.

The association between oral inflammatory load and semen and sperm functional analysis: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Studies have suggested a correlation between periodontitis and reduced male fertility. Inflammation has been described as the link between these ailments. Oral inflammatory load (OIL) can be measured through oral polymorphonuclear neutrophil (oPMN) count, which is associated with periodontal diseases.

Experiences of dentists and caregivers of patients with special care needs-A qualitative study.

Background: Patients with special care needs (developmental disabilities) have unique and complex needs regarding their oral health and care. This qualitative study aimed to identify the experiences, preferences and challenges of dentists and caregivers regarding behavior guidance techniques for dental care in persons with special care needs.

Methods: Relying on qualitative description as articulated by Sandelowski, we conducted telephone interviews with a purposeful sample of five special care dentists and seven caregivers.

A Retrospective Study on Endodontic Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Special Needs.

Introduction: Outcomes of endodontic treatment in patients with special needs are not fully understood, leading to reluctance in performing endodontic treatment.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study evaluated the periapical healing and tooth survival in patients with special needs who had permanent teeth endodontically treated in a hospital setting between 1998 and 2019. Data characterization was performed using univariate analyses.

Effects of peer vicarious experience and low effortful control on children's anxiety in social performance situations.

Two experiments investigated perceived and physiological changes in anxiety in children (7-11 years; = 222; 98 female) in a performance situation after they observed another child in a similar situation with a negative or neutral outcome. The sample's London, United Kingdom, school catchment areas ranged from low to high socioeconomic statuses with 31% to 49% of children from ethnic minority backgrounds. In Study 1, participants watched one of two films of a child playing a simple musical instrument (a kazoo).

Schoolwork effort and emotions predict self-control in a weekly diary study.

Objective: Self-control supports many positive life outcomes. However, the processes underlying the development of self-control are not well understood. Drawing on the TESSERA model of personality development, we examined whether weekly schoolwork effort predicts self-control (in the subsequent week).

Assessment of Concordance between Chairside Ultrasonography and Digital Palpation in Detecting Myofascial Trigger Points in Masticatory Myofascial Pain Syndrome.

Introduction: Masticatory myofascial pain is a musculoligamentous syndrome that can mimic odontogenic pain. Pain referral to odontogenic structures can be traced to hyperirritated myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). This pragmatic study evaluated the concordance between ultrasonography and palpation in detecting MTrPs in the masseter and temporalis muscles.

Healing effects of monomer and dimer resveratrol in a mouse periodontitis model.

Background: The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol have been reported previously. Particularly, monomeric trans-resveratrol has been demonstrated to produce positive effects in various pathological processes. We reported previously that resveratrol dimer-rich melinjo extract, among others, caused bone healing, decreased local oxidative damage, and activated antioxidants nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) pathways in a mouse model of experimentally induced periodontitis (EP).

The Effect of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy to the Head and Neck Region on the Oral Innate Immune Response and Oral Microbiome: A Prospective Cohort Study of Head and Neck Tumour Patients.

Neutrophils, also known as polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), form a significant component of the innate host response, and the consequence of the interaction between the oral microbiota and PMNs is a crucial determinant of oral health status. The impact of radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck tumour (HNT) treatment on the oral innate immune system, neutrophils in particular, and the oral microbiome has not been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize RT-mediated changes in oral neutrophils (oPMNs) and the oral microbiome in patients undergoing RT to treat HNTs.

A systematic review of interventions to support adults with ADHD at work-Implications from the paucity of context-specific research for theory and practice.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is estimated to affect 3.5% of the global workforce. Despite the high prevalence rate, little is known about how best to support adults with ADHD (ADHDers) at work.

A weekly-diary study of students' schoolwork motivation and parental support.

Background: Parental support plays an important role in children's schoolwork motivation and may have been even more important during the first UK COVID-19 pandemic lockdown because all schoolwork was completed at home. When examining the effect of parental support on children's schoolwork motivation, research has typically focused on comparing families with each other (i.e.

Surgical Treatment of Peri-implantitis with Guided Bone Regeneration Using Dehydrated Amnion-Chorion Membranes: A Case Report with a 2-Year Follow-up.

Peri-implantitis is an increasingly prevalent condition that, if left untreated, can lead to implant failure and loss. Numerous regenerative treatment modalities have been reported in the literature with varying degrees of success. Unfortunately, there is little consensus regarding optimal methods for predictable regeneration of the peri-implant bone lost due to the disease.

Comparison of Two Risk Assessment Scores in Predicting Peri-Implantitis Occurrence during Implant Maintenance in Patients Treated for Periodontal Diseases: A Long-Term Retrospective Study.

Background: There is a need for reliable risk assessment tools to better predict peri-implantitis occurrence. This study compared the long-term prognosis value of two models of risk assessment scoring in predicting peri-implantitis.

Methods: Seventy-three patients with treated periodontitis representing 232 implants and attending long-term implant maintenance were evaluated.

Is moral disgust socially learned?

The present study examined mother-child talk about disgust. A total of 68 mothers and their 4-, ( = 55.72 months, = 4.

The Crossroads of Periodontitis and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Immune Implications and Tumor Promoting Capacities.

Periodontitis (PD) is increasingly considered to interact with and promote a number of inflammatory diseases, including cancer. In the case of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) the local inflammatory response associated with PD is capable of triggering altered cellular events that can promote cancer cell invasion and proliferation of existing primary oral carcinomas as well as supporting the seeding of metastatic tumor cells into the gingival tissue giving rise to secondary tumors. Both the immune and stromal components of the periodontium exhibit phenotypic alterations and functional differences during PD that result in a microenvironment that favors cancer progression.