Oral health-related quality of life and masticatory function after conventional prosthetic treatment: A cohort follow-up study.

Statement Of Problem: The impact of conventional prosthetic treatment on both the objective and subjective assessments of mastication as well as on well-being is unclear.

Purpose: The purpose of this clinical study was to compare the impact on oral health-related quality of life and masticatory function in participants treated with conventional dental prostheses.

Material And Methods: A total of 72 patients requiring prosthetic rehabilitation were enrolled by referral from the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Granada, Spain.

Survival of Mexican children with acute myeloid leukaemia who received early intensification chemotherapy and an autologous transplant.

Background: In Mexico and other developing countries, few reports of the survival of children with acute leukaemia exist. Objective. We aimed at comparing the disease-free survival of children with acute myeloid leukaemia who, in addition to being treated with the Latin American protocol of chemotherapy and an autologous transplant, either underwent early intensified chemotherapy or did not undergo such treatment.