Recombinant human fibroblast growth factor and autogenous bone for periodontal regeneration: Alone or in combination? A randomized clinical trial.

Aim: To compare the outcomes of therapy using recombinant human fibroblast growth factor (rhFGF)-2 combined with autologous bone grafting (ABG) therapy with those of rhFGF-2 alone and ABG alone in the treatment of periodontal intraosseous defects.

Methods: Periodontal intraosseous defects were randomized to receive rhFGF-2 therapy + ABG, rhFGF-2 therapy alone, or ABG alone. Periodontal examination and periapical radiography were performed preoperatively and at 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively.

Periodontal Tissue Healing After Autologous Tooth Transplantation: A Retrospective Analysis of Case Series.

Purpose: Tooth transplantation is a treatment that uses non-functional teeth to compensate for defects caused by tooth extractions. Surgical procedures have yielded high success rates in autologous tooth transplantation using a tooth with a complete root. This study aimed to evaluate periodontal tissue healing after transplantation of 14 molar teeth.

Efficacy and safety of PERIOdontal treatment versus usual care for Nonalcoholic liver disease: protocol of the PERION multicenter, two-arm, open-label, randomized trial.

Background: We report the first protocol for a multicenter, randomized comparison study to compare the efficacies of periodontal scaling and root-planing treatment against that of tooth-brushing treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) (PERION: PERIOdontal treatment for NAFLD). Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an advanced form of NAFLD, which can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Increased endotoxemia is associated with the progression of NAFLD.

Fore-lying of the umbilical cord after urination: a case report.

We present here a case of fore-lying of the umbilical cord. In this case, transvaginal sonography did not reveal the umbilical cord beyond the fetal head before maternal urination; however, 5 minute later, a fore-lying umbilical cord was revealed between the floating fetal head and the uterine cervix after urination. The present case indicates the importance of careful evaluation of preterm premature rupture of the membranes by means of transvaginal ultrasonography in predicting umbilical cord prolapse.

Enzymatic treatment of estrogens and estrogen glucuronide.

Natural and synthetic estrogens from sewage treatment systems are suspected to influence the reproductive health of the animals in the rivers. In this article, we investigated the enzymatic treatment of three estrogens (estrone, 17beta-estradiol, and 17alpha-ethynyletstradiol) by a fungal laccase which oxidize phenolic compounds with dissolved oxygen. The elimination of the estrogenic activities by enzymatic oxidation was demonstrated by medaka vitellogenin assay.