Changes in Exfoliative Cell of Oral Mucosa in Kidney Transplant Patients.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate quantitative cytologic changes in oral mucosal smears collected from kidney transplant patients by modern stereologic methods.

Methods: We enrolled 32 kidney transplant patients. Smears were obtained from the buccal mucosa transplant patients before and 12 months after kidney transplantation.

Evaluation of the morphological changes in the mandible for dentate and totally edentate elderly population using cone-beam computed tomography.

Purpose: The loss of teeth considerably modifies the mandibular shape. The aim of this study was to compare the morphological changes in the mandible for dentate and totally edentate elderly subjects using cone-beam computed tomography.

Methods: In total, 50 cone-beam computed tomography patients (25 dentate, 25 edentate) without any maxilla-mandibular dysmorphosis were analyzed retrospectively.

Immune modulatory and antioxidant effects of melatonin in experimental periodontitis in rats.

Melatonin is an important antioxidant, and through its anti-inflammatory effects it can control immune responses, oxidative stress, and defense cell infiltration. Periodontitis is a disease of the oral cavity and the generation of free radicals is an important consideration in this disease. Therefore, we examined the immune-modulatory and antioxidant roles of melatonin in the treatment of periodontitis.

Therapeutic effects of alpha lipoic acid and vitamin C on alveolar bone resorption after experimental periodontitis in rats: a biochemical, histochemical, and stereologic study.

Background: Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) and vitamin C (Vit-C) are very important and powerful antioxidants that have been used for the treatment of many diseases. The present study aims to investigate the role of ALA and Vit-C substances in the treatment of alveolar bone resorption in periodontal diseases.

Methods: Thirty-six male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into four groups as follows: 1) control rats; 2) rats with experimental periodontitis (PED); 3) rats with PED treated with ALA (ALA); and 4) rats with PED treated with ALA+Vit-C (ALA+Vit-C).

Foramen tympanicum or foramen of Huschke: anatomical cone beam CT study.

Objective: The foramen of Huschke (foramen tympanicum) represents a developmental defect in the antero-inferior aspect of the bony external auditory meatus. The foramen is located at the antero-inferior aspect of the external auditory canal, posteromedial to the temporomandibular joint. The aim of this study is to define the prevalence and location of the foramen of Huschke.