Melanin and odontogenic cysts: An ambiguous yet imperative relation.

Pigmentation in the head-and-neck lesions is an uncommon feature. The presence of it is fascinating, but its relevance is unknown. Various odontogenic and nonodontogenic lesions show the presence of melanin pigment.

Cytological assessment of healing palatal donor site wounds and grafted gingival wounds after application of ozonated oil: an eighteen-month randomized controlled clinical trial.

Objective: The present study was undertaken to assess the therapeutic effects of topical ozonated oil on early healing of free gingival graft surgical sites.

Study Design: Twenty subjects were entered into this triple-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, designed to evaluate the efficacy of ozonated oil on free gingival graft surgical wounds. Subjects were assigned to either the ozone group, in which ozonated oil was applied to the surgical wound, or the control group, in which non-ozonated oil was used as a control.

Therapeutic effect of topical ozonated oil on the epithelial healing of palatal wound sites: a planimetrical and cytological study.

Aim:   To evaluate the effect of ozonated oil on palatal wounds.

Methods:   Eighteen patients were randomized and allocated to either the ozone group (n = 8) or control (n = 10) group. Free gingival graft surgery was performed, and post-harvested palatal wounds were treated with either 2 mL ozonated oil or control oil daily for 1 week.

Quantitative cytomorphometric analysis of exfoliated normal gingival cells.

Background: The use of oral exfoliative cytology as a diagnostic aid accentuates the need for establishing an accurate baseline, thereby enabling the comparison of abnormal oral tissue with established baseline.

Aims And Objective: To detect any changes in the nuclear area (NA), cytoplasmic area (CA), and nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio (N:C ratio) values for clinically normal gingival smears in relation to age and sex of apparently healthy subjects.

Materials And Methods: Gingival smears were collected from 80 (40 male, 40 female) apparently healthy subjects belonging to the age group of 0-20, 21-40, 41-60, and more than 60 years.