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Ideal mentolabial sulcus depth in long-face, short-face, and normal-face in female individuals.
Oral Maxillofac Surg
January 2025
Department of Restorative, School of Dentistry, Dental Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Pajouhesh Square, Hamadan, 6517838736, Iran.
Purpose: The harmony between the lips and the chin is an essential parameter in facial esthetics, and the mentolabial sulcus (MLS) represents the level of this harmony. This study aimed to assess the effect of MLS depth on facial profile attractiveness in long-face, short-face, and normal-face Iranian female individuals.
Methods: An observational study with a questionnaire was conducted, and a profile photograph of an Iranian female with class I occlusion was altered to create long-face, normal-face and short-face profiles with MLS depth ranging from 1 to 12 mm.
Relationship between oral hypofunction and medical expenditure in older adults in Japan.
Sci Rep
January 2025
Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima City, 890-8544, Japan.
This study aimed to analyze the impact of poor oral function on medical expenditures among older adults. We diagnosed oral hypofunction based on dental data obtained from oral health examinations and examined its association with several annual medical expenditures. Compared to individuals without oral hypofunction, those with oral hypofunction incurred higher total, outpatient medical, inpatient medical, dental, dispensing medical, and lifestyle-related medical expenditures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSuccessful treatment of a keloid on the upper lip by trepanation and radiotherapy: a case report.
J Dermatolog Treat
December 2025
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Keloid tissue represents an abnormal proliferation of fibroblasts, typically resulting from skin injury. These lesions can lead to significant physiological dysfunction and aesthetic concerns, particularly when located on the face. Traditional treatments, such as intralesional injections, laser therapy, and surgical excision, have shown limited efficacy and are associated with high recurrence rates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMinimal invasive biopsies are highly sensitive for amyloid detection in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy.
J Peripher Nerv Syst
March 2025
Referral Center for Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy and Other Rare Peripheral Neuropathies (CERAMIC) and Department of Neurology, Bicêtre University Hospital, AP-HP, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of labial minor salivary gland biopsy (LSGB) alone or in combination with punch skin biopsy (SB) for the detection of amyloid deposits in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN).
Methods: In this single-center retrospective study, Congo red staining of minimal invasive LSGB (4 mm) and SB (3 mm) was assessed in ATTRv-PN patients consecutively evaluated between 2012 and 2023.
Results: Histopathological data of 171 ATTRv-PN, including 49 early-onset p.
The significance of ultrasound parameters and clinical factors in predicting successful labor induction among nulliparous women.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
December 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
Objectives: To compare the values of ultrasound and clinical parameters for predicting outcomes of induction of labor (IOL) among healthy nulliparous women with a singleton, term cephalic pregnancy.
Methods: The cervical length, cervical strain elastography, posterior cervical angle, head-perineum distance, Bishop score, and maternal parameters were assessed before IOL with a combined method-Foley catheter and Misoprostol perorally. The main outcome was vaginal delivery.
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