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Sleep Breath
October 2024
Department of Pathology and Dental Clinic, Federal University of Piaui, Campus Universitário Ministro Petrônio Portella, Bloco 5 - Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Teresina, Piaui, 64049-550, Brazil.
Objective: To systematically review the literature regarding the concordance of sleep bruxism (SB) between monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins.
Methods: The registration for this systematic review was accomplished in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO, No. CRD42021251751).
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
June 2024
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
The spleen plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of visceral leishmaniasis. In severe forms of the disease, the spleen undergoes changes that can compromise its function in surveilling blood-circulating pathogens. In this study, we present an integrated analysis of the structural and gene expression alterations in the spleens of three patients with relapsing visceral leishmaniasis, two of whom were coinfected with HIV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Dent Child (Chic)
January 2022
Drs. de Deus Moura, Associate Professors, Department of Pathology and Dental Clinics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina, Piau??, Brazil.
To assess the impact of pulp necrosis on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children with early childhood caries and their caregivers.
A cross-sectional study was performed with a consecutive sample of children who were divided into three groups: (1) caries-free children; (2) with untreated carious lesions and without pulp necrosis; and (3) with untreated carious lesions and at least one tooth with pulp necrosis. Data were collected using a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) and a dental clinical examination using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System index.
J Public Health Dent
September 2021
Department of Pathology and Dental Clinic, Campus Universitário Ministro Petrônio Portella, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, Brazil.
Objectives: This cross-sectional observational study determined the prevalence and factors associated with molar-incisive hypomineralization (MIH) in quilombola children and adolescents in north-eastern Brazil.
Methods: The sample consisted of 251 children and adolescents (8 to 14 years old) living in the rural quilombola community Lagoas in São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí (census population). Sociodemographic and health-related data were collected from pre-, peri- and post-natal health records and a clinical examination for MIH diagnosis was performed by four previously trained and calibrated examiners.
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of developmental defects of the enamel (DDE) in premolars whose infected predecessors were submitted to pulp therapy with antibiotic paste or extractions due to pulp necrosis.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study with a consecutive sample consisting of children and adolescents who presented with fully erupted premolars, was evaluated. Data were collected by dental examinations, in which the modified DDE index was applied.
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