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Purpose: Oral health problems in patients with cancer can substantially affect their quality of life, treatment outcomes, and overall nutritional well-being. This study investigated the relationship between nutritional status and self-reported oral health complaints in patients with cancer.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with cancer at the King Saud University Medical City Oncology Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol
February 2025
Department of Odontology, Section of Oral Biology and Immunopathology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dental pain is common, and many patients use analgesics to alleviate the pain. Analgesics are readily accessible, and overdosing may lead to severe complications. This study explores the extent of analgesic overdosing in patients with dental pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Oral Facial Pain Headache
December 2024
Department of Oral Medicine, Sedation and Imaging, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
Orofacial migraine (OFM) and neurovascular orofacial pain (NVOP) are both recognized as migraine-related entities affecting the facial and orofacial regions, according to the International Classification of Orofacial Pain (ICOP). However, the distinction between these two conditions and the question of whether NVOP should be considered a separate entity remain subjects of ongoing debate. The aim of this study is to compare the diagnostic characteristics of OFM and NVOP to reassess whether they should continue to be classified as two distinct diagnoses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Oral Health
January 2025
Department of General and Liberal Studies, School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
Background: There is a paucity of data on oral health problems among the residents of Fanteakwa districts (South and North) in the Eastern region of Ghana. Therefore, this study assessed the prevalence and factors associated with self-reported oral health problems in the Fanteakwa districts of Ghana.
Methods: This community-based cross-sectional study targeted residents of the towns of the Fanteakwa districts, who have not had any dental care visit in the past six months preceding the study.
Int J Pharm
January 2025
School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, PR China. Electronic address:
Ketorolac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, exhibits moderate antipyretic and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as potent analgesic effects. It is widely used in clinical practice for pain relief in cases of mild and severe pain such as postoperative pain, fractures, sprains, toothaches and cancer pain. Due to its relatively short half-life, patients experiencing pain often need frequent injections or oral medications, leading to poor patient compliance.
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