Association between dysbiotic perio-pathogens and inflammatory initiators and mediators in COVID-19 patients with diabetes.

It has been suggested that a corona virus infection is linked to chronic periodontitis (COVID-19). Our objectives were to look at the expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) in periodontal compartments containing periodontal infections to determine if ACE2 is directly or indirectly responsible for the inflammation in periodontal tissues getting worse. In this study, six non-COVID-19 periodontitis patients without diabetes served as controls, and 23 hospitalized periodontitis patients were admitted with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 with diabetes mellitus (Group 1/G1, n = 10), and without diabetes (Group 2/G2, n = 13).

The utility of salivary CRP and IL-6 as a non-invasive measurement evaluated in patients with COVID-19 with and without diabetes.

Background: The available evidence suggests that inflammatory responses, in both systemic and oral tissue, contribute to the pathology of COVID-19 disease. Hence, studies of inflammation biomarkers in oral fluids, such as saliva, might be useful to better specify COVID-19 features.

Methods: In the current study, we performed quantitative real-time PCR to measure salivary levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in saliva obtained from patients diagnosed with mild COVID-19, in a diabetic group (DG; n = 10) and a non-diabetic group (NDG; n = 13).

association with inflammatory markers and exosomal miRNA-155 in saliva of periodontitis patients with and without diabetes diagnosed with COVID-19.

Background: : Studies have indicated that salivary molecules from patients with periodontitis and diabetes are confounded with pathological conditions associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study aimed to address whether the abundance of which causes periodontitis, differed compared with that of (used as control) and to analyze the correlation of periodontitis with the expression levels of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 receptor (ACE2) and periodontitis inflammatory markers (TLR-2/TLR-4, TNFα, and miR-155).

Materials And Methods: A saliva sample (5 mL) was obtained from 23 hospitalized patients with COVID-19, categorized into two groups: diabetic (G1, n = 10) and non-diabetic (G2, n = 13).

Limited Access to Alveolar Bone Graft Surgery Following Primary Cleft Lip and Palate Repair in Indonesia: A Questionnaire-Based Qualitative Study.

Introduction: Cleft Lip and Palate is the most common craniofacial anomaly, and cleft lip and palate repair is widely performed. Alveolar cleft accompanies 75% of cleft lip cases and requires alveolar bone graft (ABG) surgery at mixed dentition age. However, studies on rates of ABG surgery are scarce.

Chitosan gel prevents the growth of , and in mini-implant during orthodontic treatment.

Aims: We evaluated the effect of chitosan gel on total oral bacteria, , , and , during orthodontic treatment with mini-implants.

Material And Methods: Thirty subjects with 52 orthodontic mini-implants were divided into three groups: one group was treated with chitosan gel, the other group with chlorhexidine gel, and the control group with placebo. The plaque of the orthodontic -mini-implant area was collected before and after gel treatment.

Correlation between the extent of smoking, salivary protein profiles, and dental caries in young adult smokers.

Unlabelled: Context.Proteins in the saliva are one of the defense mechanism factors that can protect the oral cavity from disease. However, smoking might affect the properties of saliva.

The Discrepancy between Clove and Non-Clove Cigarette Smoke-Promoted Biofilm Formation with Precoating RNA-aptamer.

This study explores the influence of precoating aptamer (Ca-apt1) on viability while the fungus was growing in the presence of exposing condensed cigarette smoke (CSC), prepared from clove (CCSC) and non-clove (NCSC) cigarettes, for 48 h. Using qPCR, we found that mRNA expression of adhesion-associated genes ( ) was impaired by precoating yeast cells with the aptamer. Conversely, the gene transcription was upregulated when aptamer-uncoated yeast was pre-treated with either CSC.

Expression of , , and in the neural cell after induced by with and without coating antibody anti .

has virulence factors such as gingipain and lipopolysaccharide, causing bacteremia to reach the brain and activate neuroinflammatory release cytokines. This study analyzed the effect of the co-culture of neuron cells with coated with anti antibodies against cytokines produced by neuron cells. The gene expressions of the , , in neurons was evaluated using RT-qPCR.

Special care dentistry perception among dentists in Jakarta: An online survey study.

Special Care Dentistry (SCD) or Special Needs Dentistry is a branch of dentistry concerned with the oral health of people with a variety of medical conditions or limitations that require more than routine delivery of care. There were reports on oral status of special care patients and special interest group for SCD dentists in Indonesia has existed. However, there was not perception report on SCD amongst dentists in Jakarta.

Ethics, research and HIV: lessons learned- a workshop report.

Assessing risk for transmission of a blood-borne pathogen requires the use of the hazard and risk model. Infection control is a system that uses a number of individual processes to eliminate or reduce the probability of a hazard occurring. Strategies employed to reduce risk should be rehearsed, used routinely, audited, reviewed, and the results shared.