Luay Thanoon Younis, Faisal Ismail Bahnasi, Aida Nur Ashikin Abd Rahman & Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Hassan·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2020
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammation of tooth supporting tissues (periodontal ligament, alveolar bone and gingiva). Due to the chronic and intensive inflammation, these tissues undergo accelerated cellular senescence (premature cells cycle arrest). This accelerated cellular se...
Luay Thanoon Younis, Faisal Ismail Elsayed Bahnasi, Aida Nur Ashikin Abd Rahman & Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Hassan·Asian Journal of Biology·2019
During orthodontic treatment, application of forces to move the teeth within the dento-alveolar complex is associated with structural and biological tissues changes. One of the main changes is hypoxia which is due to the compression of blood vessels resulting in insufficient oxyg...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2019/v8i330062
NAADIRA JAMALUDDIN, NIK MUKHRIZ NIK MUSTAPHA, Luay Thanoon Younis, Aida Nur Ashikin Abd Rahman & SYATIRAH NAJMI ABDULLAH·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2025
Cellular senescence is often characterized as having a dual nature, with both beneficial and detrimental aspects in various physiological processes. On one hand, it serves as a protective mechanism against cancer by suppressing the growth of damaged or pre-cancerous cells. The du...
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Research Article10.9734/ajds/2025/v8i1247
Luay Thanoon Younis, Mohd Masood, Faisal Ismail Elsayed Bahnasi, Aida Nur Ashikin Abd Rahman & Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Hassan·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2019
Orthodontic treatment requires moving and aligning the teeth into a favorable position aesthetically and functionally. To achieve that, the teeth are subjected to forces to push them to their new position. Loading of force on the crown causes tipping of tooth, subsequently the pe...
Luay Thanoon Younis, Faatin Afeefah Ahmad Naqiyuddin, Afiqah Azhar, Ahmad Izzat Arief Amron, Aida Nur Ashikin Abd Rahman & Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Hassan·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2020
Excessive exposure to fluoride during formation of teeth may lead to a severe hypomineralization condition, called dental fluorosis. Genes such as Collagen type 1 alpha 2 (COL1A2), Estrogen receptor (ESR), Prolactin (PRL), Catechol-o-methyltransferase (COMT), matrix metalloprotei...
Nurul Nadira Binti Omar, Rohana Ahmad, Saeid Reza Doustjalali, Negar-Shafiei Sabet, Khor Goot Heah & Aida Nur Ashikin Abd Rahman·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2024
Introduction: Tyrosine-protein kinase protein (Tec) is known in activating calcium signalling, which is significant in bone remodelling, while nuclear envelope spectrin repeat (Nesprin) 2, is an outer nuclear membrane protein that provides cells with mechanosensory functions, inc...