Background: Many people use their dentures continuously for aesthetic and functional reasons. The aim of this study was to evaluate the denture’s continuous wearing in a sample of Lebanese population. Materials and Methods: Two hundred ninety (161 women, 129 men; age range 40-80...
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Research Article10.9734/ijrrd/2025/v8i1203
Background: Chronic atrophic candidiasis (CAC), commonly referred to as denture stomatitis, is the most prevalent multifactorial, chronic inflammatory oral condition amongst denture wearers. Denture’s continuous wearing is considered a risk factor predisposing to CAC. The aim of...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2024/v25i61199
Often regarded as a root of the facial nerve, the nervus intermedius of Wrisberg (NIW) contains both sensory and parasympathetic fibers. It receives taste information from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue, floor of the mouth, and palate, as well as sensory information from t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2024/v20i11455
The pterygopalatine fossa, located on both sides of the skull, is a neurovascular crossroad between the middle cranial fossa, the orbit, the nasopharynx, the nasal and oral cavities, and the infratemporal fossa. It is considered a strategically complex region given its small size...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2022/v16i130249
Introduction: In order to keep their dentures clean and properly stored, patients generally soak them in water at night. Candida albicans is a commensal yeast fungus that colonizes dentures, and in some conditions, it becomes an opportunistic pathogen and causes fungal infections...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2022/v11i130262
Juvenile ossifying fibromas (JOFs) of the jaws are uncommon benign fibro-osseous tumors affecting children under 15 years of age. Based on histological criteria, JOFs have been classified into psammomatoid and trabecular. Their aggressiveness, added to their high tendency to recu...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i2031516
Reticular oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory lesion that affects the mucosa of the oral cavity. Being in most cases asymptomatic, it is often detected incidentally during routine oral examination. This report presents the case of a 38-year-old male who consulted f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i1030512
Parathyroid hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands has a key role in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus metabolism and plays an essential role in tooth and bone mineralization. Disorders of the parathyroid glands most frequently result in abnormalities of serum calcium...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2021/v23i1230274
Anemia is a condition of decreased red blood cell number or hemoglobin concentration, or of disturbance in their function, ultimately leading to decreased oxygen transport to tissues. Many factors and diseases may lead to anemia, with wide manifestations systemically as well as o...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2021/v12i230145
Adrenal crisis (AC) is an unexpected and possibly lethal situation of stressful interventions in patients with Addison’s disease (AD). Despite being rare in dentistry, it is to be noted that evidence indicates that 5-8% of patients with AD necessitate emergency glucocorticoid adm...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2021/v15i130360
The mandibular canal (MC), located within the mandible, carries the inferior alveolar nerve and the inferior alveolar vessels. This neurovascular bundle is at risk during mandibular surgical procedures. Therefore, an adequate preoperative evaluation of the MC could lead to safer...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i2031512
Periodontitis is the severe inflammation of the tissues surrounding and supporting the tooth like gingiva, alveolar bone, and periodontal ligament. Many studies have tried to explain the pathogenesis of periodontitis focusing in many parameters such as the roles of the host pathw...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i2031476
The aim of this study was to evaluate the behavior of the alveolar ridge split technique in a series of surgical cases in anterior mandible for two-implant retained overdenture. Twelve patients were included in this study. The surgeries took place under local anesthesia and consi...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i2431237
Aim: To evaluate the behavior of the alveolar ridge split technique in a series of surgical cases. Materials and Methods: One hundred and fifty implants were included in this study for a total of 60 patients. The surgeries consisted of a mid-crestal incision and subsequent bone...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1130922
This report presents the case of a 5-year-old female patient with epilepsy and cerebral palsy who received dental treatment under general anesthesia due to her inability to cooperate with local anesthesia. The patient presented with multiple dental issues, including pulpitis and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2024/v14i4338
The bone split technique is used to increase the width of a narrow ridge for implant placement with high success rates. This technique was performed on a 53-year-old patient with bilateral mandibular posterior edentulous and fully edentulous maxilla. Implants placement was perfor...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i730877
Peripheral giant cell granuloma is the most common non-neoplastic lesion that arises from the gingiva or alveolar mucosa. Although its etiology remains unclear, it is believed to be a reactive gingival overgrowth in response to local irritation, chronic trauma, or hormonal imbala...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2023/v35i175097