The material comprised 37 young posterior teeth with deep carious lesions and exposed pulps, treated with partial pulpotomy and dressed with calcium hydroxide. The teeth were divided into two groups. Group 1 consisted of 31 teeth with no clinical or radiographic symptoms before treatment, Group 2 of 6 teeth with temporary pain, widened periodontal space periapically and/or productive osteitis, ...

Oral cavity can be used for local drug delivery as in for periodontitis, dental caries or for oral mucosal drug delivery as for alveolar osteitis, analgesia or transmucosal systemic effect as for smoking cessation or delivery of biotechnological products like proteins and peptides. This article gives an overview of basic structure, function, biochemistry, and permeability of the oral cavity. Di...

Introduction: Dry Socket (DS) is a common post-surgical complication following extraction of permanent teeth. Various risk factors has been mentioned for this complication including gender, age, amount of trauma during extraction, difficulty of extraction, inappropriate irrigation, infection, smoking, and oral contraceptive use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of DS among pe...

The patient was referred to us for suspected Bechet's disease and was finally diagnosed with osteitis and skin lesions caused by secondary syphilis. The syphilitic osteitis was confirmed by PCR using a biopsy of the spinal lesion.

Introduction: Alveolar osteitis (AO) is one of the most common postoperative complications after third molar surgery. Various techniques have been used to reduce the risk of AO. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of Chlorhexidine (CHX) bioadhesive gel in preventing the development of AO. Methods: Patients with bilateral impacted mandibular third molars underwent surgical ex...