Background and Aim: Oral health can be influenced by habitual areca nut chewing. The consumption of products containing areca nut, such as paan, gutkha, supari, etc., is common in Asian countries, such as India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. In Iran, areca nut product consumption is common in the southeast of Iran, especially in Chabahar, Iranshahr, and Nikshahr cities, which are in proximity to th...

introduction: this survey was undertaken to assess self-reported oral health behaviour, oral and systemic conditions among functionally independent population in talash, north of iran. the question is whether there are any relationships between these variables. materials and methods: a total of 203 elderly subjects enrolled in this study 125 (61.5%) were males and 78 (38.4%) were females. all s...

Confluent and Reticulate Papillomatosis (CRP) is a rare disease withpoorly recognized etiology. Various agents such as antibacterial,topical/systemic antifungal and topical/oral retinoids have beenused as treatment. Here, we report a 15-year-old female withCRP in whom yeasts of Malassezia were found in the PAS stainof the skin lesions. Topical terbinafine hydrochloride 1% sprayand oral fluconaz...

  leukoplakia,erythroplakia and palatal changes due to reversed smoking(R.S) are considered as precancerous lesions .oral lichen planus has been considered as a precancerous condition.to evaluate  precancerous lesions in factory workers of Kerman city,a cross sectional study was designed in which 1167 workers(1070 men,97 women,mean age=31.8) were participated.dental mirrors,explorers and flas...

Introduction: Although recent studies show the association of eosinophils with different tumors including oral malignancies, the role of eosinophils in premalignant conditions of the oral cavity is not known precisely. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the number of eosinophils in premalignant and malignant conditions of the oral cavity and its role in progression to malignancy. Materia...

Introduction: Lichen planus is an inflammatory mucocutaneous disease that its etiology is still unknown. Various treatments are used to mitigate the pain, inflammation, and duration of lesions. Due to the lack of a definitive treatment and the side effects of current treatments, many efforts still have been making to find new treatments. As curcumin has been shown to have anti-inflammatory, an...

among oral lesions, we encounter a series of malignant epithelial lesions that go through clinical and histopathologic processes in order to be diagnosed. identifying these processes along with the etiology knowledge of these lesions is very important in prevention and early treatments. dysplasia is the step preceding the formation of squamous cell carcinoma in lesions which have the potential ...

Introduction: This survey was undertaken to assess self-reported oral health behaviour, oral and systemic conditions among functionally independent population in Talash, North of Iran. The question is whether there are any relationships between these variables. Materials and Methods: A total of 203 elderly subjects enrolled in this study 125 (61.5%) were males and 78 (38.4%) were females. All s...