BACKGROUND This study assessed the relationship between different oral health markers-periodontitis, gingival bleeding, tooth number, and occlusal status-and hypertension in a Japanese urban population. METHODS A total of 1,643 participants with no prior cardiovascular disease (mean age = 66.6 years; 43.4% women) underwent comprehensive health checkups, including a lifestyle questionnaire and...

BACKGROUND Oral mucosa is often affected by many diseases including mucocutaneous disorders. The diagnoses of these disorders are primarily based on history, clinical features, and histopathology. For the past few years' immunofluorescence techniques emerged as an important tool to study the pathogenesis and in the diagnosis of oral mucocutaneous and vesiculobullous disorders. The present study...

BACKGROUND The association between human papillomavirus (HPV) types and oral lesions has been shown in many studies. Considering the significance that HPV has in the development of malignant and potentially malignant disorders of the oral mucosa, the purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HPV DNA in different oral lesions. In addition, we wanted to elucidate whether the HPV ...

background: proper training on how to correctly handle loads is one key point for prevention of low back disorders. this study was conducted with the objectives of assessing manual material lifting activities and comparing two methods of training intervention in a porcelain company.   methods: in this randomized controlled trial which was conducted in a porcelain company, all male employees wit...

temporomandibular joint (tmj) diseases and disorders refer to a complex and poorly understood set of conditions, manifested by pain in the area of the jaw and associated muscles and limitations in the ability to make the normal movements of speech, facial expression, eating, chewing, and swallowing. the conventional soft occlusal splint therapy is a much safer and effective mode of a conservati...

Lesions of the oral mucous membrane related to endocrine seasons such as menstruation, pregnancy, and the menopause, or to allergic states have usually been described as individual case reports. This paper deals with diagnoses and therapeutics in a group of patients with such lesions, seen in the New Haven Hospital. It presents clinical studies only, except in two instances in which biopsies we...