Neuromuscular disorders is a general term that encompasses large number of diseases with different presentations. Progressive muscle weakness the predominant condition these disorders. Respiratory failure can occur in significant diseases. The use devices to assist ventilation quite frequent types patients. Noninvasive be applied by various means, including nasal, oronasal, or facial masks. Mas...

Immune-mediated oral disorders are characterised by their chronicity, and some are refractory to treatment. Interference RNA (iRNA) has been implicated in the underlying mechanism of such immune-mediate oral and refractory inflammatory oral diseases. iRNA-based understanding of the mechanism in these diseases may help to produce non-invasive diagnostic methodologies and treatment modalities of ...

Dental caries develops by the localized dissolution of the tooth hard tissues, caused by acids that are produced by bacteria in the biofilms (dental plaque) on the teeth and eventually lead to “cavities.” The biofilm consists of microorganisms, including the highly cariogenic mutans streptococci, and a matrix made up mainly of extracellular polysaccharides. The destructive acids are produced wh...

BACKGROUND The eating disorders anorexia and bulimia nervosa can cause several systemic and oral alterations related to poor nutrition and induced vomiting; however, the oral microflora of these patients is poorly studied. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate fungal microflora in the oral cavity of these patients by culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. STUDY DESIGN ...

Movement disorders, a common problem in children with neurologic impairment, are receiving increasing clinical attention. The differences in movement disorders between adults and children are striking; presentation is frequently insidious and may be characterized by mild hypotonia. The clinical manifestations of extrapyramidal disorders are profoundly influenced by the age of onset. The conditi...

Patients who wear dentures present with a variety of symptoms and abnormal intraoral findings. The advanced age of the average denture wearer and the nature of the denture-bearing mucosa appear to influence the nature of the problems. Superimposed infection with candidal organisms and traumatic lesions are the most commonly encountered abnormalities. Patients with symptoms but no intraoral chan...

OBJECTIVE To assess speech alterations in mouth-breathing children, and to correlate them with the respiratory type, etiology, gender, and age. METHOD A total of 439 mouth-breathers were evaluated, aged between 4 and 12 years. The presence of speech alterations in children older than 5 years was considered delayed speech development. The observed alterations were tongue interposition (TI), fr...

Background: Bleaching agents have evolved in improving the appearance of discolored teeth. These agents can be hydrogen peroxide, carbamide peroxide or other proprietary material that breaks down into water and oxygen. The dissociated products penetrate through pores of enamel and dentine changing the value of the tooth. Some of the materials used in endodontics as an irrigant have mechanism of...