aim : the aim of this study is to estimate oral cavity cancer mortality for iranian population, using bayesian approach in order to revise this misclassification. background : mortality is a familiar projection to address the burden of cancers, but according to iranian death registry, about 20% death statistics were still recorded in misclassified categories. patients and methods : we analyzed ...

abstract background: the fear of aspiration of gastric contents and its life‑threatening disadvantages in patients have encouraged many medical practitioners to follow conservative policies for clear fluid/liquid and solid intake from midnight to the time of surgery. these policies have been pursued more severely in case of pregnant women, leading the physicians to follow “nil per os” policy. t...

background: muslim women tend to postpone their menstrual period using short course oral contraceptives (oc) during ramadan, muslims fasting month. recently, many cases of stroke, particularly cerebral vein thrombosis (cvt), have been reported in ramadan. objective: this work studies the incidence of cvt and its relation to ramadan. materials and methods: this is a cohort study conducted from o...

purpose: to assess the effect and long-term results of oral propranolol in pediatric capillary hemangiomas. methods: four children aged 3 months to 5 years with periocular and orbital hemangioma of infancy (hoi) were treated with propranolol, 2 milligram per kilogram per day divided in 2 doses. propranolol was continued in all cases until the end of the first year of life and tapered over 2-3 w...

background and aims. the role of cytokines in the immunopathogenesis of oral lichen planus (olp) has received much attention. the aim of this study was to evaluate the serum levels of tnf-α and tgf-β in patients with olp in an iranian population. materials and methods. thirty-two patients with olp and 32 age-matched healthy volunteers as a control group were included in this study. serum tests ...

background and aims. lichen planus is a relatively common mucocutaneous disease, with an unknown etiology. there is no complete cure for oral lichen planus (olp), but some drugs, including corticosteroids, retinoids, cyclosporine and antibiotics are commonly used for treatment of olp. the aim of the present study was to compare the effect of combination of triamcinolone and vitamin a mouthwash ...

health education in schools is one of the most effective ways of promoting health in a society. studies have shown the effectiveness of health interventions aimed at improving students' knowledge, attitude, and behaviors about health issues. the aim of this study was to evaluate health issues in primary school textbooks in iran.in school year 2010-2011, the contents of all primary school textbo...

glanzmann's thrombasthenia (gt) is a rare, genetically inherited platelet disorder in which the platelet glycoprotein iib/iiia (gp iib/iiia) complex is either deficient or, dysfunctional. the incidence is about 1 in 1,000,000. this case report deals with a 4 year-old girl diagnosed with gt presenting with dental caries and periapical lesions in the primary mandibular first molars. to provide th...

unstimulated whole salivary p53 was evaluated in non-involved subjects, in patients suffering from oral lichen planus (olp) and squamous cell carcinoma (scc). a total of 34 patients with olp, 24 patients suffering from oral scc and 41 non-involved participants were enrolled. the unstimulated whole saliva p53 level was assayed by elisa. data was analyzed by anova followed by the tukey post hoc t...

oral cancer has emerged as a significant cause of global public health concern in both developing and developed nations. multiple socio-demographic and habit-related risk factors have been attributed to causing oral cancer. a diverse array of challenges exists in the global campaign to address the burden of oral cancer. such challenges have served as barriers to the early diagnosis and treatmen...