The aim of study was to prepare and characterize mucoadhesive buccal tablets of glipizide using different Mucoadhesive polymers such as Carbopol 940, Sodium alginate and HPMC K15M in combination. Twenty one formulation were developed with different concentration of mucoadhesive polymers in each formulation.The formulated buccal tablets were tested for surface pH,in vitro drug release and moistu...

BACKGROUND Sufficient buccal bone is important for optimal esthetic results of implant treatment in the anterior region. It can be measured with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), but background scattering and problems with standardization of the measurements are encountered. The aim was to develop a method for reliable, reproducible measurements on CBCTs. METHODS Using a new method, bucca...

The buccal fat pad is a trilobed collection of adipose tissue found in the midface. It is located behind the zygomatic arch, medial to the masseter muscle and lateral to the buccinator muscle from which it derives its name.1–4 It consists of a body and four processes: the buccal, pterygoid, superficial, and deep temporal.1–3 The body lies behind the zygomatic arch and the processes extend from ...

Background  Buccal fat pad is known as anatomic structure in between the masticatory muscles that separate these muscles from each other and surrounding bone. Ease of access, through the intraoral route makes it suitable choice for obtaining adipose derived stem cells. Methods  Intraoral incisions for getting access to the buccal fat of pad are; Retromolar incision, incision in medial of pt...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects orthognathic surgery on periodontium in 3rd and 6th months after operation. Methods: In a total 10 patients (7 females, 3 males, mean age 23.2 ± 4.83), full mouth clinical periodontal measurements as plaque index (PI), gingival (GI), probing depth (PD), bleeding (BOP), attachment level (CAL), mobility (M) were performed before sur...

A randomized, controlled trial of 31 healthy volunteers compared 4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine buccal infiltration to buccal plus lingual infiltration of the same dose of drug in achieving pulpal anesthesia of mandibular first molar teeth. Data were compared with efficacy of an inferior alveolar nerve block using 2% lidocaine 1:80,000 epinephrine in a cohort of 27 of the volunteers. A...

Mucosal epithelial surfaces, such as line the oral cavity, are common sites of microbial colonization by bacteria, yeast and fungi. The microbial interactions involve adherence between the glycans on the host cells and the carbohydrate-binding proteins of the pathogen. Saliva constantly bathes the buccal cells of the epithelial surface of the mouth and we postulate that the sugars on the saliva...

Selecting either buccal or lingual approach for the mandibular third molar surgical extraction has been an intense debate for years. The aim of this observational retrospective study was to classify the molar based on the proximity to the external cortical bone, and analyze the position of inferior alveolar canal (IAC) of each type. Cone-beam CT (CBCT) data of 110 deeply impacted mandibular thi...

OBJECTIVE Decreases in buccal microcirculation are indicative of the severity of hemorrhage, but incidental observations suggest that this may not apply to the cerebral microcirculation. We therefore hypothesized that the cerebral microcirculation may be preserved in hemorrhagic shock in which systemic and buccal microcirculatory flow are reduced. We propose to relate changes in the macrocircul...