objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the existence of human t-lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-1) in subgingival plaque of htlv-1 seropositive pa-tients. materials and methods: a total of 18 patients including 13 females and fivemales, with a mean age of 37 years participated in this descriptive study. half of them were htlv-1 carriers and the others were in htlv-1 associated myel...

Introduction In order to treat uveal Melanoma , first, radioactive seeds are laid on a silicone- made substance which is called Silastic after that they are inserted in the plaque, and finally, this plaque containing silicone-made substance is stitched to the sclera surface. The dose gradient within the tumor and healthy tissues can be varied due to changing the Silastic thickness between scler...

Aim. To study the role of biomarkers in assessing vulnerability atherosclerotic plaques. Material and methods. A review literature sources investigating biomarker assessment plaques published for period 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2022 was carried out. Literature search out English Russian PubMed databases, Google Academy, Elibrary.ru according following keywords: “biomarkers plaque vulnerability”, “NL...

Introduction: Nowadays, thanks to improvements in fruit yoghurt tastes, more tendencies are seen in their consumption especially among children. Therefore, their cariogenicity evaluation as healthy snacks is important. The goal of this study was the assessment of the consumption effect of two kinds of Iranian fruit (apple) and plain yoghurts on dental plaque PH. Methods: In this experimental st...

background: chewing gum is a habit practiced regularly by a relatively high proportion of individuals in many countries including india, and its use has increased within the last decade. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of sugar-free and sugar chewing gums on plaque deposition. materials and methods: the study is a double blind clinical trial involving 16 healthy volunteers (d...

BACKGROUND Plaque size is a common feature of viral characterization. Small plaque size is used as a marker of attenuation for live-attenuated vaccine development. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the naturally occurring plaque size variation reflects virulence of the variants of chikungunya virus (CHIKV). METHODS We selected and purified a variant with small plaque size from the primary is...