Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) refers to chronic orofacial pain, unaccompanied by mucosal lesions or other evident clinical signs. It is observed principally in middle-aged patients and postmenopausal women. BMS is characterized by an intense burning or stinging sensation, preferably on the tongue or in other areas of the oral mucosa. It can be accompanied by other sensory disorders such as dry m...

Inflammation of the oral mucosa is a common and debilitating complication of chemotherapy that is preventable and manageable following health advices. Empowering the primary caregiver can be helpful in management of this condition. Aim: To determine the effect of empowering the caregivers on preventing inflammation of oral mucosa in children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: This no...

Information relating to cancer incidence trends forms the scientific basis for the planning and organization of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer in a community. An attempt was here made to study the trends in the age adjusted incidence rates for the sites of head and neck cancers in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Bhopal, and Barshi registry's populations. For carrying out trend...

Introduction The III Brazilian Consensus on Rhinitis (2012) defines allergic rhinitis as a nasal mucosa inflammation, mediated by immunoglobulin E, after exposure to allergens. The classic signs and symptoms of allergic rhinitis are nasal obstruction, watery rhinorrhea, sneezing, and nasal itching, often reversible either spontaneously or with treatment, and mouth breathing (breathing predomina...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical and microbiological efficacy of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) as a topical antiseptic for the treatment of chronic atrophic candidiasis in geriatric patients. PARTICIPANTS Thirty patients with chronic atrophic candidiasis. METHODS Patients were instructed to rinse the mouth with 0.8% ClO2 mouth rinse (DioxiDent) twice daily for one minute and to soak their denture...

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS), a chronic and intractable orofacial pain syndrome is characterized by the presence of burning sensation of the oral mucosa in the absence of specific oral lesion. In addition to burning sensation, patient with BMS also complains of oral mucosal pain, altered taste sensation, and dry mouth. It is observed principally in middle-aged patients and postmenopausal women....

Purpose of the study. This study was to evaluate the use of buccal fat pad as an interpositioning material in surgical management of oral sub mucous fibrosis. Materials and methods. A series of 8 cases with proven oral sub mucous fibrosis, with mouth opening less than 20 mm, involving the buccal mucosa were treated surgically in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Denta...

BACKGROUND Chronic graft-versus-host disease is a serious complication of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation, and the mouth is one of the affected sites. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the oral features of this disease after hematopoietic cell transplantation. METHODS This was a cross-sectional multicenter study that enrolled patients submitted to transplantation...

Most mouth ulcers are caused by trauma or are aphthous. Nevertheless, they may be a manifestation of a wide range of mucocutaneous or systemic disorders, including infections, drug reactions, and disorders of the blood and gastro-intestinal systems, or they may be caused by malignant disease. The term mouth ulcers should not, therefore, be used as a final diagnosis. An ulcer may develop from mi...

BACKGROUND: Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are often accompanied by changes in oral cavity. This is largely due to morphological and functional unity mucosa entire digestive tract. Therefore, role a dentist important early oncological alertness for detecting malignant neoplasms at an stage their development.
 AIM: Present results study mucous membrane mouth animal during experiment...