Introduction: Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic oral disease characterized by progressive buildup of constricting collagen bands in the cheeks and adjacent structures mouth due to chewing areca nut. This can severely restrict opening tongue movement causing pain burning sensation mouth.
 Aims: study evaluates efficacy pentoxifylline management fibrosis.
 Methods: A hospital-based s...

Impaired glucose tolerance was shown to be present in a proportion of children with cystic fibrosis more than 30 years ago (Andersen, 1938), though symptomatic diabetes mellitus was not recognized as a complication until 1955(Schwachman and Leubner, 1955). This paper presents the results of blood glucose and serum insulin levels after oral and intravenous glucose, and after intravenous glucagon...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Soft tissue reactive lesions are the most common lesions of the oral cavity. Although many studies have shown the interaction of mast cells with fibroblasts and their participation in fibrosis, the role of mast cells in these lesions is not well understood. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the mast cells (MCs) count in oral soft-tissue reactive lesions in...