background: it has been reported that curcumin has anti inflammatory, antibacterial, anti tumor and analgesic properties. objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of curcumin in the treatment of minor aphthous stomatitis. methods: the study was a two week, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled of patients with minor aphthous. patients between 18 and 65 years o...

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS; recurrent aphthous ulcers - RAU; canker sores) is a chronic inflammatory, ulcerative condition of the oral mucosa. Its prevalence in the general population ranges between 5% and 20%, depending on the method and group studied. The etiopathogenesis of the disease is considered to be multifactorial, but remains still not fully understood. In patients with RAS, a...

background: recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is the most common inflammatory ulcerative condition of oral cavity. the aim of this study was to compare the levels of the salivary malondialdehyde (mda) and total antioxidant capacity (tac) and blood parameter in ras versus healthy controls. methods: this case-control study consisted of 28 patients with ras and 28 age and sex -matched control wi...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (nlr), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (plr), and mean platelet volume (mpv) in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras).   materials and methods: eighty patients who were diagnosed with ras between january 2014 and january 2016 were included in this study. eighty age- and gender-matched healthy subject...

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a common disorder affecting 5% to 66% of examined adult patient groups. There may be a female predominance in some adult and child patient groups.1–4 The ulceration usually commences in the second decade,5 although 40% of selected groups of children can have a history of RAS, ulceration beginning before 5 years of age, the frequency of affected patients ri...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of Behçet's disease (BD) in an Israeli Arab town (Taibe). METHODS Questionnaires about the occurrence and prevalence of aphthous ulcers were distributed randomly to the parents of children attending a paediatric centre in Taibe. The parents were asked whether they or any of their children aged between 10 and 20 years had recurrent aphthous stomatitis. Any ...