Inflammatory gingival enlargement is an excessive growth of tissue due to inflammation in response plaque accumulation. Enlargement gingiva hampers the efficiency daily oral hygiene practices which turn accumulates more plaque, thus causing inflammation. Phase I therapy, consisting scaling and root planning only reduces inflammatory component enlarged tissues but fibrotic remaining thereafter t...

Teeth form mainly from neuroectoderm and comprise a crown of insensitive enamel surrounding sensitive dentine and a root that has no enamel covering. Teeth contain a vital pulp (nerve) and are supported by the periodontal ligament, through which roots are attached into sockets in the alveolar bone of the jaws (maxilla and mandible). The fibres of the periodontal ligament attach through cementum...

BACKGROUND Bisphosphonates are potent inhibitors of bone resorption and were shown to inhibit bone resorption in experimental periodontitis by unknown mechanisms. We studied the effect of the aminobisphosphonate sodium alendronate (SA) in experimental periodontitis. Wistar rats were subjected to ligature placement around the second upper left molars. METHODS Animals were treated with SA 0.01 ...

AIMS To identify factors related to advanced-stage diagnosis of oral cancer to disclose high-risk groups and facilitate early detection strategies. STUDY DESIGN An ambispective cohort study on 88 consecutive patients treated from January 1998 to December 2003. INCLUSION CRITERIA pathological diagnosis of OSCC (primary tumour) at any oral site and suffering from a tumour at any TNM stage. Va...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The subepithelial connective tissue graft (SCTG) is the most widely used procedure for the treatment of gingival recession defects. Little is known, however, as to whether the apposed gingival flaps are more predisposed to develop plaque-related inflammation compared to healthy sites. This has salient clinical implications, as the long-term results of root coverage will...