Background and objectives: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a painful ulcerative lesion and its incidence is 20% in the society. Myrtus communis (myrtex) has been effective in the treatment of RAS. In this study, two different concentrations (2.5% versus 5%) of myrtex extract were evaluated to discover the most effective concentration for the treatment of RAS. Methods: In this randomized...

ABSTRAK Pendahuluan: Stomatitis Aftosa Rekuren yang dikenal dengan istilah apthae atau canker sore merupakan suatu lesi ulserasi terjadi berulang pada mukosa mulut. Etiologi SAR sampai saat ini belum diketahui secara pasti, namun ada faktor predisposisi berhubungan terjadinya SAR, salah satunya adalah siklus menstruasi. Siklus menstruasi tanda proses kematangan organ reproduksi dipengaruhi oleh...

background and aims: recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is one of the most common ulcerative diseases of the oral mucosa. definitive etiology of ras has not been conclusively established. there is no certain treatment for aphthous but some drugs such as steroid are commonly used for treatment of ras. regarding the effect of zinc on healing process of epithelial layer and cell division, in this...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the incidence and clinical features of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) among Israeli Arab adolescents and to determine the HLA typing profile in affected subjects. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Junior high school in the largest Arab town in Israel. PARTICIPANTS Four hundred seventy-seven Israeli Arab junior high school students filled out a ques...

Background. Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a disorder characterized by recurring ulcers involving the oral mucosa in patients with no other signs of disease. The current concept of etiopathogenesis is that RAS is a clinical syndrome with several possible etiologies. The process seen in RAS is probably initiated through an as yet unidentified antigenic stimulation of the mucosal keratino...

statement of problem: recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is one of the most common diseases affecting the oral mucosa. many topical and systemic medications used to treat ras have adverse local and systemic effects. chamomill (kamillosan) has been shown to be an effective drug, without any noticeable side effects. purpose: the aim of present study was to assess the efficacy of a chamomill mout...

background : recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is one of the most common mucosal ulcerative of oral cavity. role of immune system, especially cytokines in immunopathogenesis of aphthous stomatitis was not highly considered. the aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of salivary cytokines, including vegf-r3, tgf-&beta1;, tnf-α, and il-17a/f in patients with ras in two clinical stages, ul...

INTRODUCTION The aetiology of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) remains unknown. An association between RAS and coeliac diseases (CD) has previously been suggested, but the supporting evidence remains equivocal. The aim of the present study was to determine the likely frequency of CD in a large cohort of patients with well-defined RAS, by detailed haematological and serological analysis, incl...