AIM The aim of this study was to examine the changes in the levels of interleukine-1 beta (IL-1 β ), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF- α ), malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO), and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in saliva and IL-1 β , TNF- α , and NO in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) samples of patients with fixed orthodontic appliances. MATERIAL AND METHOD The subject population cons...

BACKGROUND In this study, our aim was to investigate the effect of factors, such as radiotherapy, the dose of radiotherapy, the region of radiotherapy, the age of the patient, performance, co-morbidity, the stage of the disease and the therapy modalities on the quality of life of patients with head and neck cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-two patients who were treated by either chemoradi...

Objectives: To evaluate the anatomical and audiological out­ comes of synchronous ossiculoplasty with ossicular replace­ ment prosthesis during canal wall down mastoidectomy for advanced cholesteatoma. Methods: The prospective study was done at a tertiary referral institute included 30 patients of cholesteatoma who underwent canal wall down mastoidectomy. Ossicular reconstruction was performed ...

Objective. This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of reinforcement of oral health education message through short messaging service (SMS) in mobile phones. Material and Methods. 400 subjects from two colleges (200 from each college) belonging to 18-20 years age group possessing mobile phones were randomly selected and baseline examination of oral hygiene and gingival status was carried out...

Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been reported being a safe and effective treatment in schizophrenia. However, there are a limited number of studies assessing continuation ECT utilization in patients with schizophrenia giving partial response to pharmacological treatment. Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of continuation ECT in preventing relapse i...

The aim of the research was to determine differences in IL-1ß, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10, IL-17, INF-γ, TNF-α and IL-1ra blood concentrations pregnant non-pregnant healthy mares. mares were divided into two groups: (n = 18; age 6.11 ± 2.25 years); 6; 5.67 1.75 years). Blood samples collected from all 24) three times every month, then group subgroups based on pregnancy (1st 6)—6th, 7th, 8th; 2nd 6)—7th,...

Background & Aims: The characteristics of individuals with borderline personality disorder and the complex nature of this disorder suggest the need to find effective treatments. The present research has been conducted to introduce Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP) and to evaluate whether it is an effective model for the treatment of borderline personality disorder in Iranian society. ...

The mycoflora, levels of afllatoxins and the presence of ochratoxin A and zearalenone in nuts of Cola acuminata and C. nitida were determined immediately after curing and after 3, 6 and 9 months of storage in leaf-lined baskets. Five field fungi and 11 storage fungi were isolated. Aspergillus, Penicillium and Fusarium were the predominant genera. None of the target toxins was detected immediate...

Methods: Only pediatric patients who had undergone cartilage Type 1 tympanoplasty were included in this study. Patients older than 16 years and patients who had otorrhoea during the previous month, chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma and patients who had undergone mastoidectomy or ossiculopasty were excluded. The ‘anatomical’ success was accepted as an intact graft in the last control in th...