statement of problem: recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is one of the most common inflammatory diseases encountered in dental practice, but the precise etiology and pathogenesis of the disease is not fully understood. vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) is a multifunctional angiogenic cytokine involved in angiogenesis and wound healing. there is evidence that vegf could play an importan...

Objective: We try to evaluate total oxidant status (TOS), antioxidant (TAS) and oxidative stress index (OSI) in patients with recurrent aphtous stomatitis (RAS) our study. Methods: A of 40 patients, 23 female 17 male, a mean age 29, who applied the dermatology outpatient clinic complaint oral ulcers were diagnosed RAS 49 healthy controls, 33 16 24, included Results: The TOS OSI values group sta...

Recurrent aphtous stomatitis (aphthae, canker sores) is ones of the most common and painful oral mucosal inflammatory ulcerative conditions; etiopathogenesis is uncertain and only symptomatic therapy is available. We used a dessicating agent based on a concentrated mixture of sulfates. The rationale for use of this product on canker sores is that it cauterises the epithelial tissue affected by ...

introduction recurrent oral aphthous is one of the most common ulcerative lesions of the oral cavity which no specific treatment has been introduced for it, sofar. some studies suggest the zinc deficiency as one of the etiologic factors in aphthous ulcers and also in other experimental studies, zinc composition has been effective in aphthous treatment. the aim of this stud was to determinate th...

microbial factors may play a role in the pathogenesis of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras). because of similarities in the characteristics of peptic ulcers and oral aphthous ulcers, it seems reasonable to hypothesize that helicobacter pylori ( h. pylori ) could play a role in the development of ras. the aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between h. pylori and ras using...

Background: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is among the most common oral lesions and pain is often the chief complaint of patients. The main etiology of RAS is unknown but several predisposing factors have been suggested. This study aims to assess the correlation of blood types (ABO/Rh) with RAS. Methods: We conducted this prospective screening study on 50 patients with RAS and 50 controls...