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Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) : open trial of psychotherapy alone, medication with alpha-lipoic acid (thioctic acid), and combination therapy
No full textHepatitis C virus infection: Review and implications for the dentist
No full textThe purpose of this report was to review the current literature on hepatitis C virus infection, with particular attention to the aspects of interest for dental health care staff
Prevalence of HCV infection in health care workers of a UK dental hospital
No full textTo determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies in a group of dental health care workers (DHCW)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Alcohol is not a risk factor for oral cancer in nonsmoking, betel quid non-chewing individuals. A meta-analysis update.
No full textAlcohol drinking is associated with high oral cancer (OC) risk. This association is particularly evident in tobacco smoking/betel quid (BQ) chewing subjects. In a previous stratified meta-analysis (Petti S et al., Cancer Epidemiol 2012) we reported that drinking was inversely associated with OC in non-smoking BQ non-chewing individuals, while this association was reversed in smoking individuals. However, the previous study could be excessively influenced by a large primary study, which yielded more than 50% of the weight of all the primary studies. Therefore, we updated this analysis using only recent studies. Case-control studies published between 2010 and 2012 were searched. In each study, non-smoking/ BQ non-chewing exposed (ever routine drinkers) and unexposed (never drinkers) subjects with (cases)/without (controls) OC were extracted and odds ratio (OR) calculated. Between-study heterogeneity was assessed with Cochran's Q. Publication bias was formally assessed with trim and fill method. Sensitivity analysis to inclusion criteria was made. The pooled OR was assessed with the fixed- and random-effect methods and corrected for publication bias. Seven of these studies met the inclusion criteria: they were not heterogeneous enough. Correction for publication bias was not necessary and provided only one missing study. The OR estimates were 0.70 (95% confidence interval -95CI, 0.51-0.98), 0.70 (95CI, 0.51-0.96), 0.75 (95CI, 0.54-1.03) with the three methods. Sensitivity analysis did not change the OR estimates considerably. This analysis corroborated the results of the previous analysis, confirming that drinking was inversely associated with OC in non-smoking, BQ non-chewing subjects
Hepatitis G virus : relevance to oral health care
No full textTo review the current literature on the hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection, with particular attention to the aspects of interest for the dental staf
Orofacial diseases in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
No full textOBJECTIVE: Solid organ transplant (SOT) and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients are at risk of several diseases, principally attributable to immunosuppression. This global overview of SOT/HSCT-associated orofacial diseases is aimed at providing a practical instrument for the oral healthcare management of SOT/HSCT recipients. Methods: Literature search was made through MEDLINE. The associations between orofacial diseases and SOT/HSCT were assessed using observational studies and case series and were classified into association, no association, and unclear association. Results: Lip/oral cancers, drug-induced gingival overgrowth (DIGO), infections, including hairy leukoplakia and, less frequently, post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) and oral lichenoid lesions of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), were associated with SOT. Lip/oral cancers, GVHD, mucositis, DIGO, infections and, less frequently, PTLDs were associated with HSCT. Associations of orofacial granulomatosis-like lesions and oral mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-type lymphoma with SOT, and of pyogenic granuloma and hairy leukoplakia with HSCT were unclear. Periodontal disease and dental caries were not associated with SOT/HSCT. For none of the local treatments was there a strong evidence of effectiveness. Conclusions: Solid organ transplant/HSCT recipients are at risk of orofacial diseases. Adequate management of these patients alleviates local symptoms responsible for impaired eating, helps prevent systemic and lethal complications, and helps where dental healthcare has been neglected. Oral Diseases (2012) 19, 183
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