Statement of the Problem: Pit and fissure sealant placement is considered as an effective modality for prevention of caries on occlusal surfaces. Penetration, retention and lateral wall adaptation are the key factors in ...

Statement of the Problem: Macrophages are the target of attention in numerous diseases. Many studies reported them as the regulators of the growth, dissemination, and clinical behavior of various lesions. There are relatively ...

Statement of the Problem: Accurate measurement of the available bone height is an essential step in the pre-surgical phase of dental implantation. Panoramic radiography is a unique technique in the pre-surgical phase of ...

Statement of the Problem: One major goal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is to find an appropriate source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with higher differentiation ability.Purpose: In this experimental ...

Background and aim: Among occupational diseases in dentists, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the major causes for loss of working days, increasing costs and human occupational injury and absence from work. ...

Statement of the Problem: Dental caries, the most common infectious disease, can lead to several consequences, including inflammation and bleeding of the gum, abscess formation, tooth loss, and subsequently loss of available ...

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an immune-mediated acquired disease found in both adults and children. It is characterized by transient or persistent decreases in the platelet count. We report a case of ITP detected ...

Statement of the Problem: Oral lichen planus is a common mucocutaneous lesion with a chronic inflammatory process mediated by immune factors while a few cases of the disease become malignant.Purpose: This study aimed to ...

Solitary myofibroma is an uncommon benign soft tissue neoplasm of myofibroblastic origin exhibiting head and neck region predilection but its presence in the jaws is rare. Myofibroma presents as painless mass and may ...

Statement of the Problem: Pemphigus vulgaris is characterized by intraepithelial vesicles, but pathogenesis of vesicle formation in this disease has not been substantiated yet.Purpose: The present study investigate extrinsic ...