Periodontitis is very prevalent worldwide and is one of the major causes of tooth loss in adults. About 80% of the worldwide population use medicinal plants for their health care. Stemodia maritima L. (S. maritima) antioxidant and antimicrobial effects in vitro as well as anti-inflammatory properties. Herein, the potential therapeutic effect of S. maritima was assessed in rats subjected to experimental periodon...
An older woman presented at the Clinic of Stomatology, Federal University of Cear a (Sobral, Brazil) complaining of hardened intraoral nodules present for inflammatory infiltrate (Figure 1C,D). According to the clinical and histopathological findings, the final diagnosis was foreign body reaction to polymethylmethacrylate. Surgery was not performed because of the diffuse aspect of the lesions and because it is ...