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Detecção de streptococcus mutans e avaliação da expressão de marcadores tecidua...
Fernandes, Clarissa PessoaOver the past few years, the association between oral bacteria and atherosclerosis has been investigated, and studies have suggested that cariogenic bacteria are directly and indirectly involved in the etiopathogenesis and progression of this disease. Streptococcus mutans (SM) has demonstrated the ability to invade and cause damage to endothelial cells, favor the adhesion of leukocytes in vascular endothelium a...
Clinical aspects and conservative dental management of a patient with fibrodysp...
Oliveira, Francisco Artur Forte; Fernandes, Clarissa Pessoa; Araujo, Kenia Samara Barbosa; Alves, Ana Paula Negreiros Nunes; Sousa, Fabrício BituAim: To present the clinical findings of a patient with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), highlighting peculiarities of dental treatment in patients with this condition. Background: FOP is a rare genetic disease characterized by skeletal malformations and ectopic ossifications in skeletal muscles, tendons, ligaments and aponeurosis. Exacerbation of these ossifications can be caused by dental treatmen...
Oral cancer from a health promotion perspective : experience of a diagnosis net...
Sousa, Fabrício Bitu; Silva, Malena Regina de Freitas e; Fernandes, Clarissa Pessoa; Silva, Paulo Goberlânio de Barros; Alves, Ana Paula Negreiros NunesThe aim of this study is to share the experience of implementing a network for the diagnosis of oral cancer by integrating primary, secondary, and tertiary oral health care centers and identifying the possible weaknesses of the process. The study also investigated the risks of exposure to the main risk factors for oral and lip cancer and their most common potentially malignant lesions (PML). A quantitative cros...
Molecular analysis of oral bacteria in dental biofilm and atherosclerotic plaqu...
Fernandes, Clarissa Pessoa; Oliveira, Francisco Artur Forte; Silva, Paulo Goberlânio de Barros; Alves, Ana Paula Negreiros NunesBackground: Oral bacteria have been detected in atherosclerotic plaques at a variable frequency; however, the connection between oral health and vascular and oral bacterial profiles of patients with vascular disease is not clearly established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of oral bacterial DNA in the mouth and atherosclerotic plaques, in addition to assessing the patients’ caries and perio...
Análise molecular de bactérias orais em biofilme dental e placas aterosclerótic...
Fernandes, Clarissa PessoaAo longo dos últimos anos, o envolvimento entre agentes patogénicos orais e doença vascular tem sido investigada, com uma crescente atenção na patogênese e progressão da aterosclerose. Bactérias orais têm sido detectados em placas ateroscleróticas com uma frequência variável, no entanto, a ligação entre perfis bacterianas vasculares e oral destes pacientes saúde oral e não está claramente estabelecida. O objeti...
Clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical features of a mandibular metast...
Fernandes, Clarissa Pessoa; Oliveira, Francisco Artur Forte; Costa, Fábio Wildson Gurgel; Patrocínio, Régia Maria do Socorro VidalPrimary cardiac angiosarcoma is an extremely rare malignant tumor. Distant metastases are common at the time of diagnosis but have never been reported in the jaw. A 45-year-old female patient with primary cardiac angiosarcoma was referred for dental care due to pain in the mandibular alveolar ridge. Oral examination revealed a red-violet lesion that was soft on palpation and had been present for 3 months. Histo...
Avaliação das doenças orais em uma população de pacientes com necessidades espe...
Oliveira, Francisco Artur Forte; Fernandes, Clarissa Pessoa; Chaves, Filipe Nobre; Magro, Lorena Barreira; Sousa, Fabrício BituObjective To evaluate the oral health status of a population of patients with special needs cared for in the specialization course of the Brazilian Association of Dentistry, Ceará Branch. Methods In this cross-sectional, descriptive study the indexes DMFT and CPI were used to evaluate dental caries and periodontal disease, respectively, from August 2009 through March 2010. The need for dental treatment and othe...
Evaluation of oral diseases in a population of special needs patients
Oliveira, Francisco Artur Forte; Fernandes, Clarissa Pessoa; Chaves, Filipe Nobre; Magro, Lorena Barreira; Sousa, Fabrício BituObjective To evaluate the oral health status of a population of patients with special needs cared for in the specialization course of the Brazilian Association of Dentistry, Ceará Branch. Methods In this cross-sectional, descriptive study the indexes DMFT and CPI were used to evaluate dental caries and periodontal disease, respectively, from August 2009 through March 2010. The need for dental treatment and othe...
Obiteljski hipoplastični jezični frenulum : prikaz slučaja i rasprava o diferen...
Costa, Fábio Wildson Gurgel; Carvalho, Francisco Samuel Rodrigues; Dias, Camila Costa; Chaves, Filipe Nobre; Ribeiro, Thyciana RodriguesOne of the most interesting and not yet understood anatomical structures of the oral cavity is the frenum or frenulum (1,2). The frenum, a mucous connective tissue inserted on hard- or soft-parts of the oral cavity, is histologically composed of fibrodense tissue and occasionally of striated muscle fibers (1,2). Three types are commonly identified in the oral cavity: superior labial frenum, inferior labial fren...