The following article show the classic diagnosis and some advances in paracoccidioidomycosis, an infectious disease with a spectrum of acute, subacute, or chronic evolution caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides spp. The disease is contracted through inhalation of an airborne fungal particles, having as main symptoms, cough, shortness of breath, weight loss and skin or mucous membrane lesions. Clinical symptoms ...
Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a genetically heterogeneous condition resulting from clinical anomalies of structures derived from the ectoderm, such as the hair, nails, sweat glands, and teeth. This clinical report presents the case of a child diagnosed with hypohidrotic ED at 2 years of age; clinical and imaging evaluation was performed with 6-year follow-up, and we present details of the prosthetic dental care,...
Objective. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the advances in the study of medicinal plants and their biologic effects on periodontitis in animal models. Study Design. A systematic search was conducted by three independent researchers, who screened articles published up to March/2016, to identify the studies that contained sufficient and clear information on the association of the medicinal pl...
Orientadores: Pedro Duarte Novaes, Marcelo Rocha Marques; Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba; Resumo: A administração intermitente de hormônio paratireóideo (PTH) é capaz de promover anabolismo ósseo, favorecendo a neoformação óssea em condições como osteoporose e reparo de fraturas. Sabendo-se que tanto os tecidos ósseos mandibulares e alveolares como o...
Orientadores: Silvana Pereira Barros, Sergio Roberto Peres Line; Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba; Resumo: A doença periodontal (DP) é causada por interações entre fatores do hospedeiro, microrganismos específicos patogênicos e o sistema imunológico. TNF-b é um imunoregulador multifuncional que está relacionado com a patogênese de diversas desord...