Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis associated with osteogenesis imperfecta: a case report

A male patient aged 6.5 years [patient No.l] is reported with chief complaint of white lesions in his mouth from birth, which was finally diagnosed as chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis [CMC]. Clinical, radiographical and histopathological examinations revealed dentinogenesis imperfecta associated with Osteogenesis imperfecta in both the patient and his sister [patient No.2]. The importance of early diagnosis and treatment of both diseases is discussed in this report

Prevalence of gingival and oral pigmentations in battery Industry workers in Khorasan province

Heavy metals absorbed systemically due to therapeutic use or occupational environments may discolor the gingiva and other areas of the oral mucosa. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral and gingival pigmentations and blood lead level among battery industry workers and the relationship between them. In this cross-sectional study, fifty battery industry workers at Mashhad and Sabzevar were examined clinically regarding oral and gingival pigmentations. Then blood test was done for each of them and blood lead level was measured by graphite furnace atomic absorption technique at lmam Reza hospital laboratory. The data were analysed using chi-square test. In this study, there was not any significant difference between mean blood lead level of the workers of battery industry and that of the general population. Also, no significant changes in their oral pigmentation stata were detected clinically. It seems that due to new technologies in battery industry, saturnism among workers and other lead effects such as oral pigmentation [lead line] are not significant and their blood lead level is within the normal range

[Evaluation of dentists' engagement in taking and recording medico-pharmacological history of their patients in the city of Mashhad]

Introduction: the objective of this study was to detect the extent of which the dentists in the city of Mashhad pay attention to the goals of taking and recording medical and pharmacological records [Medical history] of their patients

Materials and methods: a sample of 80 out of 345 registered dentists in the region were selected through simple random sampling. To collect data, a standard questionnaire [valid and reliable] based on Likert scale was prepared appropriate statistical methods including descriptive statistics, Ki Square test, One sample T-test, and Wilcoxon signed rank test, were used for data analysis

Results: 1. Dentists in the region where the study was conducted did not care enough for the goals of taking patients' medical history. 2. Dentists' attention to the goals of recording data was above intermediate

Conclusion: we can deduce that the dentists need continuous education and an effective management system for evaluation of performance is necessitated