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Objective: cemento-ossifying fibroma defines as a relative rare osteogenic neoplasm of the jaw. This tumor includes fibrous and osseous components. Odontoma is the most common odontogenic tumor containing enamel ,dentin ,cementum and pulp tissue. in this paper we report a rare case of ossifying fibroma associated with compound odontoma in the mandible
Case: A 37-years-old woman was referred to Oral Medicine department, Shahid Beheshti Dental School with complaint of swelling in the anterior part of the mandible, over 6 years period. Clinical examination revealed mandibular enlargement in right -anterior region with labial and lingual expansion and canine missing . panoramic view showed a large mixed radiolucent - radiopaque lesion associated with impacted canine.The differential diagnosis include calcifying odontogenic cyst [COC] and cemento-ossifying fibroma[COF]. Histopathologic examination established diagnosis of COF with multiple compound odontoma
Conclusion: the relationship between the occurrence of these two lesions is not clear and more studies are needed to establish the relationship between them
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Pyogenic granuloma [PG] is one of the inflammatory hyperplasia seen in the oral cavity. It is a reactional response to minor trauma or chronic irritation and also might be related to hormonal changes. Rarely, PG occurs extragingivally.The most common treatment of PG is surgical excision but alternative approaches such as laser excision have also been proposed. Herein, we present a case of lip pyogenic granuloma in a 15-year-old male whom had been under orthodontic treatment. The lesion was first excised with diode laser as a conservative method, but the lesion had immediately recurred and was excised with surgical blade as the traditional method. No recurrence or scarring was observed in 6 months follow-up. Although the use of laser as modern medicine offers a new tool for treatment of oral lesions, scalpel [blade] surgical excision still seems to be the successful treatment of choice in minimizing the recurrence of lesion especially when exacerbating factors such as hormonal imbalances exist
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This study was designed to elucidate the effect of ascorbic acid on salivary total antioxidant capacity in smokers. In this single blind crossover clinical trial, the whole unstimulated saliva of 30 smokers, who were randomly divided into two groups, was collected. In the first phase after the saliva collection, one group of patients took 500 mg of vitamin C powder, for 3 weeks. Then, saliva of all patients was collected. After a one-week wash-out period, vitamin C was given to the other group. The collection of saliva was done after 3 weeks. Total antioxidant capacity was measured. Statistic evaluation was performed by Repeated Measured ANOVA, Independent sample t-test and Covariate test. The mean of total antioxidant capacity with and without using vitamin C was 0.511 +/- 0.155 [U/mL] and 0.555 +/- 0.171 [U/mL], respectively. This variability was not significant [p = 0.605]. Oxidative stress from cigarette smoke was not decreased significantly with using vitamin C