ABSTRACT
In the study involving 110 patients (58 males aged 25-59 and 52 females aged 25-53) a method of oral hygiene quality control by means of new dental index was introduced which allows adequate oral hygiene assessment, personalized recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of common dental diseases development and monitoring of the implementation of these recommendations by patients.
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Oral Hygiene Index , Oral Hygiene/methods , Precision Medicine/methods , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Mass Screening/methods , Middle Aged , Quality Control , Young AdultABSTRACT
Survey of 77 males aged 22 to 55 including 43 pilots (main group), 24 non-flying employees (comparison group) and 10 essentially healthy men with sanitized oral cavity (control group) revealed caries in 100% members of groups 1 and 2. Prevalence of other than caries pathologies was higher in the group of pilots. Analysis of mixed unstimulated saliva showed calcium and phosphates reduction by half in 50% and 30% of pilots, respectively. Investigation of hair elemental composition displayed also deficiency of Ca and P in pilots. The authors recommend methods for dental rehabilitation as an indispensable part of medical care for flying personnel.
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Military Personnel , Tooth Diseases/epidemiology , Tooth Diseases/rehabilitation , Adult , Aerospace Medicine , Calcium/analysis , Calcium/deficiency , Dental Caries/epidemiology , Dental Caries/rehabilitation , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Phosphorus/analysis , Phosphorus/deficiency , Saliva/chemistry , Young AdultABSTRACT
Today leukoplakia of the buccal mucosa is regarded as a typical pre-tumorous condition, both in medicine in general and in dentistry, in particular. Leukoplakia is in fact resistant to conservative treatment, and therefore search for new approaches to therapy of this disease is a pressing problem. Phytomix-40 (PM-40) is a mixture of natural extracts of 40 medicinal plants developed for practical oncology. PM was used in combined therapy of patients with leukoplakia with good results.
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Leukoplakia, Oral/drug therapy , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Vitamin A/therapeutic use , Adult , Drug Therapy, Combination , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Leukoplakia of the oral mucosa is characterized by impairment of the epithelial differentiation program. The use of complex phytoadaptogen in the treatment of patients with leukoplakia normalized expression of Fas-APO-1 antigen and keratin 17; increased expression of CD54 attested to activation of immune effectors. The clinical effect manifested in involution or shrinkage and loosening of the pathological focus and complete epithelialization of erosive surfaces. The phytopreparation exhibited adaptogenic effects normalizing the immune and IFN status and improving the state of adaptation systems in the body.
