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The açai juice contains high concentrations of phenolic compounds, including cyanidin-3-glucoside and others flavonoids. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of açai supplementation on healthy mandibular alveolar bone in male albino rats of the Wistar strain. 24 rats were divided into 3 groups, in which one group received a daily dose of saline solution and the other two groups were treated with daily doses of clarified açai juice for 14 or 28 days. After the experiment, hemimandibles were collected and analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), histological assessments, and micro-CT. Results showed changes in the integrity of the alveolar bone as seen in SEM, increased osteocyte density and higher collagen matrix area in the açai group compared to the control group as seen in histological analysis, and increased bone volume, trabecular thickness and number, and cortical bone as seen in micro-CT analysis. The space between bone trabeculae showed no difference among the groups. These results suggest that açai supplementation may have a structural change effect on alveolar bone, but further research is needed to confirm these findings in humans and to determine the exact mechanisms behind these effects.
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O objetivo deste trabalho foi registrar os cuidados bucais prescritos nos prontuários dos pacientes internados no Hospital de Pronto-Socorro Municipal Mario Pinotti, tendo como me todologia a avaliação dos prontuários de pacientes que tiveram internação mínima durante 2 horas, pelo fato de que todo paciente deveria ter recebido higiene bucal independentemente de suas condições físicas e motoras, onde de 415 prontuários analisados, apenas 28,19% receberam prescrição de higiene bucal. Com relação ao tempo de internação, a maior parte, 52,29% permaneceu internada por período acima de 2 a 7 dias, e a maioria (56,63%) foi do gênero masculno. Observaram-se como motivos de internação mais frequentes: doenças bacterianas (4,34%) pneumonia/gripe (7,23%); apendicectomia (11 ,33%); traumatismos (16,14%); e acidente vascular encefálico (18,55%). Concluiu-se que não há uma efetiva importância dos cuidados bucas no âmbito hospitalar dos pacientes internados com a maioria deles não recebendo nenhuma prescrição de higiene bucal.
The purpose of this paper was to report prescribed oral care in the medical records of hos pitalized patients from Pronto Socorro Municipal Mario Pinotti Hospital. The methodology consists of evaluating the medical records of patients who were hospitalized for at least 24 hours assuming that every patient should have received oral hygiene regardless of their physical and motor conditions. According to the 415 analyzed records, oral hygiene was prescribed for just 28.19% of patients (117). Regarding hospitalization, the majority of patients (52.29% - 217) had a period of hospitalization between over 2 days and 7 days and most of them were male (56,63% - 235). The most frequent reasons for hospitalization were: bacterial diseases 4.34% (18 patients), pneumonia / flu symptoms 7.23% (30 patients), appendectomy 11.33% (47 patients); trauma 16.14% (67 patients); stroke 18.55% (77 patients) and others reasons represented 42,41% (176 patients). Data suggests that there is not much importance placed on oral care in hospitais for hospitalized patients, since most of them received no required care for ora hygiene.
