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OBJECTIVE: To compare the thickness of buccal bone around single dental implants placed in the anterior maxilla (premolar to premolar) inserted with different placement protocols. DATA SOURCES: An electronic search was conducted using MEDLINE (PubMed), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and EMBA…

The aim of the present study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature to compare soft tissue aspects of immediate and delayed implant placement in esthetic areas. This review of literature was conducted in the following databases: MEDLINE (PubMed), Lilacs, Scielo, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register of Co…

AIM: The aim of the study was to asses the effect of the use of interdental brushes (IDB) in patients as an adjunct to toothbrushing compared with toothbrushing alone or other interdental oral hygiene devices on plaque and the clinical parameters of periodontal inflammation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: MEDLINE-PubMed and th…

OBJECTIVES: To systematically identify, summarize, and qualitatively synthesize the available clinical evidence on orthodontic traction-based management strategies for impacted maxillary central incisors, with particular emphasis on treatment duration, eruption success, and periodontal outcomes. METHODS: A comprehensi…

UNLABELLED: Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal species, a "Symbiotic" relationship between tress and fungi in forest has a great ecological and economic importance. Here is an attempt to describe database named "EctomycorrhizalDB", addressing ECM diversity of Central Himalaya (Kumaun region), with special emphasis on their c…

BACKGROUND: Behcet disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis that causes blood vessel inflammation throughout body and no cure exists. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Gancao Xiexin Decoction (GCXX) in the treatment of BD and provide a clinical reference for the treatment of the refracto…

BACKGROUND: Systematic reviews are an important tool of evidence-based surgery. Surgical systematic reviews and trials, however, require a special methodological approach. PURPOSE: This article provides recommendations for conducting state-of-the-art systematic reviews in surgery with or without meta-analysis. CONCLU…

BACKGROUND: Filarial infections continue to pose a great challenge in endemic countries. One of the central goals in the fight against human filarial infections is the development of strategies that will lead to the inhibition of microfilariae (mf) transmission. Keeping mf under a certain threshold within endemic popul…

UNLABELLED: Low Grade Central Osteosarcoma (LGCO) is a rare subtype of osteosarcoma that is less aggressive than conventional osteosarcoma. The importance of LGCO lies in the fact that regarding microscopic and radiographic features, it occasionally simulates some benign jaw lesions and would consequently be misdiagnos…

Welcome to the Journal of Neuroinflammation, an open-access, peer-reviewed, online journal that focuses on innate immunological responses of the central nervous system, involving microglia, astrocytes, cytokines, chemokines, and related molecular processes. 'Neuroinflammation' is an encapsulization of the idea that mic…

BACKGROUND: The causes of persistent submacular detachment after successful rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) surgery remain unknown. Its presence is associated with poor postoperative visual acuity, but due to its spontaneous resolution no additional therapeutic or diagnostic procedure is recommended. CASE REPO…

PubMed and Google Scholar were searched to obtain articles originating from Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe--1958 to August 2011 (54 years). 168 articles cited 999 times were retrieved giving about 6 citations per article. Analysis of publication trends over time as well as publication avenues is made. The f…

OBJECTIVE: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with neuropsychological characteristics such as impairments in central coherence, cognitive flexibility, and emotion recognition. The same features also manifest in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and have been suggested to be associated with illness prolongation in AN. Th…

BACKGROUND: Central sleep apnea (CSA) syndromes and acute ischemic stroke are linked by a complex, bidirectional relationship. After ischemic stroke, CSA prevalence rises markedly compared with the general population, in which it is usually below 1%. In stroke cohorts, CSA frequencies of around 8%-12% have been reporte…

BACKGROUND: Gastric diseases caused, in particular, by, non-typhoidal, andresulting from food and/or water problems, are a disproportionately distributed burden in developing countries in Central Africa. The aim of this work was to compile a list of studies establishing the prevalence of the involvement of these bacter…

: Brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) and cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are rare developmental anomalies of the intracranial vasculature, with an irregular tendency to rupture, and as of yet incompletely deciphered pathophysiology. Because of their variety in location, morphology, and size, as well as u…

Plastic surgery on the breast is among the most common aesthetic and reconstructive procedures performed today, with a variety of surgical approaches available. Emerging evidence suggests that these procedures may negatively affect breastfeeding. This meta-analysis aimed to assess the effects of breast augmentation, re…

Medical Archives is the oldest biomedical journal in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and all important individuals of medical clinical practice have been published in the Medical Archives, and even today, in index and citation databases: Medline, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, open access variants, is the main advertiser of m…

OBJECTIVE: Although apathy is commonly reported among patients with Huntington's disease (HD), this psychiatric symptom has not yet been clearly defined or extensively studied in HD. Most researchers have adopted descriptive approaches, showing that apathy is a multidimensional entity but leaving the processes underlyi…