Journal of Dental Medicine

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA In current survey, 200 general dentists and 98 general physicians were recruited  as test and control groups respectively and analyzed for having osteoarthritis. The prevalence of osteoarthritis was found considerably higher in dentists compared to physicians ( 23.5% to 13.3%) . The mean age of dentists diagnosed with osteoarthritis was 11 years  lower than physicians( 48 years to 59 years). Osteoarthritis was noticeably higher in neck among dentists but in back was equal between the two groups. The ratio of Osteoarthritis in men to women was 3 to 2. Among the studied cases, neck was the most frequent site of the disease.

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA The following reports are introducing 3 patients with progressive systemic sclerosis who had oral manifestations such as limited mouth opening, PDL thickening,... as well as uncommon internal resorption in many of their teeth with any etiologic factor. According to oral manifestations of systemic sclerosis, It seems that internal resorption can be associated to their systemic disease.

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA 50 patients with oral lichenoid lesions who had oral candidiasis were selected for clinical examination and histopathologic evaluation. Inclusion criteria were reticular lichenoid lesions or any erosive, atrophic, bullouse or plaque-like changes with any reticular view. Medical and dental history and recent used drugs of patients were recorded in special forms. Incisional biopsy was taken from all the lesions. From Each biopsy, 4 incisions were provided of which one was colored by E&H and the others with PAS. E&H was used for pathologic diagnosis while PAS incisions were used for identifying candidal  psudohyphae in epithelial tissue. In this analysis, findings on lichenoid lesions were obtained as well as observing a single case of candidal infection.