Andrea Sardella

..perforatum extract taken three times a day for 12 weeks improved the pain of BMS patients, although the general reduction in the number of sites with reported burning sensation, a less accurate and objective score, was significant...

..The treatment of BMS is possible but not yet satisfactory. This review, examines recent data on the aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical management of the syndrome...

..Consequently, there is a need for better education in the diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases and for improvement in total oral health training...

..In this prospective case-control study, we compared clinical features and laboratory aspects to evaluate the association of the proposed causative/precipitating factors of BMS...

..The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the spontaneous remission rate of burning mouth syndrome (BMS) in a group of subjects suffering from this syndrome...

..Psychologi-cal distress is frequently observed in patients suffering from persistent idiopathic facial pain. The present review aims at presenting the available knowledge of this elusive orofacial pain condition...

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..All patients treated with HSCT should therefore be closely followed over the long term with the aim of identifying the onset of secondary tumors as early as possible...

..The aim of the present study was to test different methods to separate the epithelium from the connective tissue of oral mucosa affected by OLP as a preliminary step for further immunohistochemical or molecular investigations...

..Evaluating data of patients affected by oral mucoceles, examined at the Unit of Oral Medicine and Pathology of the University of Milan between January 1994 and December 2008...

..Antibiotics may be prescribed to patients undergoing extractions to prevent complications due to infection...

..Owing to the lack of studies, our goal is to assess whether transmucosal assimilation, after its application on oral mucosa, really occurs and to define clobetasol pharmacokinetics profile...

..We report a rare case of primary SCC of the nasal cavity presenting as a lesion of the hard palate and describe its clinical, histologic, and immunohistochemical features...

..To test the efficacy of a protocol in preventing the development of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) after tooth extraction...

..To date, in conclusion, there is no evidence of effective treatment in preventing malignant transformation of leukoplakia. Treatments may be effective in the resolution of lesion; however, relapses and adverse effects are common...

..Oral involvement of cGVHD occurs in 80 to 100% of patients suffering from cGVHD and may be the early manifestation of this complication...

..Survivin is involved in modulation of cell death and cell division processes. Survivin expression in normal adult tissues has not been fully understood, although it is markedly lower than in cancer, where it is over-expressed...

..Antifungal drugs are often employed together with them, to prevent secondary oral candidosis, although it has been suggested anecdotally that they can also be beneficial for OLP itself...

..We can conclude that fentanyl TTS at the doses used in this study may not adequately relieve oral mucositis pain...

..An association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and lichen planus (LP) has been investigated, but results have been inconsistent...

..More than half (58%) of the group perceived a need for dental care. We conclude that persons with angioedema may experience difficulty in obtaining dental treatment, a common cause of acute attacks...

..The aim of the present study was to survey oral biopsy procedures, with particular regard to the incidence of adverse events, patients experience and adequacy of the sample...

..Survival and the success of implants placed were consistent with those placed in non-reconstructed bone...

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..The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate survival in a group of patients with oral malignant neoplasias, observed at the Unit of Oral Pathology and Medicine, University of Milan, between February 1995 and September 2005...

..This paper evaluated the efficacy of the systemic administration of levosulpiride, an antipsychotic and antidepressant drug, in the management of burning mouth syndrome...

..It is important that medical oncologists and dentists become aware of this possible complication in order to perform minor oral surgery prior to starting bisphosphonates treatment...

..CONCLUSION: This is one of the very few reports in the dental literature of a case of oral chronic graft-versus-host disease that includes the unusual manifestation of prominent gingival lesions...