柠檬精油对牙周致病菌抑制作用及其安全性初步研究

目的:探讨柠檬精油对牙周致病菌的体外抗菌活性及对细胞增殖的影响。方法:采用微量液体稀释法测定柠檬精油对Pg、Fn、Aa、Pi的最小抑菌浓度(minimal inhibitory concentration,MIC)及最小杀菌浓度(minimum bactericidal concentration,MBC);以较低浓度的MIC为标准稀释LEO作为实验组,采用MTT法测定柠檬精油对HUVECs的毒性作用,明确抑菌浓度下LEO的安全性。结果:柠檬精油对牙周主要致病菌均有抑菌作用,Pg、Fn、Aa、Pi的MIC分别是9.0 g/L、4.5 g/L、4.5 g/L、9.0 g/L,Aa、Fn的 MBC是9.0 g/L,Pg、Pi的MBC未测得。1/2MIC、1/20MIC浓度的LEO能够抑制人脐静脉内皮细胞的生长,而低于1/200MIC浓度的LEO则对人脐静脉内皮细胞的生长没有影响,其中1/200MIC浓度的LEO作用明显优于0.02%的CHX。结论:体外环境中,柠檬精油对牙周致病菌Pg、Fn、Aa、Pi具有抗菌活性,低浓度应用对机体相对安全。     

Oral cancer: molecular technologies for risk assessment and diagnosis

Purpose: The effective biomarkers related to diagnosis, metastasis, drug resistance and irradiation sensitivity of oral cancers will help the pathologist and oncologist to determine the molecular taxonomy diagnosis and design the individualization treatment for the patients with oral cancers.     

Stimulated whole saliva components in children with Down syndrome

The authors report on the components of stimulated whole saliva from children with Down syndrome—including pH, flow rate, sialic acid and protein concentrations, and amylase and peroxidase activity. Saliva samples were collected from 35 children aged 6–10 years. Of the participants, 17 had Down syndrome and 18 did not. To stimulate saliva production, the children chewed a piece of parafilm for 10 minutes before the sample was collected. Soon after collecting the saliva sample, the authors measured pH using a portable pH-meter. Sialic acid levels were determined with a thiobarbituric acid assay. Protein content was determined with Folin's phenol reagent. Amylase was assayed and the authors measured the maltose produced by the breakdown of starch and peroxidase using ortho-dianisidine.
No statistically significant difference was observed in levels of sialic acid (free and total) between the two groups. Protein concentration was about 36% higher in the group with Down syndrome. However, the salivary flow rate, pH, and amylase and peroxidase activities were lower among the children with Down syndrome.     

Computer-assisted planning for maxillofacial prosthodontic rehabilitation

Computerized tomography (CT) planning and the use of CT derived surgical templates for implant placement have shown promise for restoring function within months after surgical reconstruction of acquired post-oncologic defects.     

牙髓再生的研究现状

目前,根管治疗术在临床上已得到了广泛的应用并成功的保存了患牙,但其仍有许多术后并发症。随着组织工程技术在口腔领域的应用,构建一种组织工程化牙髓进行牙髓-牙本质复合体的再生治疗成为可能。近年来国内外已有很多关于牙髓再生的研究,并且已经取得了一定成果。本文将对目前国内外牙髓再生的研究进展现状作一综述。     

Effect of Pingyangmycin on human venous malformation endothelial cells

Purpose: Venous malformations are common vascular anomalies with a propensity of the head and neck. Intralesional injection of Pingyangmycin (PYM, bleomycin A5 hydrochloride) is a widely used sclerotherapy method for the treatment of venous malformation.     

替牙期骨性Ⅲ类错牙合患者颞下颌关节特征的锥形束CT研究

目的:采用锥形束CT(CBCT)研究替牙期骨性Ⅲ类错牙合患者颞下颌关节的影像学特征,探讨Ⅲ类功能状态下,颞下颌关节的生长、改建机制。方法:从就诊于昆明医科大学附属口腔医院正畸科的患者中选取符合纳入标准的替牙期骨性Ⅲ类错牙合患者及骨性Ⅰ类错牙合患者各20名,使用NNT viewer 5.3图像处理软件进行三维重建及线距和角度的测量,并进行统计学分析。结果:替牙期骨性Ⅲ类错牙合患者组和替牙期骨性Ⅰ类错牙合患者组对比结果为:矢状面双侧关节前间隙偏小、双侧关节上间隙偏小、双侧关节结节斜度偏小;冠状面双侧关节内间隙偏小,双侧关节上间隙偏小,双侧关节外间隙偏小,右侧髁状突角度偏小;横截面右侧髁状突前后径偏小。结论:替牙期骨性Ⅲ类错牙合患者颞下颌关节发育不充分,呈现髁状突,关节窝深度,关节结节斜度;冠状面关节内、外间隙均较小的特征。骨性Ⅲ类错牙合患者髁状突在关节窝中处于前置近关节窝顶位置。骨性Ⅲ类错牙合患者颞下颌关节影像学特征与其功能状态相适应。     

Ghlorhexidine as a root canal medicament for treating inflammatory lesions in the periodontal space

Abstract— The purpose of the present study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of intra-canal application of chlorhexidine on inflammatory root resorption. Dental pulps from monkey incisors were infected and resealed prior to extraction of the teeth. Root dentin was mechanically exposed and the teeth were replanted under aseptic conditions. After 4 weeks, the experimental teeth were dressed with chlorhexidine gel and resealed. Animals were sacrificed 4 weeks later, and their jaws prepared for histologic examination. Results showed that both marginal and apical periodontal inflammation and resorption were reduced in the chlorhexidine-treated teeth. It was concluded that the use of intra-canal chlorhexidine may be a useful adjunct in the treatment of inflammatory root resorption, but further human trials need to be undertaken before its clinical use can be recommended.     

小鼠牙髓干细胞同种异体移植后体内免疫反应初探

目的:初步探究小鼠牙髓干细胞同种异体移植后的全身免疫反应。方法:牙髓干细胞分离获得自C57BL/6 小鼠牙髓组织,培养至第3 代,与纳米羟基磷灰石(n-HA)复合培养形成复合物,扫描电镜观察其生长黏附情况。40只4周龄的C57BL/6 小鼠随机分成两组。实验组将复合物移植入上背部皮下,对照组将纳米羟基磷灰石植入上背部皮下,术后均使用外科方法严密缝合创口。两组动物术后均观察4周、6周处死,分离脾脏,制成脾淋巴细胞悬液,流式细胞仪测定CD4⁺、CD8⁺的值。结果:牙髓干细胞在体外与纳米羟基磷灰石结合良好;免疫组化染色实验组4周、6周均可见牙本质涎蛋白(dentin sialoprotein,DSP)阳性表达;实验组与对照组相比,术后4周、6周CD4⁺/CD8⁺值均无明显差异。结论:牙髓干细胞同种异体移植后,尚不能够引起机体的免疫排斥反应,其在体内仍具有低免疫原性,有望成为组织工程同种异体种子细胞来源。     

Oropharyngeal dysphagia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis alters quality of life

Dysphagia is one of the most important complications encountered in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Our aim was to determine whether oropharyngeal dysphagia impacted the quality of life (QoL) of patients with ALS. Thirty consecutive patients were recruited (31–82 years, 18 men). Swallowing function was evaluated using a standardised videofluoroscopic barium swallow. All the patients completed a specific questionnaire on quality of life in dysphagia (SWAL‐QoL) immediately after the videofluoroscopy. The results of dysphagia outcome severity scale separated 14 patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia and 16 with normal swallowing function. There was no difference in the average age, weight and body mass index of the two groups (dysphagic patients: 68 ± 11 kg versus non‐dysphagic patients: 69 ± 14 kg). Most of the dysphagic patients had a bulbar affection based on their Norris scores which determine the importance of cranial nerves illness (20 ± 8), significantly lower than those of the non‐dysphagic patients (35 ± 5) (P < 0·0001). There was no difference in the neurological peripheral symptoms evaluated by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale scores (dysphagic patients: 26 ± 7 versus non‐dysphagic patients: 27 ± 8) (ns). The swallowing quality of life questionnaire revealed that the dysphagic patients had significant burden (P < 0·001). They were affected by the necessity to applied a food selection (P < 0·01), by the increase in eating duration (P < 0·05) and described a decrease in eating desire (P < 0·05). They complained of fear regarding the risk of dysphagia (P < 0·05). They also described difficulties with oral communication (P < 0·001). All of those complained about dysphagia which impacted directly mental health (P < 0·05) and social life (P < 0·05). In conclusion, oropharyngeal dysphagia is a common symptom accompanying ALS, which alters the patient's QoL, especially social health.     

拔牙位点保存用复合温敏凝胶的构建及体外表征

目的:制备多壁碳纳米管/羟基磷灰石/壳聚糖复合温敏凝胶,探讨其作为拔牙位点保存材料的理化性能。方法:采用原位沉积方法制备多壁碳纳米管/羟基磷灰石(MWNT/ HA简称HAC)复合无机材料,将其分散至壳聚糖温敏凝胶中,制备壳聚糖/多壁碳纳米管/羟基磷灰石(CS /MWNT/HA简称CS/HAC)复合温敏凝胶,以成胶时间、孔径、孔隙率、机械强度及降解性能为指标优化配方设计,并表征复合温敏凝胶的微观形貌及理化性能。结果:以10 g/L的HAC作为补强成分加入到壳聚糖溶液中,能够在不影响成胶并保证一定孔隙率(84%)的前提下,提高材料的机械性能(抗压强度0.441 MPa),所获复合温敏凝胶具有适宜的临床操作时间(12 min),并具有可控的降解速率。结论:负载HAC的复合温敏凝胶具有良好的成型性,并具有较好的机械性能,在拔牙位点保存领域具有良好的应用前景。     

Interventional neuroradiologic procedures in the head and neck

Interventional radiology and interventional neuroradiology are evolving specialties which can aid the head and neck surgeons in the clinical management of patients with complex vascular lesions.     

Functional palatomaxillary reconstruction using free tissue transfer

The use of bone containing vascularized flaps has become the gold standard in the reconstruction of composite, post ablative palato-maxillary defects.     

Cytokine-induced endogenous procollagenase stored in the extracellular matrix of soft connective tissue results in a burst of collagen breakdown following its activation

Numerous data strongly suggest the involvement of cytokines and the matrix metalloproteinase collagenase (MMP-1) in the pathogenesis of periodontitis. Recently, we have demonstrated that, upon culturing under the influence of IL- lα+EGF, a large amount of inactive procollagenase (MMP-1) is stored in the extracellular matrix of periosteal tissue. We now show that this endogenous reservoir of proenzyme can be operative after activation with plasmin and is able to induce a rapid and almost complete breakdown of the collagenous extracellular matrix. The level of collagen degradation following activation showed a strong correlation with the amount of proenzyme that was incorporated in the tissue. The highest levei of degradation (70% of the total amount of collagenous proteins) was found with the IL-lα+EGF-treated explants, followed by those treated with IL-1α alone (35%). Explants cultured with EGF or in the absence of cytokines, containing only small amounts of procollagenase, showed little collagen breakdown following plasmin activation (7%). Inhibition of metalloproteinases by EDTA, or blockage of plasmin by PMSF, prevented the degradation in all explants irrespective of the amount of proenzyme present in the tissue. Our findings demonstrate that endogenous proenzyme stored in a native connective tissue matrix can be activated at a later time interval which results in a massive breakdown of the tissue. This study shows a possible pathway of collagenase-induced breakdown without recent de novo synthesis of the enzyme. Such a sequence may be operative in chronic inflammatory diseases, such as periodontitis, where production of procollagenase under the influence of cytokines spans a longer time period, whereas breakdown is often characterized by a cyclic behaviour.     

Current management of oral cancer

This presentation will summarize some of the current areas of interest in the management of oral cancer. The presentation will be divided into a brief review of epidemiology and diagnosis, with a more extensive discussion regarding the controversial areas in surgery and a review of the adjuvant roles of radiation and chemotherapy.     

Antibacterial effects of blackberry extract target periodontopathogens

Background and Objective: Antimicrobial agents provide valuable adjunctive therapy for the prevention and the control of oral diseases. Limitations in their prolonged use have stimulated the search for new, naturally occurring agents with more specific activity and fewer adverse effects. Here we sought to determine the antibacterial properties of blackberry extract (BBE) in vitro against oral bacterial commensals and periodontopathogens. Material and Methods: The effects of whole and fractionated BBE on the metabolism of 10 different oral bacteria were evaluated using the colorimetric water‐soluble tetrazolium‐1 assay. The bactericidal effects of whole BBE against Fusobacterium nucleatum were determined by quantitating the numbers of colony‐forming units (CFUs). Cytotoxicity was determined in oral epithelial (OKF6) cells. Results: BBE at 350–1400 μg/mL reduced the metabolic activity of Porphyromonas gingivalis, F. nucleatum and Streptococcus mutans. The reduced metabolic activity observed for F. nucleatum corresponded to a reduction in the numbers of CFUs following exposure to BBE for as little as 1 h, indicative of its bactericidal properties. An anthocyanin‐enriched fraction of BBE reduced the metabolic activity of F. nucleatum, but not of P. gingivalis or S. mutans, suggesting the contribution of species‐specific agents in the whole BBE. Oral epithelial cell viability was not reduced following exposure to whole BBE (2.24–1400 μg/mL) for ≤ 6 h. Conclusion: BBE alters the metabolic activity of oral periodontopathogens while demonstrating a minimal effect on commensals. The specific antibacterial properties of BBE shown in this study, along with its previously demonstrated anti‐inflammatory and antiviral properties, make this natural extract a promising target as an adjunct for prevention and/or complementary therapy of periodontal infections.     

小剂量短疗程泼尼松治疗顽固性复发性阿弗他溃疡的疗效及免疫改变

目的:探讨小剂量短疗程泼尼松治疗顽固性复发性阿弗他溃疡(顽固性RAU)的临床疗效及对免疫指标调节的作用。方法:选择37例顽固性RAU的患者,小剂量短疗程口服泼尼松治疗1个月,前20 d 10 mg/d,之后5 d减量为7.5 mg/d,最后5 d减量为5 mg/d,治疗前后检查血常规、肝肾功能、外周血体液和细胞相关免疫指标,观察治疗1个月、停药2个月后临床疗效及不良反应,治疗1个月后免疫指标改变。结果:小剂量短疗程口服泼尼松治疗顽固性RAU的治疗1个月后总有效率为100%,停药2个月后总有效率为91.4%,治疗1个月后外周血免疫球蛋白及补体(IgG、IgA、IgM、IgE和C4)水平降低(P<0.05),免疫细胞(B、T淋巴细胞及NK细胞)比例未出现明显差异。结论:采用小剂量短疗程泼尼松治疗顽固性RAU有较好的疗效,可延长溃疡发作间歇期,降低溃疡发作的数目、面积及疼痛程度,未见不良反应的发生。调节体液免疫可能是泼尼松治疗顽固性RAU的途径之一。     

Changes in gene-expression during development of the murine molar tooth germ

In a matter of a few days the murine tooth germ develops into a complex, mineralized, structure. Murine 30K microarrays were used to examine gene expression in the mandibular first molar tooth germs isolated at 15.5dpc and at 2DPN. Microarray results were validated using real-time RT-PCR. The results suggested that only 25 genes (3 without known functions) exhibited significantly higher expression at 15.5dpc compared to 2DPN. In contrast, almost 1400 genes exhibited significantly (P<0.015) higher expression at 2DPN compared to 15.5dpc, about half of which were genes with unknown functions. More than 50 of the 783 known genes exhibited higher than 10-fold increase in expression at 2DPN, amongst these were genes coding for enamel matrix proteins which were expressed several 100-fold higher at 2DPN. GO and KEGG analysis showed highly significant associations between families of the 783 known genes and cellular functions relating to energy metabolism, protein metabolism, regulation of cell division, cell growth and apoptosis. The use of bioinformatics analysis therefore yielded a functional profile in agreement with known differences in tissue morphology and cellular composition between these two stages. Such data is therefore useful in directing attention towards genes, or cellular activities, which likely are worthy of further studies as regards their involvement in odontogenesis.     

A rational approach to prevent recurrences after definitive treatment of oral cancers by surgery

Oral Cancer is a major problem not only in the Indian Subcontinent, but also in large areas of South and South East Asia where tobacco habits (chewing and smoking) are prevalent.