Advances in the study of the effect of dental x-rays on oral mucosa cells have shown that radiation exposure can induce DNA damage and cytotoxicity in these cells, according to a literature review in ...

Lesions and lumps often appear in the mouth, but many of them are benign. While some may need to be removed, many don’t require any treatment at all. Benign oral cavity tumors are essentially ...

Ozone exposure reshapes the oral microbiome and reduces lung function, particularly in men, revealing significant health ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, gains entry into host cells through contact between projected ...

A new analysis found that mean radiation dose to the tongue mucosa did not improve predictions of taste impairment in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) compared with mean dose to the oral ...

Leukoplakia refers to a white patch of mucosa in the oral cavity that cannot be pathologically linked to any other disease Consuming spicy foods, chewing areca nut, tobacco or slaked lime are also ...

Introduction Molecularly Targeted Therapies Oncolytic Viruses and Preventive Therapies Sequential Combined Modality Treatment References Viral-based therapies have been difficult to develop because it ...

The functional morphology of the mouth apparatus for the suspension-feeding tetrahymenine ciliate Glaucoma was analyzed from a series of SEM photographs in conjunction with studies on feeding currents ...

Similar to a wart, squamous papilloma is a benign outgrowth of skin. Oral HPV lesions are commonly found and may persist or relapse spontaneously and occasionally require surgical excision. HOW TO ...

EGR1 Predicts PTEN and Survival in Patients With Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer In cytologic scrapings from 275 heavy smokers with clinically normal mucosa, we found tetraploidy in four and aneuploidy in ...