Browsing Research Articles (Oral Pathology and Oral Biology) by Type "Postprint Article"

Browsing Research Articles (Oral Pathology and Oral Biology) by Type "Postprint Article"

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  • Adenoid dysplasia of the oral mucosa 
    Bunn, Belinda Kathleen; Hunter, K.D. (Keith); Khurram, Syed Ali; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Elsevier, 2014-11)
    OBJECTIVE. To describe an unusual variant of oral epithelial dysplasia and to provide an appraisal of its immunohistochemical profile. STUDY DESIGN. An unusual form of epithelial dysplasia, which we have termed adenoid ...
  • Advancing global equity in cancer genomics – challenges and opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa 
    Munung, Nchangwi S.; Ambele, Melvin Anyasi; Moela, Pontsho (Elsevier, 2021-02)
    Developments in genomics in the last decade has improved our understanding of the role of genetics in health and disease. One area where the impact of genomics is very noticeable is in oncology, specifically in terms of ...
  • Age estimation based on Willems method versus new country-specific method in South African black children 
    Willems, Guy; Lee, Sang-Seob; Uys, Andre; Bernitz, Herman; Cadenas de Llano-Pérula, Maria; Fieuws, Steffen; Thevissen, Patrick (Springer, 2018-03)
    AIM : The aims of our study were to develop new maturity scores for dental age estimation in South African black children according to the Willems method, which was developed based on Belgian Caucasian (BC) reference data ...
  • Age estimation from anterior cervical vertebral ring apophysis ossification in South Africans 
    Uys, Andre; Bernitz, Herman; Pretorius, Samantha; Steyn, M. (Springer, 2019-11)
    Age estimation in living individuals around the age of 18 years remains a difficult challenge. In this study, the anterior inferior vertebral ring apophysis development of cervical vertebrae C2, C3, and C4 of 496 white and ...
  • The application of affine transformations in matching distorted forensic samples with a common origin 
    Bernitz, Herman; Stols, Gerrit Hendrikus (Elsevier, 2010-09)
    The practice of forensic odontology regularly requires the forensic dental expert to establish a degree of concordance between two objects, one or both of which have undergone minimal degrees of warping, shrinkage and ...
  • Are animals shrinking due to climate change? Temperature-mediated selection on body mass in mountain wagtails 
    Prokosch, Jorinde; Bernitz, Zephne; Bernitz, Herman; Erni, Birgit; Altwegg, Res (Springer, 2019-03)
    Climate change appears to affect body size of animals whose optimal size in part depends on temperature. However, attribution of observed body size changes to climate change requires an understanding of the selective ...
  • Atypical ulceration of the hard palate 
    Robinson, Liam; Swanepoel, Jaco; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Elsevier, 2019-10)
    A 20-year-old female presented to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Pretoria Oral and Dental Hospital (Pretoria, South Africa) complaining of foul-smelling oral odor and painful, bleeding gums for a ...
  • BDNF/TrkB/Akt signaling pathway epithelial odontogenic tumors and keratocyst : an immunohistochemical study comparative with dental germs 
    Dornelles, Florencia M.L.; Wagner, Vivian P.; Fonseca, Felipe P.; Ariotti, Carla; Carrard, Vinicius C.; Vargas, Pablo Agustin; Sanchez-Romero, Celeste; Beovide, Veronica; Bologna-Molina, Ronell; Martins, Manoela D. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2021-05)
    Odontogenic lesions (OL) are an important group of oral and maxillofacial diseases represented by odontogenic cysts, benign, and malignant tumors. The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/ tropomyosin receptor kinase ...
  • Benign lymphoproliferative disorders in the immunosuppressed patient: an update 
    Robinson, Liam; Fonseca, Felipe Paiva; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Wiley, 2021-07)
    Immunosuppressed patients may be affected by a wide range of lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) ranging from self-limiting disorders to malignant lymphoid proliferations. These LPDs may be associated with systemic immune ...
  • Calcifying odontogenic cysts : a 20-year retrospective clinical and radiological review 
    Nel, Chane; Robinson, Liam; Oliveira Correa Roza, Ana Luiza; Vargas, Pablo Agustin; Nortje, Christoffel Johannes; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (British Institute of Radiology, 2021-02)
    OBJECTIVE : Calcifying odontogenic cysts (COCs) exhibit diverse clinical behaviours and may be associated with other benign odontogenic tumours. In this study, the clinical and radiological features of COCs were analysed ...
  • Cancer stem cells in head and neck carcinomas : identification and possible therapeutic implications 
    Wolmarans, Elize; Boy, S.C. (Sonja); Nel, Sulette; Mercier, Anne Elisabeth; Pepper, Michael Sean (Springer, 2017-11)
    The recurrence and/or lack of response of certain tumors to radio- and chemotherapy has been attributed to a small subpopulation of cells termed cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs have been identified in many tumors (including ...
  • CD1a+and CD83+Langerhans cells are reduced in lower lip squamous cell carcinoma 
    Gomes, Juliane Oliveira; Carvalho, Marianne de Vasconcelos; Fonseca, Felipe Paiva; Gondak, Rogério Oliveira; Lopes, Márcio Ajudarte; Vargas, Pablo Agustin (Wiley, 2016-07)
    BACKGROUND : Actinic cheilitis (AC) is a potentially malignant lesion diagnosed in the lip of patients chronically exposed to the sun that may give rise to a fully invasive lower lip squamous cell carcinoma (LLSCC). It is ...
  • Central odontogenic fibroma : an international multicentric study of 62 cases 
    Roza, Ana Luiza Oliveira Correa; Sousa, Emanuel Mendes; Leite, Amanda Almeida; Amaral-Silva, Gleyson Kleber; Morais, Thayna Melo de Lima; Wagner, Vivian Petersen; Schuch, Lauren Frenzel; Vasconcelos, Ana Carolina Uchoa; De Arruda, Jose Alcides Almeida; Mesquita, Ricardo Alves; Fonseca, Felipe Paiva; Abrahao, Aline Correa; Agostini, Michelle; De Andrade, Bruno Augusto Benevenuto; Da Silveira, Ericka Janine Dantas; Martínez-Flores, Rene; Rondanelli, Benjamin Martínez; Alberdi-Navarro, Javier; Robinson, Liam; Marin, Constanza; Junior, Jose Narciso Rosa Assuncao; Valiati, Renato; Fregnani, Eduardo Rodrigues; Santos-Silva, Alan Roger; Lopes, Marcio Ajudarte; Hunter, K.D. (Keith); Khurram, Syed Ali; Speight, Paul M.; Mosqueda-Taylor, Adalberto; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Carlos, Roman; Wright, John M.; Romanach, Mario Jose; Vargas, Pablo Agustin (Elsevier, 2021-05)
    OBJECTIVE : The aim of this study was to report the clinicopathologic features of 62 cases of central odontogenic fibroma (COdF). STUDY DESIGN : Clinical and radiographic data were collected from the records of 13 oral ...
  • Changing assessment practice throughin situ faculty development 
    Pickworth, Glynis Ellen; Snyman, Willem D. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-02)
    The aim of this article is to describe the process of an in situ staff development process with the objective to influence change in assessment practice. An in situ training course focusing on writing questions for written ...
  • Clinical and radiologic spectrum of glandular odontogenic cysts : a multicenter study of 92 cases 
    Nel, Chane; Robinson, Liam; Correa Roza, Ana Luiza Oliveira; Ker-Fox, Jason G.; Gomes, Nathalia Rodrigues; Fonseca, Felipe Paiva; Santos-Silva, Alan Roger; Romanach, Mario Jose; Vargas, Pablo Agustin; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Elsevier, 2022-05)
    OBJECTIVE : The purpose of this multicenter retrospective study was to report the clinical and radiologic features of 92 glandular odontogenic cysts (GOCs) diagnosed over a 20-year period. STUDY DESIGN : Histologically ...
  • Clinical, demographic, and radiographic analysis of 82 patients affected by florid osseous dysplasia: an international collaborative study 
    Pereira, Debora Lima; Pires, Fabio Ramoa; Lopes, Marcio Ajudarte; Carlos, Roman; Patel, Paras; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Uys, Andre; Vargas, Pablo Agustin (Elsevier, 2016-08)
    OBJECTIVE : The aim of this study was to correlate the clinical, demographic, and radiographic aspects of 82 cases of florid osseous dysplasia (FOD) from four countries assessed by five reviewers. STUDY DESIGN : Retrospective ...
  • Comparative molecular genetics of odontogenic keratocysts in sporadic and syndromic patients 
    Ambele, Melvin Anyasi; Robinson, Liam; Van Heerden, M.B. (Marlene); Pepper, Michael Sean; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Elsevier, 2023-01)
    Odontogenic keratocysts (OKCs) are common cysts of odontogenic origin that usually occur as a single nonsyndromic cyst in isolation (sporadic) or as syndromic multiple cysts as a manifestation of naevoid basal cell carcinoma ...
  • Comparative study on the effect of ethnicity on wisdom tooth eruption 
    Olze, Andreas; Van Niekerk, Piet; Ishikawa, T.; Zhu, B.L.; Schulz, Ronald; Maeda, H.; Schmeling, Andreas (Springer, 2007-11)
    The current knowledge base for evaluating the influence of ethnic origin on wisdom tooth eruption is still inadequate. We therefore analyzed and compared the chronology of wisdom tooth eruption in three ethnic populations ...
  • Concomitant congenital intraoral dermoid cyst and heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst 
    Robinson, Liam; Sengoatsi, Tshepang; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Springer, 2021-03)
    Sublingual dermoid cysts and oral heterotopic gastrointestinal cysts are well-documented causes of sublingual swellings in infants. However, the simultaneous occurrence of both cysts is an extremely rare phenomenon, with ...
  • Contrasting strategies for wing‐moult and pre‐migratory fuelling in western and eastern populations of common whitethroat Sylvia communis 
    Remisiewicz, Magdalena; Bernitz, Zephne; Bernitz, Herman; Burman, Marc S.; Raijmakers, Jacobus M.H.; Raijmakers, Johannes H.F.A.; Underhill, Les G.; Rostkowska, Anna; Barshep, Yahkat; Soloviev, Sergej A.; Siwek, Ilona (Wiley, 2019-10)
    Trade‐offs between moult and fuelling in migrant birds vary with migration distance and the environmental conditions they encounter. We compared wing moult and fuelling at the northern and southern ends of migration in two ...