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  • Oral health and subjective psychological well-being among South African adults : findings from a national household survey 
    Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan Abdulwahab; Motloba, P.; Ayo-Yusuf, Imade J. (South African Dental Association, 2015-11)
    OBJECTIVE : To determine the association between oral health and socioeconomic status with subjective psychological well-being. METHODS : An interviewer-administered questionnaire was conducted during 2011 on a nationally ...
  • Oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices among school teachers in Tshwane district, South Africa 
    Mfolo, Tshepiso; Madiba, Thomas Khomotjo; Bhayat, Ahmed (South African Dental Association, 2021-06)
    INTRODUCTION : Teachers are perceived as role models and studies have shown that they can enhance the oral health behaviour of young children. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : To assess the oral health (OH) knowledge, attitudes and ...
  • Oral malodour 
    Van Zyl, Andre W.; Fourie, Jeanine; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2011-07)
    Oral malodour may affect up to three billion people worldwide, with millions of dollars spent on treatment. Halitosis is often used synonymously, but oral malodour is the preferred term for any bad breath emanating from ...
  • Oral manifestations of viral infections 
    Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Medpharm Publishers, 2006-09)
    Examination of the oral cavity is an integral part of every clinical examination. The clinical presentation of various viral conditions is discussed in this article and will provide the family practitioner with an up to ...
  • Oral medicine case book 40 : Oral histoplasmosis 
    Stander, S.; Molatjana, R.E.; Dreyer, W.P.; Marnewick, J.C. (Johan); Afrogheh, A.; Schubert, P.T.; Hille, J. (South African Dental Association, 2012-06)
    No abstract available.
  • Oral medicine case book 59 : Syphilis of the oral mucosa 
    Bunn, Belinda Kathleen; Marnewick, J.C. (Johan); Van Zyl, Andre W.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2014-05)
    A 35-year-old male patient presented to the Oral Medicine Clinic complaining of painful oral ulcers of six weeks duration. The patient was a non-smoker and did not report any additional medical history of clinical significance.
  • Oral medicine case book 62 : CREST syndrome 
    Bunn, Belinda Kathleen; Van Zyl, Andre W.; Rahman, L.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2014-08)
    A 42-year-old female patient presented to the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, with a main complaint of labial gingival recession on tooth 41. A comprehensive periodontal examination was performed with no ...
  • Oral medicine case book 71 : Amyloidosis of the tongue 
    Bunn, Belinda Kathleen; Schnetler, C.; Van Zyl, Andre W.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2015-07)
    A 57-year-old male patient presented to the Oral Medicine Clinic with a one-month history of painful macroglossia associated with difficulty in speaking and swallowing. The patient complained of recent weight loss and ...
  • Oral medicine case book 73 : HIV associated oral ulcerations : differential diagnosis 
    Kungoane, Tsholofelo; Marnewick, J.C. (Johan); Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2016-04)
    A 36 year old female suffering from multiple oral ulcers was referred to the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine clinic at the University of Pretoria in February 2016. The ulcers had been present for a month, were ...
  • Oral mucoceles and ranulas may be part of initial manifestations of HIV infection 
    Syebele, Kabunda; Butow, Kurt-Wilhelm (Mary Ann Liebert, 2010-10)
    It is well documented and generally accepted that enlargement of parotid salivary glands, as part of HIV-related salivary gland diseases (HIV-SGD), may be the initial symptoms/manifestations of the HIV infection. Oral mucoceles ...
  • Oral pathology case book : metastatic colorectal carcinoma to the mandible 
    Bunn, Belinda Kathleen; Kloppers, H.P. (Hendrik); Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2016-04)
    A 75-year old male patient presented to the Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery complaining of a four-month history of a painless, ulcerative lesion which involved the posterior mandibular alveolar ridge in the ...
  • Oral plasmablastic lymphoma : a clinicopathological study of 113 cases 
    Fonseca, Felipe Paiva; Robinson, Liam; Van Heerden, Marlene B.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Wiley, 2021-07)
    BACKGROUND : Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is an aggressive neoplasm that commonly develops in HIV-positive patients, usually affecting the oral cavity. EBV is present in the majority of cases, therefore, playing an ...
  • Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake, adherence, and adverse events among South African men who have sex with men and transgender women 
    Bekker, Linda‑Gail; Giovenco, Danielle; Baral, Stefan; Dominguez, Karen; Valencia, Rachel; Sanchez, Travis; McNaghten, A.D.; Zahn, Ryan; Yah, Clarence S.; Sokhela, Zinhle; Kaplan, Richard; Phaswana- Mafuya, Refliwe N.; Beyrer, Chris; Sullivan, Patrick S. (AOSIS, 2022-11-08)
    BACKGROUND : HIV prevention programmes that include pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in South Africa have not been widely implemented. OBJECTIVES : The ...
  • An oral reading of Romans 8:31-34 
    Shields, B.E. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
    This article introduces the reader to the study of oral communication in primarily oral cultures and its application to biblical studies and then goes on to illustrate the value of such study by looking at Romans 8:31-34 ...
  • Oral supplementation of selenium improves post-thaw sperm quality in Saanen bucks 
    Lukusa, Kambulu; Kabuba, John (Wolters Kluwer- Medknow, 2021-07-20)
    OBJECTIVE : To determine the effect of oral selenium supplementation and semen collection methods on various post thaw semen quality parameters in Saanen bucks. METHODS : Sixteen healthy bucks were divided into two ...
  • Oral, maxillofacial and dental diseases in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) 
    Steenkamp, Gerhardus; Boy, S.C.; Van Staden, Paul Jacobus; Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt (Elsevier, 2018-01)
    Descriptions of several oral, maxillofacial and dental conditions/diseases exist for a variety of captive large felids, but little is reported on the pathology of free roaming large felids. Apart from focal palatine erosions ...
  • Orally administered zingerone does not mitigate alcohol-induced hepatic oxidative stress in growing Sprague Dawley rat pups 
    Asiedu, Bernice; Lembede, Busisani Wiseman; Nyakudya, Trevor Tapiwa; Chivandi, Eliton (Taylor and Francis, 2023)
    Neonatal alcohol exposure (NAE) can induce oxidative stress. We determined whether zingerone (ZO), a phytochemical with anti-oxidant activity, can mitigate the negative impact of neonatal alcohol-induced oxidative stress. ...
  • Orbit orientation and eye morphometrics in giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) 
    Mitchell, Graham; Roberts, D.G.; Van Sittert, Sybrand J.; Skinner, J.D. (John Dawson), 1932- (Zoological Society of Southern Africa, 2013-10)
    Giraffe are thought to have excellent vision.We measured eye size, orbit orientation and retina surface area in 27 giraffes of both sexes ranging in age from neonates to mature adults (>10 yrs), to assess how it changes ...
  • Orbiviruses in Rusa Deer, Mauritius, 2007 
    Jori, Ferran J.; Roger, Matthieu; Baldet, Thierry; Delecolle, Jean-Claude; Sauzier, Jacqueline; Jaumally, Mahmad Reshad; Roger, Francois L. (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011-02)
    Bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease are caused by orbiviruses transmitted by Culicoides spp. biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). These diseases are restricted to regions where their vectors exist and ...
  • ORCAE-AOCC : a centralized portal for the annotation of African orphan crop genomes 
    Yssel, A.E.J. (Anna); Kao, Shu-Min; Van de Peer, Yves; Sterck, Lieven (MDPI, 2019-11-20)
    ORCAE (Online Resource for Community Annotation of Eukaryotes) is a public genome annotation curation resource. ORCAE-AOCC is a branch that is dedicated to the genomes published as part of the African Orphan Crops ...