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Research Articles (Oral Pathology and Oral Biology): Recent submissions

  • Visual assessment is no substitute for radiographic analysis - a forensic case report 
    Robinson, Liam; Nel, Chane; Bernitz, Herman (South African Dental Association, 2020-07)
    While preparing the foundations for a new house, a builder happened to find a small mandible buried just below the surface. Human skeletal remains in the form of a mandible were submitted to the forensic odontology unit ...
  • Dental images - their use and abuse 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Uys, Andre; Bradfield, Charles F.; Van Reede van Oudtshoorn, Nicolaas W. (South African Dental Association, 2020-11)
    Patients’ exposure to medical and dental radiographic examination has increased over the years,1 with dental X-ray procedures now accounting for almost one-third of all radiographic examinations.2 Although they ...
  • Forensic case book : mirror image ‘selfie’ causes confusion 
    Robinson, Liam; Makhoba, Aubrey Musa; Bernitz, Herman (South African Dental Association, 2020-04)
    The body of a decomposed female was found immersed in a water purification plant in a small town. The South African Police Service (SAPS) believed that the body could be that of a person they had been searching for since ...
  • Giant cell lichenoid stomatitis - an oral medicine case book 
    Robinson, Liam; Kotze, Leande; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2020-11)
    A 53-year-old female patient presented with a two-week history of intermittently painful oral mucosal lesions when eating spicy, salty or sour foods. The patient reported a long-term history of psoriasis treated by ...
  • Focal dermal hypoplasia - a radiographic case report 
    Yakoob, Zarah; Nel, Chane (South African Dental Association, 2020-05)
    Focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH) is an unusual X-linked dominant disorder that affects ectoderm and mesoderm derived tissues with females affected in 90% of cases. A case report of a 12 year old female diagnosed with FDH ...
  • Lichenoid granulomatous stomatitis - an oral medicine case book 
    Robinson, Liam; Van Zyl, A.W.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2020-05)
    A 72-year-old male patient presented with a painful area on the labial mucosa of the upper lip adjacent to tooth 12. He complained of a non-healing “bruise” on the inside of his lip that had been present for about 4-weeks. ...
  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - an oral medicine case book 
    Snyman, I.; Robinson, Liam; Van Zyl, A.W.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (South African Dental Association, 2020-10)
    A 33-year-old female patient presented at a private specialist practice (Periodontics and Oral Medicine) with a main complaint of sore and bleeding gums, fever, headaches and sinus pain. The gingiva became irritated, ...
  • Dental students’ self-perceived competency and usage of the internet for learning and evaluation purposes - Part 2 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Postma, Thomas Corne; Uys, Andre; Brandt, Paul Dieter; Crafford, Elmine (South African Dental Association, 2020-08)
    Many dental lecturers are moving away from providing hand-out notes to their students and are rather opting for posting lecture material and tutorials on the internet using the various university platforms such as ...
  • The ‘digital access divide’ at a South African dental school – a cross-sectional study - Part 1 
    Postma, Thomas Corne; Sykes, Leanne M.; Uys, Andre; Brandt, Paul Dieter; Crafford, Elmine (South African Dental Association, 2020-08)
    This study sought to investigate the digital divide, from an access perspective, of dental students at the University of Pretoria. Second to final year students (n= 218 (87.2% response rate) completed a custom-designed survey ...
  • Sexual dimorphism in changes that occur in tissues, organs and plasma during the early stages of obesity development 
    Dhanraj, Priyanka; Van Heerden, Marlene B.; Pepper, Michael Sean; Ambele, Melvin Anyasi (MDPI, 2021-07)
    Despite obesity being a major health concern, information on the early clinical changes that occur in plasma and tissues during obesity development and the influence of sexual dimorphism is lacking. This study investigated ...
  • Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor of the oral cavity : rare case report and long-term follow-up 
    Perez-de-Oliveira, Maria Eduarda; De Lima Morais, Thayna Melo; Lopes, Marcio Ajudarte; De Almeida, Oslei Paes; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Vargas, Pablo Agustin (Hospital Universitário of the Universidade de São Paulo, 2021)
    Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor (OFMT) is a rare mesenchymal soft tissue benign neoplasm with an uncertain line of differentiation, which arises most frequently in extremities. The head and neck region involvement is uncommon, ...
  • Familial florid cemento-osseous dysplasia : a report of three cases and review of the literature 
    Nel, Chane; Yakoob, Zarah; Schouwstra, Ciska-Mari; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (British Institute of Radiology, 2021-01)
    Familial cases of benign fibro-osseous lesions of the jaws are rare and have been described under numerous terms including familial gigantiform cementoma, multiple cemento-ossifying fibromas, sclerotic cemental masses and ...
  • Barriers to implementing clinical pharmacogenetics testing in sub-Saharan Africa. A critical review 
    Tata, Emiliene B.; Ambele, Melvin Anyasi; Pepper, Michael Sean (MDPI Publishing, 2020-08-26)
    Clinical research in high-income countries is increasingly demonstrating the coste ectiveness of clinical pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing in reducing the incidence of adverse drug reactions and improving overall patient ...
  • Expression of mucins in salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma 
    Robinson, Liam; Van Heerden, Marlene B.; Ker-Fox, Jason G.; Hunter, K.D. (Keith); Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Springer, 2021-06)
    Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is the most common malignant salivary gland tumour in both adults and children. Histological grading of MEC is subjective, but plays an important role in predicting patient prognosis. Epithelial ...
  • Oropharyngeal mixed neuroendocrine-nonneuroendocrine neoplasm (MiNEN) : a case report and literature review 
    Robinson, Liam; Schouwstra, Ciska-Mari; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Springer, 2021-03)
    Primary mixed neuroendocrine-nonneuroendocrine neoplasm (MiNEN) of the head and neck region is a rare biphasic tumor with an aggressive biological behavior. This report highlights an additional case of oropharyngeal MiNEN ...
  • Clinical and pathological differences between the pyogenic granuloma and lobular capillary hemangioma in the oral cavity : a scoping review 
    Ver Berne, Jonas; Raubenheimer, E.J. (Erich); Jacobs, Reinhilde; Politis, Constantinus (Termedia Publishing House, 2020-08-30)
    Since initially described, the terms “pyogenic granuloma” (PG) and “lobular capillary hemangioma” (LCH) have undergone a significant change in meaning, which leads to a confusion in the literature. In this study, we attempted ...
  • Pitfalls in odontogenic lesions and tumours : a practical guide 
    Hunter, K.D. (Keith); Niklander, Sven (Elsevier, 2020-04)
    Lesions arising from odontogenic tissues of the jaws vary from very common to very rare. Some, such as radicular cysts, form a routine part of the diagnostic workload for histopathologists who report specimens from the ...
  • Amelogenesis imperfecta with multiple impacted teeth and altered eruption pathways 
    Nel, Chane; Yakoob, Zarah; Kungoane, Tsholofelo; Davidson, Christy Lana (South African Dental Association, 2020-06)
    Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) comprises a vast group of developmental alterations in the quantity and/or quality of enamel, unaffected by systemic disorders. In this case report we describe the typical clinical ...
  • Fraudulent records - grave forensic consequences 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Robinson, Liam; Bernitz, Herman (South African Dental Association, 2020-06)
    Natural disasters, fatal accidents, and violent criminal offences are part of everyday life. All of these may result in fatalities that shatter the lives of the victim’s families and friends. Their trauma is compounded ...
  • Epithelioid haemangioma (angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia subtype) involving the vermillion border of the lower lip 
    Robinson, Liam; Lebaka, C.S. (Chidinyane); Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Wiley, 2022-02)
    Epithelioid vascular tumours include benign epithelioid haemangioma (EH) and epithelioid angiomatous nodule, low‐grade malignant epithelioid haemangioendothelioma and high‐grade epithelioid angiosarcoma. These tumours share ...