The findings of this research concluded that indulgence in pipe smoking usually starts as a personal choice and it does cause changes to the
oral mucosa as well as teeth like pigmentation, ulcers and abnormal patches, staining, mouth odour.
Oral mucosa was examined by dentists and only patients with clinically healthy
oral mucosa were included in this study.
For hyaluronic acid, both tissue permeation and the amount in tissue were higher in the
oral mucosa model, consistent with the evaluation results of the effects of molecular weight (Figures 4 and 5).
These consequences can be split off into two distinct categories: those influencing the oral hard structures that include teeth (dental attrition and areca staining), their supporting periodontium (periodontitis) and the oral soft tissues, that include
oral mucosa and gingivae (oral/ pharyngeal cancers, oral submucosal fibrosis, lichenoid lesions and gingival disease).
Nikai, "Verruciform xanthoma of the
oral mucosa: a clinicpathological study with immunohistochemical findings relating to pathogenesis," Virchows Archiv A Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology, vol.
Considering all these pro's and con's, we decide to study the expression of several growth factors and cytokines in cutaneous and
oral mucosa scars in humans.
Findings reveal that HPV prevalence increases, being 10% in normal
oral mucosa, 22% in benign leukoplakia, and reaching highest value of 46% in oral squamous cell carcinoma (15).
Physical examination showed malnutrition, chronic sick look, ulcerated
oral mucosa, and purulent secretion.
Linear IgA disease limited to the
oral mucosa. J Am Acad Dermatol 2011;65(3):677-9.
[4] However, exfoliative cytology of
oral mucosa is an effective and rapid procedure which can also be done for detection of granulomatous lesions.
Furthermore, clinically and histologically, no evidence of direct contact with
oral mucosa is seen.
To investigate the activation status of YAP/TAZ in KCOT, the expression of the YAP/TAZ, and the downstream proteins Cyr61, CTGF was explored and compared in the twenty-one KCOT samples and eight normal
oral mucosa samples by immunochemistry.