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Review article
*1G. Sree Vijayabala,2Anupama N. Kalappanavar,3Rajeshwari G Annigeri,
4 Ramachandran Sudarshan
Affiliation:-
1Assistant Professor in Dentistry, ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR,KK Nagar, Ashok Pillar road, Chennai, India.
2Professor,3Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dental Sciences, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.
4Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Best Dental Science College, Madurai, Tamilnadu. India.
Author’s contributions-All authors contributed equally to this paper.
Abstract:
Recurrent aphthous ulcers are painful ulcers of the oral mucosa that affects individuals’ atleast once in their lifetime. `An effective therapeutic strategy for aphthous ulcer must address both pain reduction as well as ulcer healing. Many therapies have been advocated from the past for efficacious management of these ulcers but no therapy available to date has been validated as gold standard for the management of aphthous ulcers. This review elucidates in brief about the past and current concepts in the management of aphthous ulcers.
Key words: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis; Ulcer; Management.
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Article citation:-
G. Sree Vijayabala,Anupama N. Kalappanavar, Rajeshwari G Annigeri,Ramachandran Sudarshan.. Past and present concepts in the management of recurrent aphthous ulcers: a review. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences (J Pharm Biomed Sci.) 2013 May (Supplement); 30(30):S40-S49.Available at http://www.jpbms.info.
Copyright © 2013 G. Sree Vijayabala,Anupama N. Kalappanavar,Rajeshwari G Annigeri,Ramachandran Sudarshan. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Review article
Ravleen Kaur1, Inderjot Singh2, Gina Singh3, Anushi Mahajan4
Affiliation:-
1Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics, Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
2Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
3Professor and Head, Department of Periodontics, Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
4Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics, Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
*Correspondence to:-
Dr Ravleen Kaur
Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics,
Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Phone no:- +91-09781108811
Abstract:
Dental professionals have addressed the increased challenge of infectious disease and infection control by emphasizing seven major areas; aseptic technique, patient screening and evaluation, personal protection, instrument sterilization, environmental surface disinfection, equipment asepsis and laboratory asepsis. Each infection control component contributes to minimizing the potential for cross-infection during provision of dental treatment. Dental patients fall into several risk categories concerning the transmission of infection. Some patients will only suffer from dental or oral diseases, others are infected, some are healthy carriers, and yet others are symptomatic or asymptomatic carriers of a transmissible disease at a contagious or noncontiguous stage.
Key words: Periodontal aerosol; dental aerosol; bioaerosols.
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Article citation:-
Ravleen Kaur, Inderjot Singh, Gina Singh, Anushi Mahajan. Aerosols a menace for the dental healthcarers. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences (J Pharm Biomed Sci.) May(Supplement 1); 30(30):S58-S62. Available at http: //www.jpbms.info.
Copyright © 2013 Ravleen Kaur, Inderjot Singh, Gina Singh, Anushi Mahajan. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Case report
Sridhar. C1,Krithika. C2,Uma Maheswari. S3,Ponni. V4,Praveena. NM4,PriyaRamani2.
Affiliation:-
1Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Government Thiruvarur Medical College, Thiruvarur, India
2Reader, 3PG trainee ,4Senior lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Radiology, ThaiMoogambigai Dental College and hospital, Chennai-107, India
*Correspondence to:-
Dr. Sridhar. C, MD
Associate professor of medicine,Department of internal medicine, Government Thiruvarur medical college, Thiruvarur, India.
Contact number: 09884664502
Abstract:
Pemphigus is an uncommon, potentially fatal, autoimmune disorder characterized by intra-epithelial bullae on the skin and mucous membranes. Pemphigus is a chronic ulcerative lesion, with intra oral lesions often preceding the skin lesions in majority of the patients. Most of the patients are initially misdiagnosed and improperly treated for months, which in turn complicates disease control. Since physicians have the opportunity to examine the oral cavity frequently and are often the first to be consulted for oral complaints, they are required to be familiar with the clinical presentation of Pemphigus, in order to contribute towards early diagnosis and thereby improve the chance of prolonged remission at a lower drug dosage for a shorter period of time.
We report one such case of intra oral pemphigus in a 37-year old female patient, which was misdiagnosed at its earlier stage for nearly 6 months. The patient responded very well to a short course of systemic corticosteroids and remains disease-free during the one year follow-up period. This paper highlights the importance of diagnosing any chronic ulcerative lesions by thorough investigations, including a prompt biopsy so as to arrive at proper diagnosis and management, to enhance the prognosis and thereby reduce the morbidity and mortality rate.
Key words: Autoimmune; Erosions; Oral cavity; Pemphigus.
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Article citation:
Sridhar. C et al. Oral Pemphigus :- An underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed entity. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences (J Pharm Biomed Sci.) May(Supplement 1);30(30):S72-S75. Available at http: //www.jpbms.info
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Original article
Fadya Y. Al-Hamdani*
Affiliation:-
*Lecturer, College of pharmacy, Baghdad university, Ba-almoadham,P.O.Box14026, Iraq.
Abstract:
Community pharmacist is an only health care professional who will interact with several individuals each day and can make successful efforts to educate the patients and guide him about the disease, drugs and lifestyle modification.
Aims: To evaluate the professional role of the community pharmacist and general practitioner during the dispensing process on issues other than the legality or simple clarification of the prescription.
Methodology: Thirty (30) community pharmacists from three adjacent localities completed details of each community pharmacy, during the dispensing of a prescription, the following data were observed: Brief pharmacy details, the prescribed drug therapy, the way and manner of the pharmacist, the outcome and the time taken, category of the drug involved and the time taken and other certain roles. A questionnaire paper was distributed to these pharmacists filled up by them while making a semi structured interview with them to assess their commitment to the basic roles. These assessments were ranked between 10% and 100%.
Results and discussion: The results were established as a mean scores that were excellent regarding some roles and other were bad comparable to ideal roles submitted by many authorized committees or administrations mentioned in this project.
Conclusion and recommendation: Clinical pharmacy provided by a community pharmacist during the dispensing process has the potential to provide a valuable contribution, but needs a further commitment from the pharmacist to enhance the health care.
Key words: Community pharmacist; clinical pharmacy; pharmacy; prescription drugs.
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Conflict of interest: - Author has not declared any conflict of interest.
Source of funding: - None.
*Correspondence address:
Fadya Y. Al-Hamdani.,
Lecturer,
College of pharmacy, Baghdad University, Ba-almoadham, P.O.Box14026, Iraq.
Copyright © 2013 Fadya Y. Al-Hamdani. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Research article
Mubeen Hussain1,S.R.Nigudgi2,Meenakshi D3,Rajashekhar Kapate4,
Shrinivas Reddy5
Affiliation:-
1Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, M.R.Medical College, Gulbarga, India
2Professor, Department of Community Medicine, M.R.Medical College, Gulbarga, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, M.R.Medical College, Gulbarga,India
4Professor and Head of the Department of Community Medicine, M.R.Medical College, Gulbarga, India
5Statistician, Department of Community Medicine, M.R.Medical College, Gulbarga,India
*Correspondence to:-
Dr.Mubeen Hussain.
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, M.R.Medical College, Gulbarga,India
Abstract:
Background: Obesity is one of the most prevalent nutritional diseases of children and adolescents in many developed and developing countries. Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and also to find out the various socio-demographic among school children. Methods: The students aged between 10- 15 years were interviewed personally with the help of oral questionnaire. A predesigned, pretested questionnaire proforma was administered to each child to collect data on socio-demographic profile. Parameters of height and weight were measured and recorded following the completion of the questionnaire and the results were compared against the body mass index for age percentiles of both sexes (body mass index percentile charts) developed by National Center for Health Statistics in collaboration with National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (World Health Organization).Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity is 13.22% and 6.82% among school children aged between10-15 years. It was found that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was more in girls compared to boys. There was no significant difference in prevalence rates among children with different age groups. Prevalence of both overweight and obesity increases with an increase in socio-economic status Interpretation and Conclusion: Prevalence of overweight and obesity were high among the school children and need to be addressed by primary and secondary methods of prevention.
Key words: Age; Sex; Socioeconomic status; Overweight; Obesity.
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Article citation:
Mubeen Hussain,S.R.Nigudgi,Meenakshi D,Rajashekhar Kapate,Shrinivas Reddy. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in school children: its relationship with socio-demographic characteristics. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences (J Pharm Biomed Sci.) 2013 May (Supplement 1);30(30):S53-S57.Available at http: //www.jpbms.info
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