Malignant oral lesions in children and adolescents
This review of the the prevalence, types and distribution of malignant oral lesions in children and adolescents included 43 retrospective studies reporting on 64,522 biopsies. The findings indicate an...
View ArticleTen Years of the Dental Elf
It is now 10 years since the very first Dental Elf Blog. Since then we have published 1626 blogs covering a wide range of topics so we present a brief overview of the categories covered. The post Ten...
View ArticleOral proliferative verrucous leukoplakia and the rate of malignant...
This review of the evidence on the malignant transformation of oral proliferative verrucous leukoplakia included 17 mainly retrospective observational studies. The overall estimate for malignant...
View ArticleOral cancer – adjunctive diagnostic tests
This Cochrane review update was to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of index tests for the detection of oral cancer and oral potentially malignant disorders, in people presenting with clinically...
View ArticleIntraoral stents to reduce oral toxicity of radiotherapy
This review assessing the effectiveness of intraoral stents in reducing toxicities in oral cavity induced by radiotherapy in head and neck region included 7 small studies. While the analysis suggests a...
View ArticlePrevention toolkit from Public Health England
An updated version of ‘Delivering Better Oral Health, ’ the oral health prevention toolkit published iby Public Health England to provide practical evidence-based guidance for promoting oral health...
View ArticleOsteoradionecrosis and tooth extraction before radiotherapy
This review of the osteoradionecrosis rate in patients with head and neck cancer having toothth extraction performed before radiotherapy included 8 mainly retrospective studies. The pooled incidence...
View ArticleOral lichen planus and malignant transformation
This review of high quality studies of oral lichen planus malignant transformation rate included 10 observational studies. The findings found a higher level of malignant transformation in higher...
View ArticleEarly detection of oral cancer and oral potentially malignant disorders
This Cochrane review update of dthe iagnostic test accuracy of conventional oral examination, vital rinsing, light-based detection, mouth self-examination, remote screening, and biomarkers, used singly...
View ArticleChemotherapy for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer
This review of whether chemotherapy, in addition to radiotherapy and/or surgery for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer, results in improved overall survival included 100 studies. the findings...
View ArticleMetastatic lesions in the oral and maxillofacial region
This review of metastatic neoplasms in the oral cavity included 217 observational studies from 33 countries. The 348 cases identified arose from 29 primary sites the most common being lung (21%) and...
View ArticleOral examination for detecting oral cancer
This review of the diagnostic accuracy of visual inspection compared with biopsy (gold standard) for the diagnosis or oral cancer and oral potentially malignant dissorders included 18 studies. For...
View ArticleRaman spectroscopy in oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer
Rajpal Tattar take a look at this review of Raman scattering-based diagnostic systems in oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer diagnosis. The post Raman spectroscopy in oral cavity and oropharyngeal...
View ArticleTooth extraction prior to head and neck radiotherapy and osteoradionecrosis risk
28 mainly retrospective studies were included in this review which aimed to determine if tooth extraction prior to head and neck radiotherapy (RT )is associated with a reduced risk of developing...
View ArticleSalivary lactate dehydrogenase in oral and potential malignant disorders
In her first Dental Elf blog Iris Vaid looks at a review of salivary lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) as a potential diagnostic marker for oral cancer and oral potentially malignant disorders. The post...
View ArticleRadiotherapy and dental implant survival
This review assessing the effect of radiotherapy on the survival of dental implants in patients with head and neck cancer included 7 studies involving a total of 441 patients. implant survival rate was...
View ArticleTop Dental Elf blogs Jan – Mar 2022
Early detection of oral cancer and mangement of white spot lesions during orthodontic treatment were popular blogs in January , February and March of 2022. The post Top Dental Elf blogs Jan – Mar 2022...
View ArticleOral leukoplakia – malignant transformation rate
This review of the rate of malignant transformation (MT) of oral leukoplakia and potential risk factors included 26 mainly retrospective studies. The findings indicate a MT of 7.2% (95%CI; 5.40 to...
View ArticleOral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers – surgical treatments
This update of a Cochrane review of the relative benefits and harms of different surgical treatment modalities for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers includes 15 RCTs. Moderate-certainty evidence...
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