Is There a Real Relationship between the Presence of Helicobacter pylori in Dental Plaque and Gastric Infection? A Genotyping and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Study on... by Mojtaba Moosavian, Elyas Kushki, Tahereh Navidifar, Eskandar Hajiani, Mahdi Mandegari

“…Background. The oral cavity can act as an extra gastric reservoir for H. pylori, and the presence of the bacteria in the oral cavity is associated with a higher risk of dental caries development. …”
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Oral manifestations of multiple myeloma – A systematic review by Padmajaa Krishnan, Madhu Narayan, Bose Divya, T Dinesh Kumar, A Ramesh Kumar, Rajkumar Krishnan

“…The mortality rate of MM accounts for 1 % of all cancer death globally. Pertaining to oral cavity 35 % of patients with symptomatic MM present with lytic bone lesions of jaws. …”
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Reactive Lesions of the Oral Mucosa: A Retrospective Analysis of 69 Cases by Vaddadi Sindhuja, Vipparthi Sharon Raj, Divya Uppala

“…Introduction: Reactive lesions encompass a category of fibroepithelial lesions that are frequently observed in the oral mucosa. Due to the oral cavity’s significant exposure to trauma or frictional forces, the incidence of these reactive lesions is notably higher within this anatomical region. …”
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Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature by Neeraj Sharma

“…Primary malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare neoplasm. The tumors tend to metastasize or locally invade tissue more readily than other malignant tumors in the oral region. …”
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Influence of Calcium Phosphate and Apatite Containing Products on Enamel Erosion by A. Kensche, S. Pötschke, C. Hannig, G. Richter, W. Hoth-Hannig, M. Hannig

“…Afterwards, samples were exposed in the oral cavity for 28 min. Native enamel slabs and slabs exposed to the oral cavity for 30 min without any rinse served as controls. …”
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Immunotherapy versus targeted therapy in management of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of oral tongue by Nadimul Hoda, Aastha Moza, K.P. Amith, K.S. Sabitha

“…Background: Targeted therapies, and more recently immunotherapy, have dramatically changed the landscape of treatments in oral cavity cancers and improved clinical outcomes. …”
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Maxillary Impacted Second Premolar; A Surgical Intervention in an Orthodontic Case by Syed Hamza Zia, Zarnab Rizwan, Ghina Rizwan

“…Because of their proximity to the nasal and oral cavity, impacted teeth have the potential to create more severe and catastrophic difficulties, such as the formation of dentigerous cysts and other disorders. …”
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Epidermal Cyst of Parotid Gland: A Rarity and a Diagnostic Dilemma by Anuradha Ganesan, Gautham Kumar Nandakumar

“…Epidermal cysts are common skin lesions but they occur very rarely in the oral cavity, especially in the salivary glands. Very few cases have been reported in the literature and, here, we present one such rare case of epidermal cyst in the right parotid gland in a 62-year-old female patient.…”
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Minimally Invasive Approach to Eliminate Pyogenic Granuloma: A Case Report by B. Chandrashekar

“…Pyogenic granuloma is one of the inflammatory hyperplasia seen in the oral cavity. The term is a misnomer because it is not related to infection and arises in response to various stimuli such as low-grade local irritation, traumatic injury, or hormonal factors. …”
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True Fibroma of Alveolar Mucosa by Shankargouda Patil, Roopa S. Rao, Sanketh Sharath, Anveeta Agarwal

“…Benign fibrous overgrowths are often found in the oral cavity, almost always being reactive/irritational in nature. …”
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Squamous cell carcinoma in a kidney transplant recipient after 26 years by Carolina da Silva Nunes, Andreia Bufalino, Cláudia Maria Navarro, Jorge Esquiche León, Héric de Souza Camargo, Elaine Maria Sgavioli Massucato

“…This paper reports a clinical case of squamous cell carcinoma that developed in the oral cavity of a kidney transplant patient who underwent the procedure 26 years ago and did not present classic risk factors, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, for the development of the lesion. …”
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Cytochrome P450 Metabolism of Betel Quid-Derived Compounds: Implications for the Development of Prevention Strategies for Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers by Che-Yi Lin, Tien-Szu Pan, Chun-Chan Ting, Shih-Shin Liang, Shu-Hung Huang, Hsiu-Yueh Liu, Edward Cheng-Chuan Ko, Chung-Wei Wu, Jen-Yang Tang, Ping-Ho Chen

“…In clinical applications, we focus on cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx and OPMDs associated with CYP gene polymorphisms, including CYP1A1, CYP2A6, CYP2E1, and CYP26B1. …”
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Artificial intelligence for image recognition in diagnosing oral and oropharyngeal cancer and leukoplakia by Benedikt Schmidl, Tobias Hütten, Steffi Pigorsch, Fabian Stögbauer, Cosima C. Hoch, Timon Hussain, Barbara Wollenberg, Markus Wirth

“…Abstract Visual diagnosis is one of the key features of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity (OSCC) and oropharynx (OPSCC), both subsets of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) with a heterogeneous clinical appearance. …”
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Salivary microbiota dysbiosis and elevated polyamine levels contribute to the severity of periodontal disease by Md Haroon Rashid, Sandhya Pavan Kumar, Resma Rajan, Anitha Mamillapalli

“…Abstract Background The oral cavity is a complex environment which harbours the second largest and most diverse microflora after the gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Interactions between Host and Oral Commensal Microorganisms are Key Events in Health and Disease Status by Mahmoud Rouabhia

“…The oral cavity has sometimes been described as a mirror that reflects a person's health. …”
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MANDATORY TECHNICAL ELEMENTS IN THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE SINGING VOICE by Georgeta PINGHIRIAC

“…Frequently occurring voice problems are veiled voice, throatiness, the loss of the lowest and highest tones, flat sound and excessive vibrato. The oral cavity plays a very important role for sound resonance. …”
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Nevus of Ota with Rare Palatal Involvement: A Case Report with Emphasis on Differential Diagnosis by Gaurav Sharma, Archna Nagpal

“…It presents as a brown, blue, or gray patch on the face and is within the distribution of the ophthalmic and maxillary branches of the trigeminal nerve. The oral cavity is infrequently involved in nevus of Ota. …”
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Impact of phytoconstituents on oral health practices: a post COVID-19 observation by Harsh Kumar, Reena Singh, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal, Chirag Chopra, Natália Cruz-Martins, Gheyath K. Nasrallah, Amin F. Majdalawieh, Sivakumar Manickam, Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Dinesh Kumar, Indu Sharma, Varun Sharma

“…The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of hygiene and sanitization, to curb SARS-CoV-2. Oral cavity is among the gateways for virus entry into saliva. …”
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Pregnancy Tumor in a 31-Year-Old Female with a Facial Port-Wine Stain by Andrew Rockafellow, Whitney Florin, Elizabeth Philipone, David Koslovsky

“…Pyogenic granuloma is a type of inflammatory hyperplasia often seen in the oral cavity and occurs in response to stimuli such as local irritants and hormonal factors. …”
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Rehabilitation of a Child with Denari Prosthesis after Dental Avulsion by César Sebastián Arcos-López, Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco, Ana Armas-Vega, Yecenia Carrillo-Azuero

“…This prosthesis can recover the function and aesthetics of the superior anterior sector of the oral cavity, thus preventing lingual interposition. …”
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