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Tuberculosis in the head and neck – experience in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
(2009)
Tuberculosis is the world’s leading cause of death from a single infective agent. The
World Health Organisation has declared the disease a “global emergency”. Extrapulmonary presentations form a major proportion of new ...
A descriptive analysis of oral lichen planus from tertiary diagnostic centres in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2009)
Lichen planus is a systemic disease that follows a chronic course. The exact aetiology remains unknown but an immune mediated pathogenesis has been implicated. Oral lichen planus is a common form of this disease and can ...
Orofacial sepsis and HIV at maxillo-facial surgery units in the Western Cape: a prospesctive study
(2009)
The World Health Organisation estimated that in 2002 more than 13,772 000
deaths in developing countries were caused by infections. This accounted for more than 45% of all deaths, making up 7 of the top 10 causes of death ...
Dental maturation of the permanent mandibular teeth of South African children and the relation to chronological age
(2009)
Age estimation of the skeletal remains of children can be accomplished by
examination of the ossification centres and the fusion of the epiphyseal plates of long bones. Dental age estimation is done by examining the ...
Oral lesions in hiv/aids patients before and after haart treatment
(2009)
The initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy has shown to result in successful
suppression of viral replications followed by an increase in CD4 lymphocytes, a partial recovery of T-cell specific immune responses ...
Diabetes mellitus and oral health: a comparison between diabetic and non-diabetic subjects
(2009)
Diabetes is often associated with a number of medical complications as a result of the metabolic changes taking place systemically. There is considerable evidence it is associated with oral complications including among ...
Dental treatment of pre-school paediatric patients under general anaesthesia in the Western Cape
(2009)
AIM:The aim of this study was to review the data available from the Department of Health(DOH), on pre-school paediatric patients treated under Dental General Anaesthesia(DGA), at public health facilities in the Western ...
Management of oral ulcers and oral thrush by Community Pharmacists.
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Oral ulcers and oral thrush could be indicative of serious illnesses such as oral cancer, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), among others. There
are many different health care workers that can be ...
The role of traditional healers in oral health care in the Bui Division, North West Province, Cameroon
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The majority of Cameroonians depend on traditional medicines for their health care needs and about seven per cent of the average household health budget is spent on traditional medicines irrespective of their incomes. The ...
Efficacy of two different types of throat packs
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Post-operative sore throat is a common minor complication following general anaesthesia via endotracheal intubation. Pharyngeal packing has often been implicated in this minor anaesthetic complication. In maxillo-facial ...