Oral Diseases,

Overactivation of the NF‐κB pathway impairs molar enamel formation

Abstract Objective Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormal structures and functions of the ectoderm‐derived organs, including teeth. HED patients exhibit a variety of dental symptoms, such as hypodontia. Although disruption of the EDA/EDAR/EDARADD/NF‐κB pathway is known to be responsible for HED, it remains unclear whether this pathway is involved in the process of enamel formation. Experimental subjects and methods To address this...

Oral Diseases

Tue May 05, 2020 11:15

Oral vesiculobullous lesions associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

ABSTRACT The coronavirus pandemic that began in China at the end of last year, claimed its first confirmed death in Spain at the end of January 2020, where to date, 200,000 infections and 20,852 deaths have been recorded. In addition to the manifestations of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection described in the literature (fever, dry cough, diarrhea, and respiratory involvement) recently, skin exanthematic lesions have been described. We present three cases (two suspected and one confirmed) of patients presenting...

Oral Diseases

Tue May 05, 2020 22:53

Digitally aided telemedicine during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic to screen oral medicine emergencies

Abstract A new human coronavirus, known as severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 syndrome (SARS‐CoV‐2), emerged at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China, and we are now facing a pandemic (WHO 2020). The virus has been found in saliva (Meng et al 2020, Sabino et al 2020). In vitro experimental findings suggest that SARS‐CoV‐2 remained viable in aerosols for 3 hours (van Doremalen et al 2020).

Oral Diseases

Tue May 05, 2020 11:08

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