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    • Quiróz, Viviana; Reinero Núñez, Daniela; Hernández Ríos, Patricia; Contreras Balbontín, Johanna; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Carvajal, Paola (Universidade de São Paulo, 2017)
      The major infectious diseases in Chile encompass the periodontal diseases, with a combined prevalence that rises up to 90% of the population. Thus, the population-based surveillance of periodontal diseases plays a central ...
    • González Céspedes, Laura; Fretes, Gabriela; Ríos, Patricia; Estigarribia, Gladys; Viveros, Guiomar; Aguilar, Gloria; Joy, Laura; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Bangdiwala, Shrikant (Asoc. Española Dietistas Nutricionistas, 2020)
      Introduction: The aim was to design a multi-component randomized controlled community study and evaluate its effect in the prevention of obesity in schoolchildren from the department of Caaguazu, Paraguay. Material and ...
    • Hernández Ríos, Patricia; Espinoza Santander, Iris; Salinas, Macarena; Rodríguez Castro, Fernando; Baeza, Mauricio; Hernández, Marcela (BMC, 2018-06-19)
      Background: Many gingival lesions are not induced by plaque. The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency of biopsied non-plaque-induced gingival lesions (NPIGL) in a Chilean population. Methods: One thousand ...
    • Hernández, Marcela; Baeza Paredes, Mauricio; Contreras Balbontín, Johanna; Sorsa, Timo; Tervahartiala, Taina; Valdés Salgado, Macarena; Chaparro, Alejandra; Hernández Ríos, Patricia (MDPI, 2020)
      Biomarkers represent promising aids in periodontitis, host-mediate diseases of the tooth-supporting tissues. We assessed the diagnostic potential of matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8), tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-5 ...
    • Hernández Ríos, Patricia; Pussinen, Pirkko J.; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Hernández, Marcela (Frontiers Media SA, 2017)
      Oxidative stress is involved in the pathogenesis of a variety of inflammatory disorders. Apical periodontitis (AP) usually results in the formation of an osteolytic apical lesion (AL) caused by the immune response to ...