Facultad de Odontología: Recent submissions
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(2012)Background: Oxidative stress and matrix metalloproteinases -9 and -2 are involved in periodontal breakdown, whereas gingival crevicular fluid has been reported to reflect apical status. The aim of this study was ...
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(2011)The most common treatment in general dental practice is the replacement of restorations affected by secondary caries or marginal deficiencies. Alternative treatments to replacement of defective restorations, such as ...
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(2010)Backround: Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-8 is a central mediator in chronic periodontitis. MMP-8 can be activated by the cooperative action of other MMPs such as MMP-14, reactive oxygen species, and microbial proteases. ...
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(2010)El fenómeno de la remodelación ósea es fundamental tanto para ortodoncia como para la ortopedia dentofacial. Esta revisión clínica es sobre la relación de la actividad ósea desencadenada por las fuerzas ortodóncicas con ...
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(2011)The aim of this double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial was to evaluate the reduction of dentin sensitivity using an oxalatebased compound, placed under adhesive restorations, during a four-month period. One ...
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(2007)Propósito. La osteoartritis temporomandibular es una enfermedad articular degenerativa, caracterizada por la destrucción del cartílago y hueso articular consecutiva a la respuesta inflamatoria e inmune desarrollada. En ...
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(2011)The purinergic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) plays an important role during the immune response, participating in several events such as cytokine release, apoptosis, and necrosis. The bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) ...
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(2010)The article reviews some of the problems faced by teacher education in general and in Chile specifically, and on this basis, presents the results of a study focused on the effects of six teacher education programmes on ...
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(2004)La boca es una parte integrante no sólo de un cuerpo físico, sino también de una imagen corporal o dicho en otros términos, de un cuerpo representado a nivel psíquico. Es así que posee un significado psíquico único ...
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Percepción de los estudiantes de medicina del ambiente educativo en una facultad con currículo ... (2011)Objetivo. Evaluar y comparar la percepción que del ambiente educativo tienen los estudiantes de medicina de dos universidades iberoamericanas: Universidad de Chile (UCH) y Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNC), que desarrollan ...
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(2008)Sleep disorders, especially sleep breathing disorders, have not been well studied in the patients attending a family health center in Chile. Sleep breathing disorders have been linked to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular ...
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(2008)Antecedentes: La infección persistente por VPH de alto riesgo se asocia con cáncer cervicouterino, encontrándose positividad en el 99,7% de los casos. Las verrugas anogenitales son una forma de presentación de la infección ...
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(American Dental Association, 2009)Background. The authors conducted a clinical study to examine the effectiveness of treatments other than replacement for defective Class I and Class II resinbased composite (RBC) and amalgam (AM) restorations. Methods. ...
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(2009)Background: Epidemiologic studies have shown an increased frequency, severity, and risk of periodontitis in patients with diabetes. Periodontitis is associated with certain interleukin (IL)-1 gene cluster polymorphisms. ...
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(Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2009)Objetivo. Comparar la condición de salud bucal con calidad de vida en embarazadas chilenas e inmigrantes peruanas, en una Comuna de Santiago de Chile, con alta concentración de población peruana. Materiales y métodos. Se ...
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(2009)Background and Objectives: Destruction of the supporting periodontal tissues is mediated by the action of several proteolytic enzymes. Urokinase is a serine protease that plays a key role in connective tissue destruction ...
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(1994)The capacity of malnourished infants to produce interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) was evaluated before and after nutritional rehabilitation. Ten marasmic patients without infectious diseases ...
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(2009)OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of oral pathologic findings in an ancient culture that inhabited the Atacama Desert. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A systematic examination was performed on the remains of 83 individuals ...
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(2009)The incidence of blood donors seropositive for Trypanosoma cruzi in North America has increased with population migration and more rigorous surveillance. The United States, considered nonendemic for T. cruzi, could therefore ...
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(2004)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: As the periodontal lesion develops, the junctional epithelium migrates apically in conjunction with the dissolution of the most coronal Sharpey's fibers. Because matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) ...