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Revisiting the History of Odontoma, with Special Reference to Its Original Illustration
Practically every facet of the most common odontogenic tumor, odontoma, has been covered by an extensive volume of literature. However, uncertainty about its precise history has persisted.
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Historical Notes on Ossifying Fibroma of the Mandible
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Warthin Tumor of the Parotid Gland: The History of an Eponym
The eponymous history of Warthin tumor (WT) is a fascinating issue in the field of salivary gland pathology. The late decades of the nineteenth century and the turn of the century saw notable German and French...
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The True History of Cementoblastoma
Cementoblastoma (CB) is unique among odontogenic tumors because its gross pathological anatomy is pathognomonic in most cases, i.e., a rounded calcified growth that is fused to the root of a tooth and complete...
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Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma and Peripheral Odontogenic Fibroma: Close Relatives or Family?
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Tube/Duct-Like Configuration of Odontogenic Epithelial Rests: A Look Back to Malassez and Black
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Seed storage cell granuloma: a nostalgic look back on pseudotuberculosis
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So-Called Neuroepithelial Structures in the Posterolateral Tongue: What Can Be Learned from Former Studies?
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A New Look at the History of Peripheral Ameloblastoma
Peripheral ameloblastoma (PA) is a prototype form of extraosseous odontogenic tumor. As knowledge of PA has accumulated on the basis of more than 200 cases reported worldwide over a 60-year timeframe, it is im...
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Ghost/shadow cell differentiation in salivary gland tumors
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The Advent of Studies on Jaw Cysts with Keratinization: A Review of Overlooked Papers on Odontogenic Keratocyst and Orthokeratinized Odontogenic Cyst
Previous reports of odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) and orthokeratinized odontogenic cyst (OOC) with coverage of the old literature have tended to overlook the underlying theme of the first description. From a hi...
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Adenomatous ductal proliferation/hyperplasia in the parotid gland associated without any other pathological lesions; a report and survey of the literatures
Adenomatous ductal proliferation/hyperplasia (ADP/H) is a rare hyperplastic condition of the salivary gland. It is mostly associated with other salivary gland pathologies such as tumors and inflammations, and ...
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Effect of systemic administration of lipopolysaccharides derived from Porphyromonas gingivalis on gene expression in mice kidney
Although an association between periodontitis and chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been suggested, the mechanism involved remains unclear. Herein, we examined the global gene expression profile in a mouse mode...
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Immunohistochemical evaluation of Klotho and DNA methyltransferase 3a in oral squamous cell carcinomas
Carcinoma follows a course of multiple changes that are affected by several important factors, with epigenetic silencing of the promoter gene being one of them. A series of studies have suggested that epigenet...
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Open AccessOsseous choristoma of the tongue: two case reports
Osseous choristoma is a very rare, benign lesion in the maxillofacial region. It appears as a benign mass of normally matured bony tissue covered by the normal epithelium of the tongue. It is usually seen in f...
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Differentiation of mouse iPS cells into ameloblast-like cells in cultures using medium conditioned by epithelial cell rests of Malassez and gelatin-coated dishes
Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are generated from adult cells and are potentially of great value in regenerative medicine. Recently, it was shown that iPS cells can differentiate into ameloblast-like cel...
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Confidant Relations Among Taiwanese: Implications for Ethnic Chinese Health Care Treatment
The select individual(s) whom one trusts in sharing important personal matters is sometimes referred to as a confidant. The confidant relationship has received increasing attention in recent years as a major s...
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Nicotine induces upregulated expression of beta defensin-2 via the p38MAPK pathway in the HaCaT human keratinocyte cell line
Human beta-defensins (hBDs), a group of antimicrobial peptides, are involved in the protective barrier of the oral epithelium. Nicotine induces periodontal and oral epithelial diseases. The purpose of the pres...
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Expression of claudin-4 and -7 in porcine gingival junctional epithelium
Junctional epithelium, a nonkeratinized stratified epithelium, extends apically in apposition to the surface of the enamel to form a seal between the epithelium and the tooth. Desmosomes and gap junctions adhe...
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Role of β-defensins in oral epithelial health and disease
The oral epithelium functions as a mechanical and protective barrier to resist bacterial infection. β-Defensins are a group of antimicrobial peptides mainly produced by epithelial cells of many organs includin...
