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Objective Dental anomalies occurring in deciduous teeth can affect the eruption of the permanent dentition and the occlusion stability. The occurrence of dental anomalies such as double teeth during the primary dentition in the daily practice might be frequent. The study aimed to qualitatively summarize the therapeutic management of double teeth in primary incisors.Material and Methods A systematic review regarding the therapy of primary fused incisors in the mandible was performed and the obtained data were assessed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The following electronic databases were screened from 1st January, 1996 until 30th July, 2019 PubMed, Scopus, EBSCO and the archives of paediatric dental journals. The search terms were grouped in anatomic entity (tooth OR teeth OR incisor), pathological condition (fused OR fusion OR geminated OR double), intervention (treatment OR intervention OR therapy OR prevention OR control OR management OR restoration), observed parameters (primary dentition OR primary tooth OR primary teeth).Results Ten articles met all inclusion criteria. The data disclosed the occurrence of double teeth in mandibular incisors. The main management of this clinical condition is either preventive or surgical involving the extraction of fused teeth, based on the deciduous nature of the teeth, the degree of caries and malocclusion development risk.Conclusion An early diagnosis of dental anomalies is fundamental for the application of proper preventive strategies to avoid a potential malocclusion in permanent dentition and to maintain these teeth sound and caries-free until the eruption of the permanent dentition.Background Odor identification is related to odor naming, which is more of a verbal than an olfactory sensory task. Linguistic functions in right-handers are typically lateralized to the left hemisphere of the brain and the olfactory processing happens predominantly ipsilaterally to the stimulated side.Aims Re-investigate side-related effect in healthy right-handed people with a larger sample size and investigate the influence of age or gender on the odor identification lateralization effect.Material and methods The 'Sniffin' Sticks' odor identification test on a single nostril (either left or right side) was conducted in four hundred and thirty-eight right-handed participants. Among those one hundred and ninety-nine participants were tested on the left-side nostril and two hundred and thirty-nine on the right-side nostril. They were divided into two groups based on the age (18 years) or sex, in the older group (18 years) and the younger group (18 years) we had subgroups based on the sex.Results In adults (age >18 years), the left-nostril odor identification score was significantly higher than the right-nostril odor identification score (t256 = 2.21, p = .03), in the male participants, the left-nostril odor identification score was also significantly higher than the right-nostril odor identification score (t147 = 2.01, p = 0.04).Conclusions and significance The present study found that the in adult group (age >18 years), the odor identification performed better on the left-side nostril than the right-side nostril compared to the younger group (age ≤18 years); The males performed better on the left-side nostril than the right-side nostril compared to the females. In the adults (age >18 years) group, the males subgroup played a more important role on the lateralization of odor identification. Gender and age seem to have a large influence on the lateralization of odor identification.Purpose To compare the therapeutic effects of continuous epidural block combined with drugs and oral drugs alone on postherpetic neuralgia (PHN).Methods Ninety-six PHN patients meeting the standard were selected and divided into group A and group B. PLX4032 nmr Patients in group A had epidural block combined with oral administration of gabapentin and oxycodone-acetaminophen, and patients in group B received oral gabapentin and oxycodone-acetaminophen. Visual analogue scale (VAS) and Wisconsin brief pain inventory scores were used to evaluate the patients in group A and group B for 6 times (before treatment, 1 d, 3 d, 7 d, 15 d and 30 d after treatment) respectively, and the complications and adverse reactions of the two treatment methods, as well as the number of cases requiring remedial measures were observed.Results There were significant differences in VAS and Wisconsin brief pain inventory scores at 1 d, 3 d, 7 d, 15 d and 30 d after treatment between the two groups (p  less then  0.05). Moreover, the scores before and after treatment decreased with the time of treatment, and there was a significant difference between the two groups at different time points (p  less then  0.05). No significant adverse reactions were observed in group A except for 1 patient with catheter detachment. Compared with group A, the adverse reactions of group B were more varied and obvious.Conclusion Both treatments have certain effects on PHN, but epidural block combined with drug therapy is more effective, especially for patients with severe pain, early use can quickly relieve pain.Cerebral ischemic stroke, caused by obstruction of the blood flow to the brain, initiates a complex cascade of pathophysiological changes. The aim of the present study was to assess the protective role and the underlying mechanism of troxerutin and cerebroprotein hydrolysate (TCH) injections for five days in rats subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Male Sprague-Dawley rats treated with either TCH or a vehicle (0.9% saline) via intraperitoneal injection were examined one or three days after MCAO. TCH alleviated neurological deficits and reduced infarct volume, innate immune response, blood-brain barrier destruction, and suppressed cell apoptosis. The therapeutic effects of TCH were achieved by diminished neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and increased endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Furthermore, L-NAME showed an inhibitory effect against TCH after MCAO on eNOS expression, NO and peroxynitrite production, neurobehavioral score, and infarct volume.
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