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Macrì M, D’Albis G, D’Albis V, Antonacci A, Abbinante A, Stefanelli R, Pegreffi F, Festa F. Periodontal Health and Its Relationship with Psychological Stress: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Clin Med 2024; 13:2942. [PMID: 38792482 PMCID: PMC11122378 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13102942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Background: Studies suggest that chronic psychological stress can lead to oral health deterioration, alter the immune response, and possibly contribute to increased inflammation, which can impact the physiological healing of periodontal tissues. This cross-sectional study seeks to assess and improve clinical understanding regarding the relationship between perceived stress, mindfulness, and periodontal health. Methods: A total of 203 people were analyzed from December 2022 to June 2023. The Periodontal Screening and Recording (PSR) score and Gingival Bleeding Index (GBI), and Plaque Control Record (PCR) of every patient were registered. Subsequently, participants completed the Sheldon Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Mindfulness Awareness Attention Scale (MAAS) questionnaires. The collected data underwent statistical analysis, encompassing the evaluation of correlations and dependencies. Applying Welch's t-test to assess the relationship between MAAS and the variable indicating the presence or absence of periodontitis, a noteworthy p-value of 0.004265 was obtained. Results: This underscores a significant distinction in MAAS scores between patients affected by periodontitis and those unaffected by the condition. Additionally, Pearson correlations were computed for GBI and perceived stress, PCR and perceived stress, PCR and MAAS. The resulting p-values of 2.2-16, 3.925-8, and 2.468-8, respectively, indicate a statistically significant correlation in each instance. Conclusions: These findings contribute valuable insights into the interconnectedness of these variables, emphasizing the significance of their associations in the study context. Despite the limitations, the findings of this study suggest a significant relationship between psychological stress, mindfulness, and periodontal tissue health. Clinical trials are necessary to incorporate the assessment of a patient's psychological status as a new valuable tool in the management of periodontal health.
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- Monica Macrì
- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70121 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70121 Bari, Italy
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- Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, 40064 Bologna, Italy
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- Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, 40064 Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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Kusuma IY, Perdana MI, Vágvölgyi C, Csupor D, Takó M. Exploring the Clinical Applications of Lemongrass Essential Oil: A Scoping Review. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2024; 17:159. [PMID: 38399374 PMCID: PMC10892616 DOI: 10.3390/ph17020159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Lemongrass is a medicinal plant that produces essential oil with a variety of therapeutic properties. Although lemongrass essential oil (LGEO) is promising in clinical applications, the existing knowledge on the efficacy and safety of LGEO remains limited. This scoping review aimed to identify, summarize, and synthesize existing literature related to the clinical applications of LGEO to provide an overview of its potential therapeutic benefits for patients. Three databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus) were used following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines to find articles published between 1 January 2013, and 1 November 2022. A total of 671 records were identified and 8 articles were included in this scoping review. The majority of patients received oromucosal and topical treatment. The results of the studies suggest that LGEO might be a useful tool in the treatment of periodontitis, gingivitis and oral malodour, with similar efficacy to chlorhexidine (anti-gingivitis effect) and doxycycline (periodontitis). Additionally, LGEO has the potential for treating pityriasis versicolor and preventing skin aging and may have anti-dandruff effects. These findings not only underscore the diverse clinical potential of LGEO but also emphasize its comparable efficacy to established treatments. Further research is imperative to comprehensively evaluate LGEO's effectiveness, safety, mechanisms of action, potential interactions with other medications, and its long-term tolerability across diverse populations.
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- Ikhwan Yuda Kusuma
- Pharmacy Study Program, Faculty of Health, Harapan Bangsa University, Purwokerto 53182, Indonesia;
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Szeged, Szikra utca 8, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary;
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary;
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary;
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Szeged, Szikra utca 8, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary;
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary;
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Aframian DJ, Zedan A, Agbariah W, Rettman A, Almoznino G. Quantitive Assessment of Gustatory Function and Its Association with Demographics, and Systemic Morbidity. BIOLOGY 2024; 13:50. [PMID: 38248480 PMCID: PMC10813619 DOI: 10.3390/biology13010050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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This study aimed to analyze the associations of gustatory dysfunction as measured by validated taste strips with demographics and co-morbidities. This cross-sectional study retrospectively analyzed records of patients who attended the Orofacial Chemosensory Center of Hadassah Medical Center between 2017 and 2020. Taste strips were used as a validated method to determine taste dysfunction. A total of 272 subjects were included, 137 (50.4%) women and 135 (49.6%) men, with a mean age of 53.5 ± 19.3 years and age range of 18-98 years. The total taste score among the study population was 8.53 ± 4.03 (scale range 0-16). Age had a significant negative correlation with the total taste score (p = 0.001), and men exhibited worse total (p < 0.001), salty (p = 0.003), and bitter (p < 0.001) scores. Major trauma was associated with worse total (p < 0.001) and specialized taste assessments (sweet (p = 0.001), sour (p = 0.002), salty (p = 0.016), and bitter (p < 0.001)). Chemotherapy was associated with reduced total (p < 0.001), salty (p = 0.003), and bitter (p = 0.001) taste scores. Zinc deficiency exhibited worse salty (p = 0.027) and total (p = 0.038) taste scores. Patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) showed higher salty scores (p = 0.017). Patients who experienced exposure to toxic chemicals exhibited worse salty scores (p = 0.024). We conclude that gustatory dysfunction is associated with older age, male sex, and co-morbidities of major trauma, current chemotherapy, zinc deficiency, BMS, and exposure to toxins. The study highlights the importance of systemic evaluation and quantitive gustatory dysfunction assessment as part of the diagnostic process of patients with subjective complaints of taste disorders.
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- Doron J. Aframian
- Sjögren’s Syndrome Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
- Department of Oral Medicine, Sedation & Imaging, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Sjögren’s Syndrome Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
- Department of Oral Medicine, Sedation & Imaging, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Sjögren’s Syndrome Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
- Department of Oral Medicine, Sedation & Imaging, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
- Big Biomedical Data Research Laboratory, Dean’s Office, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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Pasarin L, Martu MA, Ciurcanu OE, Luca EO, Salceanu M, Anton D, Martu C, Martu S, Esanu IM. Influence of Diabetes Mellitus and Smoking on Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Profiles in Gingival Crevicular Fluid. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:3051. [PMID: 37835794 PMCID: PMC10572228 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13193051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Smoking and diabetes mellitus have been recognized as significant modifying factors of the evolution of periodontitis, being considered at the moment as descriptive factors in the periodontitis grading system. The purpose of this study was to assess the consequence of smoking, type 2 diabetes, and the combination of these two factors on clinical periodontal parameters, on the levels of gingival crevicular fluid (GCF), and also on ratios of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines by using a commercially available kit-based multiplex fluorescent immunoassay. The study was carried out on 124 volunteers (control (C) group = 29, diabetes mellitus (DM) group = 32, smoking (S) group = 31, and S + DM group = 32). Total mean bleeding on probing was significantly lower in the S and S + DM groups, compared to that of the other groups (p < 0.05). Total amounts of TGF-β, MIP-1α, IL-6, IL-2, and IL-17 were significantly increased in the periodontally healthy sites of diabetes patients (p < 0.05), compared to those of the controls. Systemically healthy smoking patients had higher values of GM-CSF, TGF-β, IL-4, TNF-α, IL-5, and IL-7, while diabetic smoking patients showed higher values of IL-4, TGF-β, and MIP-1α. In smoking and systemically healthy patients, IL-23, IL-7, and IL-12 showed increased concentrations, while concentrations of TGF-β, MIP-1α, IL-2, IL-7, IL-12, IL-17, IL-21, and IL-23 were higher in smoking DM patients. In conclusion, in our study, diabetes mellitus induced a general pro-inflammatory state, while smoking mainly stimulated immunosuppression in the periodontal tissues of periodontitis subjects.
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- Liliana Pasarin
- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Str. Universitatii No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (L.P.); (E.O.L.); (M.S.); (S.M.)
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Str. Universitatii No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (L.P.); (E.O.L.); (M.S.); (S.M.)
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Str. Universitatii No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (L.P.); (E.O.L.); (M.S.); (S.M.)
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Str. Universitatii No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (L.P.); (E.O.L.); (M.S.); (S.M.)
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Str. Universitatii No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (L.P.); (E.O.L.); (M.S.); (S.M.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Dunarea de Jos Galati, 35 Alexandru Ioan Cuza Street, 800010 Galati, Romania;
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- Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Str. Universitatii No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (C.M.); (I.M.E.)
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Str. Universitatii No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (L.P.); (E.O.L.); (M.S.); (S.M.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Str. Universitatii No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania; (C.M.); (I.M.E.)
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Grzywaczyk A, Smułek W, Kaczorek E, Zdziennicka A, Jańczuk B. Thermodynamic Consideration of the Solid Saponin Extract Drop-Air System. Molecules 2023; 28:4943. [PMID: 37446605 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28134943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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The aim of this research was to elucidate the surface active properties of Saponaria officinalis (soapwort) extract containing the plant surfactants saponins. To this end, the advancing contact angle (θ) of water, formamide and diiodomethane on the glass, as well as θ of the aqueous solution of S. officinalis extract fractions on PTFE, PMMA and glass, were studied. Based on the obtained results, the wetting behaviour of saponins was considered with regard to the surface tension components and parameters of the solutions and solids. The investigations also involved the description of the θ isotherms, the dependences between the cosine of contact angle and/or the adhesion of the solution to the solid surfaces and solution surface tension, as well as the critical surface tension of PTFE, PMMA and glass wetting. These dependences were studied based on the saponin adsorption at the different interfaces, which was deduced from the dependence between the adhesion and surface tension of the solution, as well as using the Gibbs and Frumkin isotherm equations. This proved that the saponins are poor wetting agents and that the contact angle isotherm can be described by the exponential function of the second order as well as the Szyszkowski equation, but only for PTFE.
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- Adam Grzywaczyk
- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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