Background: Oral mucositis is a common side effect of chemotherapy in children with cancer, which can reduce quality of life and interfere with treatment. Standard therapies such as chlorhexidine are not fully effective, prompting the need for a safe and effective adjunctive therapy. Randu honey is known to have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and tissue-healing properties. Objective: To eval…
Background. Cases of esophageal foreign bodies are serious events that occur in children, because of their habit of putting foreign objects into their mouths when playing, such as metal coins and various other small objects. About 98% of children under the age of five who swallow foreign objects experience symptoms of pain, fussiness, chest pain, stomach ache, fever, difficulty eating and diffi…
Background: Hypertension is a high blood pressure disease that is suffered by many patients and requires long-term treatment. Hypertensive patients require antihypertensive drug treatment to support their health conditions. Antihypertensive drugs are known to have several side effects on the oral cavity, such as enlargement of the gums, dry mouth, and decreased sense of taste. Hypertensive pati…
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is an outbreak of infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The level of severity when contracting COVID-19 is divided into asymptomatic, moderate, mild and severe symptoms. Oral symptoms have also been reported to occur in the oral cavity of patients with COVID-19, including xerostomia, dysgeusia, ulcers and bleeding gums. Method: This study used an analytic o…
Backgrounds: Oral cancer is one of the ten most common types of cancer in humans. The incidence of oral cancer in Indonesia is 1.5-5% of all cancer cases. Oral cancer is usually preceded by Oral Potentially Malignant Diseases (OPMDs). The knowledge and attitude of the dentists are essential in the prevention and early diagnosis of OPMDs. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship …
Background: Cyst is one of the lesions that are often found in the jaw. Odontogenic cysts can occur due to various etiologies. The incidence of odontogenic cysts is also associated with epithelial cell remnants left in the tissue after the tooth formation process. The prevalence of odontogenic cysts was reported higher than non-odontogenic cysts. This study aims to determine the prevalence of o…
Nutritional status is a State of bociy as result of food consumption and utilization of nutrients. Malnutrition is one of the causes of angular cheilitis, especially in children first and second decade of life. Angular cheilitis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the skin and labial mucous membranes at the corner of the mouth that is characterized by redness, moist base of the lesion, and d…
Background: Laryngeal carcinoma is a form of squamous cell malignancy originating from the larynx. Laryngeal carcinoma is the second most frequent malignancy in head and neck cancer after lips and oral cavity carcinoma. The most important risk factors for the development of laryngeal carcinoma are smoking and alcohol consumption. The aims of this research is to determine the prevalence of laryn…
Latar belakang: Kanker merupakan penyebab kematian kedua di dunia dengan jumlah kematian sebanyak 9,6 juta jiwa pada tahun 2018. Masalah penanganan kanker di Indonesia diawali karena kurangnya pengetahuan masyarakat mengenai gejala kanker sehingga menyebabkan hampir 75% penderita ditemukan dalam keadaan sudah stadium lanjut. Kasus kanker yang terjadi di Indonesia adalah kanker paru-paru, hepar,…