In vivo optical coherence tomographic imaging to monitor gingival recovery and the adhesive interface in aesthetic oral rehabilitation: A case report.

The available methods for veneer evaluation are limited to clinical and radiographic examinations, which may not allow the appropriate identification of failure. In this report, we demonstrate the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a noninvasive diagnostic and follow-up method to evaluate gingival recovery and the adhesive interface in aesthetic oral rehabilitation involving periodontal plastic surgery and ceramic laminate veneers. OCT was efficient for evaluating both soft and hard tissues, as well as the quality of the adhesive interface. In conclusion, OCT was found to be a promising approach for the professional evaluation of aesthetic oral rehabilitation, as it was capable of generating images that enabled the analysis of gingival recovery and the adhesive interface.

Non neoplastic proliferative lesions:a ten-year retrospective study / Processos proliferativos não neoplásicos:um estudo retrospectivo de 10 anos

Objective: An epidemiological survey of oral soft tissue proliferative processes diagnosed at the center of Pathological Anatomy of Oral ASCES Faculty. Methods: We analyzed all the histopathological reports in the period from 1999 to 2009 as regards the following variables:histopathologic diagnosis, sex, age, symptoms, type of biopsy and location of the lesion. Results: Non-neoplastic proliferative processes were present in 328 of the 938 reports analyzed, reaching a prevalence of 35 %. The most common injury was fibrous hyperplasia (81.4%) followed by pyogenic granuloma (11%) and peripheral giant cell lesions (6.1%). Fibrous hyperplasia was more prevalent in females, in the age group 40 to 59 years, where the most frequently performed biopsy was the excisional type, with the most frequent location being the buccal mucosa, and in most cases, no painful symptoms were reported associated with it, demonstrating significant difference between the variables studied (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Non neoplastic proliferative processes processes are found in the general population, more common in females, affecting wide age-range, predominantly in individuals in the fifth and sixth decades of life, and fibrous hyperplasia was the most frequently found lesion.

Objetivo: ealizar um levantamento epidemiológico dos processos proliferativos dos tecidos moles orais diagnosticadas no Centro de Anatomia Patológica Oral da Faculdade ASCES. Métodos: Foram analisados todos os laudos histopatológicos no período de 1999 a 2009 em relação às seguintes variáveis:diagnóstico histopatológico, sexo, faixa etária, sintomatologia, tipo de biópsia e localização da lesão. Resultados: Os processos proliferativos não neoplásicos estiveram presentes em 328 dos 938 laudos analisados, atingindo uma prevalência de 35%. A lesão mais freqüente foi a hiperplasia fibrosa (81,4%) seguida do granuloma piogênico (11%) e lesão periférica de células gigantes (6,1%). A hiperplasia fibrosa foi mais prevalente no sexo feminino, na faixa etária de 40 a 59 anos (p< 0,001), onde o tipo de biópsia mais realizado foi excisional com a localização mais freqüente na mucosa jugal e na maioria dos casos, não foi relatada sintomatologia dolorosa associada, comprovando-se diferença significativa entre as variáveis estudadas (p< 0,001). Conclusão: Os processos proliferativos não neoplásicos são encontrados na população em geral, mais comum no sexo feminino, acometendo ampla faixa etária, predominantemente em indivíduos na quinta e sexta décadas de vida, sendo a hiperplasia fibrosa a lesão mais frequente.