Schweizer Monatsschrift für Zahnmedizin = Revue mensuelle suisse d'odonto-stomatologie = Rivista mensile svizzera di odontologia e stomatologia / SSO
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Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed · Jan 2008
Case Reports[Necrotizing sialometaplasia: diagnosis of a rare entity].
A differential diagnosis of an ulcer on the hard palate must consider a wide variety of diseases and conditions, among them rare entities such as necrotizing sialometaplasia. We report the case of a patient who presented with a painful ulcer on the hard palate. ⋯ The ulcer resolved spontaneously within seven weeks and required no specific treatment. The case presented here shows that early diagnosis of necrotizing sialometaplasia is important in order to prevent unnecessary treatment.
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Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed · Jan 2008
[Effects of tobacco use on general health: relevant information for dentistry (I)--part 1: pulmonary diseases and other malignancies].
This fifth part of a series of publications from the Swiss task force named "Smoking--Intervention in the private dental office" on the topic "tobacco use and dental medicine" focuses on the effects of tobacco use on general health. A significant increase of tobacco use associated morbidity and mortality for many cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases has been well documented in the literature. ⋯ In addition, a causal relationship between nicotine abuse and an increased carcinoma incidence for other malignancies but lung cancer will be discussed. Regarding the evidence in the present literature, it is undisputable that smoking is the most preventable cause for COPD and lung cancer.