Comparative Evaluation of Effects of Garlic Extracts, and Chlorhexidine Mouthwashes on Salivary Counts and Oral Hygiene Status.

Aims And Objectives: To determine and compare the effect of chlorhexidine gluconate, and garlic extract mouthwash on salivary count and the oral hygiene status.

Materials And Methods: Sixty children aged 9 to 12 years were randomly allocated into the study groups of triphala mouthwash, chlorhexidine mouthwash, garlic extracts mouth-wash, and distilled water mouthwash. Examination included decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft)/decayed, missing, filled surface (dmfs) and DMFT/DMFS, plaque index, and S.

Usefulness of supraclavicular flap in reconstruction following resection of oral cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of supraclavicular artery flap in reconstruction of defects following resection of buccal mucosa cancer.

Methods: Twenty-five patients who presented to R.L Jalappa Hospital and Research centre and diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa staged T and above were included in our study.

Role of Buccal Pad of Fat in Reconstruction of the Buccal Mucosa Defects.

Carcinoma buccal mucosa is the most common oral cavity cancer in India. Following excision of these lesions the defects can be reconstructed using various reconstructive techniques. Buccal pad of fat has been successfully used in the reconstruction of small palatal defects and in the closure of the oro antral fistula.

Clinicopathological study of surgical margins in squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa.

Objective: To evaluate the margins of resected specimen of oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and to document the surgical margin (measured at the time of resection) and margins at the time of pathological examination (after immersion of the specimen in formalin).

Methods: Patients who were diagnosed and confirmed with squamous carcinoma of buccal mucosa were included in the study. Patients underwent resection of the tumor with a margin of 1 cm.