Periodontitis is a chronic host-mediated inflammatory disease characterised by plaque biofilm contamination that leads to alveolar bone loss. 1 The consensus report of the 2017 Classification World ...

Variation of the occlusal vertical dimension (OVD) has been discussed empirically for decades, but it has not been thoroughly explored with experimental data. In the present study, cone-beam ...

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare disorder in which lipoproteinaceous material accumulates within alveoli. 1 The clinical course of the disease is variable, ranging from respiratory failure to ...

Macrophages are highly variable, and their ontogeny and functions depend on the particular organ in which they reside and on any ongoing disease processes. Lung macrophages are critically important to ...