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Objective: to investigate through a cross-sectional study the prevalence and pattern of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs use among non-heterosexual and transgender inmates of a female prison com...

BACKGROUND/AIM Due to the increase in incarceration rates, the prison community has attracted much concern in the recent past. Although people in prison are often socially disadvantaged and vulnerable to a range of health problems, there is a lack of information on the oral health conditions of prisoners. Thus, the aim of this study was to survey the oral problems of a sample of the male incarcerated population of Brazil, focusing on dental trauma. MATERIAL AND METHODS The research was undertaken over a three-month period in 2017. It was a cross-sectional study of 756 prisoners of the Curado Prison Complex, located in Recife, PE. Using a previously calibrated examiner, dental trauma was measured with the Andreasen index. Etiology of dental trauma and socio-demographic data were collected with questions developed for this survey. Standard descriptive statistics were used to report frequency estimates. The chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, and Mann-Whitney U-test were used to compare groups. In addition, a binary logistic regression was performed to identify whether the studied variables could predict the occurrence of dental trauma. RESULTS The prevalence of dental trauma in the sample was 10.8% and most of the cases (42.7%) occurred due to violent events. A higher frequency of violent etiology was observed in cases that occurred during imprisonment (p = 0.037). Individuals that suffered dental trauma during incarceration were more likely to have been incarcerated for longer periods of time (p = 0.043). The main type of injury found was enamel and dentin fracture without pulp exposure (68%). The most affected tooth was the upper right central incisor (40%). CONCLUSION These results underline the high prevalence of dental trauma experienced by men in prison.

Opportunistic infections in oral cavity can cause serious complications in immunocompromised cancer patients, being quick and efficient treatments options essential. This article proposes to report two clinical cases of adolescent patients diagnosed with leukemia and who presented infectious conditions in the oral cavity, in which antimicrobial photodynamic therapy was used as a adjuvant therapy to abbreviate the course of oral lesions.

This was a documentary research, using data from the student questionnaire of ENADE 2016. We analyzed the answers given by students who completed a public higher education course in Dentistry at a public institution in a Capital city in Northeastern Brazil. The IES data were filtered from the ENADE 2016 microdata worksheet, using the IES code, as obtained from the electronic system of the MEC (eMEC). The sociodemographic variables were used to characterize the profile of the graduates of the night course. The answers to the questionnaire were grouped into categories of positive, neutral or negative responses, for the three sections of the questionnaire: didactic-pedagogical organization, infrastructure and physical facilities of the course, and expansion of academic and professional development. The latter was analyzed comparatively between the night course(?)and full-time students of the same IEH, by using the Chi-square tests and Fisher's exact test applied with 95% confidence. The sociodemographic profile included a group of single, white, males, with a mean age of 28.9 years. In the Quality assessment of the didactic-pedagogical organization, physical infrastructure and facilities of the course, students' perceptions were positive for the majority of the subcomponents of the questionnaire. There was statistically significant difference between the night and full-time course students' responses, in terms of opportunities for extension and exchanges and / or international internship. The perception of the graduates, presented positive results, conferring a criterion of quality. The study indicated that the policy of expansion of higher education to include the night classes remained fragmented as extracurricular activities in the development of these (night) students at the public university.

A 17-year-old male sought countryside hospital with throat pain and afebrile for 8 days, being prescribed cephalexin. Due to worsening of clinical condition with lingual protrusion and progressive loss of voice, he returned other times to the service, when he was referred for health center. He was transferred to emergency care unit and conducted to capital hospital for drainage of retropharyngeal abscess. Patient presented dyspnea, initiating treatment with dexamethasone, with clinical improvement of the tumor, but when suspended, the tumor grew up. He was transferred to intensive care unit and submitted to a computed tomography of skull, tracheostomy, gastrostomy, and excisional biopsy of the lesion that occupied all the oropharynx. He presented cardiorespiratory arrest, seizures, and respiratory infection. Results of biopsy and immunohistochemistry diagnosed Burkitt’s lymphoma. Patient was submitted to chemotherapy with regression of the lesion and return the tongue to the normal conditions.