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From assisting in digestion and lubricating soft tissues to neutralizing plaque and promoting tooth remineralization, saliva is crucial to the oral environment. Our objective was to analyze the dynamics of salivary parameters in patients with orthodontic treatment. Subjects were divided into two age-related groups. Results showed an increase in the number of epithelial cells and leukocytes, as well as various changes in glutathione and C-reactive protein levels. Another significant finding was that young people were more prone to developing oral candidiasis after receiving a fixed orthodontic appliance.

Aim. To assess the levels of s BGP and BAP and correlate them with the rate of bone remodelling. Patients and Methods. The study was performed on 74 cases with postmenopausal osteoporosis, divided into two groups, according to the duration of estrogenic deprivation, compared with a control group (n= 20, postmenopausal women without osteoporosis). The serum levels of the discussed markers were measured by ELISA technique. BMD was measured using the DXA technique with the assessment of T score. Results. In the group I: BGP were 20.12±0.87ng/mL (p

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) are major causes for liver disease worldwide and potential causes for substantial morbidity and mortality in the future. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hepatitis C and B virus infection and to identify the associated risk factors of viral hepatitis. In our experiments we use as materials 107 patients, 48 men and 59 women, aged from 7 to 67 years old. The maximum incidence of HBV and HCV hepatitis was observed at patients aged between 40 to 60 and especially at people in urban areas. The number of cases with HCV was twice higher at men than at women, while for HVB the incidence was higher for men than for women. Risk factors for transmission of HCV and HBV were medical procedure in the high-risk group, while vertical or sexual transmission belongs to the low-risk patient group. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that the prevalence of HBV and HCV infection is high, thus asepsis and antisepsis measures should be strictly followed.

This study has in view to establish and test the sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus antibiotics. There are different injuries caused by superficial skin infections: from simple pimples to infections that endanger our lives, like an abscess, furuncle septicemia, meningitis, toxic food, urinary tract infection at sexually active young women. Samples have been taken from 30 people with staphylococcus infections. They were nineteen women and eleven men, between the age of 2 and 79. During this study some antibiograms have been made, based on pharyngeal exudates, acne secretion and urine culture. It has been established that the most efficient recommended antibiotics are: oxacilin, erythromycin, rifampicin and ciprofloxacin. The penicillin turned out to be less efficient to remove and destroy the Staphylococcus aureus species.