AVALIAÇÃO DA ATIVIDADE PROLIFERATIVA CELULAR DAS LESÕES BUCAIS CAUSADAS PELO USO DE PRÓTESES TOTAIS ATRAVÉS DA IMPREGNAÇÃO TECIDUAL PELA PRATA.

Introduction: the total dentures are aimed at preserving the function of the stomatognathic system of the fully edentulous patient. However, in the oral mucosa may appear manifestations whose main cause are the totally unsuitable dentures. Objective: this study aims to investigate the proliferation of tissue lesions caused by removable dentures by impregnation method for silver (AgNOR), thereby facilitating the treatment and determining the prognosis of the lesions to be studied. Methodology: we selected all cases of oral lesions most commonly associated with the use of dentures recorded in Histopathological Diagnostic Service ICB-UPF in the years 2012 and 2013, having been found 5 cases of pyogenic granuloma, 5 cases of hyperplasia, 5 cases of irritation fibroma and 2 cases of peripheral ossifying fibroma. Histopathological lesions cuts were impregnated by silver (AgNOR method), having been obtained with the aid of the program Image Tool®, the number of NOR cells 100 in each case, resulting in an average NORs in every group of lesions. Results: the results were tabulated in a spreadsheet and comparing the average number of NORs of each group was conducted through ANOVA, 5% significance level. Results: The group of hyperplasias showed average of 2.41 NORs per nucleus, the group of pyogenic granulomas showed 2.44, the irritation fibroma 2.22, and peripheral ossifying fibroma showed average of 1.89 NORs for cell nucleus, differing significantly from that of the aforementioned lesions (p = 0.002). Conclusion: the peripheral ossifying fibroma proved the injury caused by removable dentures with lower cell proliferative activity. This study needs to be complemented by future clinical studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]