Effectiveness of povidone- iodine (2%) vs normal saline (0.9%) mouth rinsing on oral mucositis among patients receiving external radiation therapy for head and neck malignancy

A study to assess the effectiveness of povidone –iodine (2%) vs normal saline (0.9%) mouth rinsing on oral mucositis among patients receiving external radiation therapy for head and neck malignancy from Devaki Cancer and Research Centre at Madurai. The research design adopted for the study was quasi experimental pretest, post test two group design. The simple random sampling technique was used by lottery method to select the 30 samples for experimental group- I and 30 samples for experimental group- II, who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The experimental group- I was receiving 10 ml of povidone –iodine (2%) mouth rinsing for two times for continuous 14 days. The experimental group- II was treated with 20 ml of normal saline (0.9%) mouth rinsing two times a day for continuous 14 days after receiving routine mouth care . The oral mucositis status was assessed by using oral mucositis assessment scale (OMAS) for experimental group- I and experimental group- II on 7th and 14th day. Collected data were analyzed in terms of both descriptive and inferential statistics. A probability of 0.05%). There was no association between the pre test oral mucositis score of experimental group I with demographic variables such as age, sex, education, occupation, marital status, history of smoking, betel nut chewing and pan or kutka chewing. Both mouth rinses which were used in this study were found to be effective. Among this povidone- iodine (2%) is found to be superior in reducing oral mucositis in subjects who has received radiation therapy when compared to normal saline mouth rinse

SERUM LIPID LEVELS IN PERIODONTITIS PATIENTS: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Objective: We aimed to evaluate serum lipid levels in periodontitis patients and compared with healthy subjects.Methods: A case-control study was conducted among 30 participants in the age group of 35-60 y, including 15 subjects in case group with community periodontal index (CPI) score of ≥2 and 15 subjects in the control group with a CPI score of ≤ 1 based on their periodontal status. Fasting blood samples were taken for measurement of lipid profiles, including total cholesterol, triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) using an enzymatic method. Odds ratio and independent t-test at *p=0.05 significance level were calculated.Results: Periodontitis patients were 4.1 times at risk to have high triglyceride, 1.3 times at risk to have high total cholesterol and 0.3times at risk to have higher HDL. Independent t-test showed higher total cholesterol/HDL ratio (*p=0.033) and lowered HDL levels (*p=0.027) in periodontitis patients.Conclusion: Periodontitis group has significantly higher total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein ratio and lower high-density lipoprotein levels when compared to the healthy group

Enhanced protein delivery by multi-ion containing eggshell derived apatitic-alginate composite nanocarriers

Abstract not availableT.S. Sampath Kumar, K. Madhumathi, B. Rajkamal, S. Zaheatha, A. Rajathi Malar, S. Alamelu Ba