Even though saliva lacks drama of blood, sincerity of sweat, emotions of tears, saliva should be used as a biomarker as its organic constituents like sialic acid shows variation during pre-malignant condition like leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma. This procedure is economical & can be repeated at chair side with very minimal laboratory equipments which makes it cost effective. Our study was just an small successful attempt still further more research has to be done in this contex

The burgeoning advances in the domain of science & technology in general and medical field in particular have provided better insight into etiopathogenesis, clinical course, diagnosis, and treatment of oral diseases.OSMF was known as Vidari in the ancient Indian medical literature since the time of Sushrutha.In 1952 Schwartz described 5 Indian women living in Kenya with a condition of the oral mucosa including the palate and the pillars of the fauces,which he called "atrophica idiopathica mucosae oris". Initial symptoms are inability to tolerate spicy food Oral mucosa becomes blanched,...

This work describes some common human general & oral autoimmune diseases under two broad categories: organ specific and systemic autoimmune disease with their etiopathogenesis, clinical, radiographic & histopathologic features & chronic debilitating illnesses & current therapies for treating autoimmune diseases

Microscope: [Greek: (micron)= small + (skopein) = to look at].Enables us to view small objects by magnification of its image.An optical instrument that is used to observe tiny objects often that cannot be seen at all with the unaided human eye. The first useful microscope was developed in the Netherlands between 1590 and 1608. Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) is the father of microscopy. He was the first person to describe bacteria (from teeth scrapings), protozoans (from pond water), helped to prove the theory of blood circulation.He gained much of his inspiration form reading Robert...

Diagnostic pathology is indeed so vast, that a binocular vision is often needed to unravel the mystery of the many concurrent interactions occurring at different sites of the lesional tissue. Immunohistochemistry provides the pathologist with the right perspective in order to identify the complexity of a disease process. This library work covers selected topics and references, so that I and the readers are not overwhelmed by the otherwise exhaustive technical aspects of the many observed phenomena and the subsequent diverse interpretations of the same. I hope professionals and students in the...