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Identification of cellulose fibers in oral biopsies
Author(s) -
KOPPANG HANNA STRÖMME,
KOPPANG ROLF,
SOLLHEIM TORE,
AARNES HALVOR,
STÖLEN STEINAR ÖRBECK
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1987.tb01825.x
Subject(s) - cellulose , pathology , cellulose fiber , dentistry , medicine , chemistry , materials science , biochemistry
– Oral biopsies comprising five periapical cysts, three cases of exuberant granulation tissue in extraction sockets and one case of a mandibular radiopaque structure, all displaying material consistent with cellulose fibers on routine histologic examination, were subjected to histochemical, polarization, fluorescence and scanning electron microscopical, energy dispersive X‐ray and chemical investigations. Routine screening of periapical lesions with polarization microscopy and identification of possible cellulose fibers with Calcofluor White is advocated. Further, attention is drawn to endodontic paper point material as an etiologic factor in postendo‐dontic periapical inflammatory processes.