Does [ Request of dental care and periodontal treatment need in a population sample of Palermo ]?
These findings showed that the awareness of periodontal diseases by the population examined is poor. This could be due either to the lack or failure of public education programmes on periodontal health. Yet, it could be related to an inadequate dentists' awareness of the periodontal diseases. Such findings should be considered in the planning of periodontal health programmes in relation to the population of Palermo.
Sepsis induces reciprocal expressional modifications of NOS1 and NOS3 in human skeletal muscle, which decreases muscular constitutive NOS activity. These modifications may have implications for muscle impairment in septic patients.