Academic literature on the topic 'Pedodontics'

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess what training and motivational factors dental providers report in providing dental care to PSHCN (patients with special healthcare needs. Materials and Methods: An electronic questionnaire was sent to n=104 fourth year dental students, n=147 general dentists with a specific continuing education course pertaining to PSCHN, and n=140 pediatric dentists in Virginia. The questionnaire consisted of four sections including Demographics, Professional Attitudes, Special Needs Patients and Motivational Factors, and PSCHN Cases. Results: The overall response rate for our study was 21%. The response rates of dental students, general dentists, and pediatric dentists were 30%, 10%, and 25%, respectively. A statistically significant difference was found for 10 out 12 motivational factors. Conclusions: There is a difference in motivational factors among the three different types of dental providers.

Objective/Aims: Assess the prevalence of sibling recurrent dental general anesthesia (DGA) at VCU Pediatric Dentistry. Assess factors that contribute to sibling recurrent dental general anesthesia. Methods: The guardian of patients with siblings were provided a questionnaire to assess the prevalence and factors associated with recurrent DGA. Results: A total of 40 families with a child presenting for GA and at least one sibling were included in the study. Of these, 45% had sibling-recurrent GA treatment (20% in one sibling; 25% in 2 or more siblings). Additionally, 13% of the children currently presenting for GA had already been treated under GA, and 15% of the siblings previously treated with GA had recurrent caries after GA. Conclusion: Sibling-recurrent general anesthesia is high at VCU Pediatric Dentistry Clinic. This increased prevalence could be due to parental acceptance and positive experiences with DGA. Dental providers should be pro-active with prevention methods.

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, etiology and types of injuries to permanent incisors among schoolchildren aged 10-14 years from Maseru, Lesotho. Upper and lower permanent incisors were examined for dental injuries.

RESUMO No presente trabalho foi feita uma avaliação, in vitro, da influência do modo de armazenamento e de dois tipos de adesivos dentinários na microinfiltração, em paredes axiais e cervicais de restaurações com resina composta, em segundos molares decíduos. As amostras foram divididos em três grupos de acordo com o tipo de armazenamento, denominados: Desidratado, Hidratado e Congelado. As amostras do grupo Desidratado foram mantidas secas, as do grupo Hidratado foram armazenadas em solução fisiológica em geladeira e as do grupo Congelado foram mantidas no freezer, também imersas em solução fisiológica. A seguir, as amostras receberam dois preparos cavitários do tipo slot vertical, um ocluso-mesial e o outro ocluso-distal. Nas cavidades ocluso-mesiais foi utilizado o sistema adesivo Scotchbond Multi-Uso, enquanto que nas ocluso-distais foi usado o adesivo monocomponente Prime & Bond 2.1, sendo todas restauradas com a resina composta Solitaire. Os grupos foram, então, submetidos à ciclagem térmica, antes de serem imersos em solução de Nitrato de Prata. Para avaliação da penetração do corante na interface dente-restauração, as amostras foram seccionadas primeiro no sentido vestíbulo-lingual, depois incluídas em resina autopolimerizavável para adaptação na máquina de seccionamento para então, receberem um segundo corte, agora no sentido mésio-distal, no centro da restauração. Os valores da microinfiltração nas paredes axiais e cervicais foram mensurados através de um sistema de imagens digitalizadas, apresentados em milímetros (mm) e, a seguir, submetidos a Análise de Variância. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que o modo de armazenamento não teve influência estatisticamente significante na microinfiltração marginal das restaurações. A microinfiltração na parede cervical foi estatisticamente significante maior que na parede axial, com segurança de 99,9%. Os adesivos utilizados não tiveram influência estatisticamente significante na microinfiltração, nos modos de armazenamento estudados. Porém, houve diferença estatisticamente significante nas amostras do grupo Desidratado, com o adesivo Prime & Bond 2.1, considerando as margens da restauração (axial e cervical.<br>SUMMARY This study evaluated the in vitro influence of the storage manner and two kinds of dentinal adhesive on the microleakage, in axial and cervical walls of composite restorations, in primary second molars. The samples were divided in three groups, according to the storage manner, and named: Desidratado, Hidratado and Congelado. The samples of the Desidratado group were kept dry, the ones of the Hidratado group were stored into phisiological saline solution under refrigeration, and the ones of the Congelado group were kept into the freezer, also immersed into the phisiological solution. Then, the samples received two vertical slot preparations, one mesio-occlusal and the other disto-occlusal. On the mesio-occlusal cavities, the adhesive system Scotchbond Multi-Uso was used, whereas on the disto-occlusal the monocomponent adhesive Prime & Bond 2.1 were chosen, and all of them were filled with the Solitaire composite. The groups were then thermocicled, before immersion in silver stain solution. In order to evaluate the infiltration of the stain in the tooth-restoration interface, the samples were sectioned, first in the vestibulo-lingual direction, and then included into auto-cure resin to the addaptation onto the secctining machine and receive a second cut in the mesio-distal direction, on the center of the restoration. The microleakage values of the axial and cervical walls were measured by a digitalized image system, presented in milimeters, and submitted to statistical analysis. The obtained results showed that the storage manner has no statistically significant influence on the marginal microleakage of the restorations, however, the microleakage of the cervical wall was significantly greater than of the axial wall, with 99,9% certainty. The used adhesive systems have not shown significant influence on the microleakage, in the studied storage manners. However, there was a statistically difference in the Desidratado group samples, with the Prime & Bond 2.1 adhesive, taking in count the margins of the restoration (axial and cervical).