Knowledge of care providers regarding the oral health of visually impaired children.

Objective: To assess the awareness of care providers of visually impaired children regarding their oral hygiene.

Method: A simple pre-structured questionnaire was given to the care providers and the awareness regarding their oral health was assessed.

Results: There was a general lack of awareness among the care providers of these children regarding dental diseases and its prevention.

Pediatric liquid medicaments--do they erode the teeth surface? An in vitro study: part I.

The present study was conducted to investigate the endogenous erosive potential of some of the most commonly used pediatric liquid medicaments in our day to day practice. Eight commonly used pediatric liquid medicaments were selected and their endogenous pH was measured using a pH electrode meter Twenty four exfoliated or extracted primary teeth without any carious lesion/restorations, maintained in selected pediatric liquid medicaments were observed under SEM after 1 min, 10 mins and 8 hours of time intervals. The pH ranged between 6.

Genetic sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) as a screening tool for obesity and dental caries in children.

Purpose: Dental caries and childhood obesity epidemics are multifactorial complex disease and children's dietary pattern is a common underlying etiologic factor in their causation. Dietary preferences and taste are genetically determined. In the present study children were identified who are at greater risk for developing dental caries and obesity so as to institute preventive measures at an early stage.

Impressions in cleft lip and palate--a novel two stage technique.

Though the field of presurgical orthopedics for the management of children with cleft Lip and Palate (CLAP) has made great advances over the past few decades, little is found in literature regarding the imressions required to fabricate these appliances. The purpose of this paper is to describe a novel two stage technique utilizing greenstick compound and addition silicone impression material to provide a safe, economical and accurate method for recording impressions in children with cleft lip and palate.

Atypical Hallerman-Streif syndrome: a case report.

Hallerman Streif syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by dyscephaly, dental anomalies, proportionate nazism, hypotrichosis, cutaneous atrophy limited to the head, bilateral congenital cataracts and bilateral microphthalmia. Despite the marked craniofacial characteristics and oral findings, a relative lack of reports in the dental literature has been noted. In this article, a case of a 8 year old boy with dental problems is described.