Dental caries-related primary hypertension in children and adolescents: Cross-sectional study.

Background: Hypertension is a growing clinical problem in pediatric population. Also, the cause of hypertension is usually unknown and it may result from systemic inflammation related to tooth decay.

Aim: To estimate the potential association in cross-sectional study between tooth decay and hypertension in children and adolescents.

Comparison of cuff-based and cuffless continuous blood pressure measurements in children and adolescents.

Objective: In recent times, new methods of blood pressure measurements have been introduced, including cuffless blood pressure (BP) measurement device using pulse transit time (PTT) for calculation of BP values. However, it is still unknown how values obtained with a new cuffless device compare with standard ambulatory measurements in children. The main aim of the study was to investigate whether BP values measured by a cuffless PTT device are comparable with measurements by a standard upper arm cuff-based BP device.