Efficiency and Reliability of Thermal and Electrical Tests to Evaluate Pulp Status in Primary Teeth with Assessment of Anxiety Levels in Children.

Objective: Assessing the pulp status plays a vital role in diagnosis and treatment planning in dentistry especially in children, who may not be able to verbalize their dental symptoms. Pulp sensibility test is used as a valuable investigation to evaluate the state of pulp. The aim of this study is to assess the efficiency and reliability of thermal and electrical pulp tests in primary teeth and to rule out the anxiety level involved in each tests.

Caries Removal by Chemomechanical (Carisolv™) vs. Rotary Drill: A Systematic Review.

Background: Chemomechanical caries removal is an effective alternative to the traditional rotary drilling method. The advantages of chemomechanical techniques in terms of the need for anesthesia, pain perception and patient preference are systematically reviewed and a meta-analysis of the time required for caries removal is reported.

Method: Randomized controlled studies of comparison of chemomechanical techniques with conventional rotary drill were selected from a systematic search of standard biomedical databases, including the PubMed and Cochrane clinical trials.

Evaluation of Marginal Leakage and Shear Bond Strength of Bonded Restorations in Primary Teeth after Caries Removal by Conventional and Chemomechanical Techniques.

Background/Purpose. To evaluate and compare the marginal leakage and shear bond strength between conventional and Papacarie techniques of caries removal in primary molars. Materials and Methods.

Chemomechanical caries removal in primary molars : evaluation of marginal leakage and shear bond strength in bonded restorations--an in vitro study.

Objectives: To evaluate and compare the efficiency, marginal leakage and shear bond strength of Carisolv and Papacarie in primary molars.

Method: Freshly extracted 60 human carious primary molars were randomly divided into two experimental groups--Group I [caries removal by Carisolv] and Group II [caries removal by Papacarie]. The amount of time taken for complete caries removal was recorded using a stopwatch.

Cleidocranial dysplasia presenting with retained deciduous teeth in a 15-year-old girl: a case report.

Introduction: Cleidocranial dysplasia is a rare congenital defect of autosomal dominant inheritance caused by mutations in the Cbfa1 gene, also called Runx2, located on the short arm of chromosome 6. It primarily affects bones which undergo intramembranous ossification. This condition is of clinical significance to dentistry due to the involvement of the facial bones, altered eruption patterns and multiple supernumerary teeth.