Lack of assent to dental examination in children with intellectual disabilities: Dentists' practices in Europe and ethical issues.

Aim: (1) To determine the repartition of criteria which can be considered as marks of lack of assent by the child with intellectual disabilities from the dentist's point of view and whether that influences the decision to examine the patient or not. (2) To explain the decision of practitioners and determine the ethical implications of these practices.

Methods: An anonymous and structured questionnaire was distributed online using the scenario of a 9-year-old child with moderate cognitive impairment with eight different oppositional behaviours.

Assessment of bone density in edentulous maxillae using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Introduction: In edentulous maxillae, the anterior maxilla is the region of interest for implant placement due to posterior bone resorption and sinus pneumatization. This study aimed to assess variations in bone density in different regions of the edentulous maxilla according to sex and age, using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Materials And Methods: 69 CBCT from edentulous maxilla were analyzed.

Should we consider the sex when estimating bone age from hand bone biometrics?

Background: Recently, it was proposed to estimate age from the biometric information of hand bones. We observed that these estimations became less precise as children get older, especially from the age of 13-15 years.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the influence of considering sex for age estimation based on hand bones biometrics.

Discrimination between falls and blows from the localization and the number of fractures on computed tomography scans of the skull and the trunk.

The distinction between falls and blows is a common and difficult task in forensic sciences. One of the most often used criteria to address this issue is the hat brim line (HBL) rule, which states that fall-related injuries do not lie above the HBL. Some studies, however, have found that the use of HBL rule is not so relevant.