Comparing condylar height/width in patients with and without posterior crossbites.

Background: The purpose of this research was to determine the presence of asymmetry of the mandibular condyle in children aged between 7 and 9 years, with a unilateral posterior crossbite, and compare it with a sample of patients without malocclusion.

Material And Methods: The right and left condylar height and width of 401 orthopantomography of children with and without crossbite were measured.

Results: When comparing the height and width of the mandibular condyle in the sample with posterior crossbite we observed that the height and width were almost the same in both condyles.

Clinical competency development with handmade simulator in highly realistic paediatric dentistry scenarios.

Introduction: The use of simulation is extremely useful in pregraduate students. However, there is a very small number of simulators adapted to paediatric dentistry. A paediatric simulator was created to use in simulated scenarios for paediatric dentistry using an actress in the role of mother.

Perception of Realism and Acquisition of Clinical Skills in Simulated Pediatric Dentistry Scenarios.

Unlabelled: Simulation, depending on the modality and fidelity of the scenarios, is an important resource for clinical teaching and achievement of learning outcomes in dentistry. The objectives of this study were to compare the degree of realism perceived by students and teachers in a simulated scenario, and to assess the level of competence acquired by the students.

Method: In the Pediatric Dentistry course, eight clinical scenarios were carried out, each one using a modified Erler Zimmer child simulator (handmade), a professional actress and two students (dentist and assistant) on the same pediatric dentistry case consisting of a pulp abscess in tooth 8.

Incidence of oral health in paediatric patients with disabilities: Sensory disorders and autism spectrum disorder. Systematic review II.

Introduction: We are currently witnessing an increase in the number of disabled patients, creating the need for knowledge of each of the pathologies and of the different oral and dental conditions they present, in order to achieve efficient management and treatment.

Objectives: To analyse the existing scientific literature on the oral conditions of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and children with sensory deficits (SD), in comparison with the healthy child population.

Material And Methods: The bibliographic search was carried out in Pubmed/Medline, Scopus and Cochrane Library and included articles taking a sample of children between 0 and 18 years of age diagnosed with the abovementioned disorders and including at least one of the following oral hygiene conditions - oral hygiene, dental caries, malocclusion, oral habits, dental trauma, and gingival-periodontal status - comparing them with a healthy population.

Oral health in children with physical (Cerebral Palsy) and intellectual (Down Syndrome) disabilities: Systematic review I.

Introduction: Traditionally, patients with physical and/or intellectual disabilities presented greater oral pathology, owing to their condition and to other external factors. Improved social and health conditions make it necessary to update knowledge on their oral and dental health.

Material And Methods: For this purpose, a bibliographic review was done regarding the state of oral health of children with these two types of disability, in comparison with a control group.

Assessment of PFA-100 system for the measurement of bleeding time in oral surgery.

Unlabelled: The common diagnostic methods to know primary hemostasis have been classified as invasive, depending on the operator, difficult to reproduce and at times not very reliable. Thus, different systems have been proposed to assess bleeding time, one of them being the PFA-100 device, which we present in this paper.

Objective: Compare specificity between the traditional Ivy method with the PFA-100 system to measure bleeding time.

Detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA by in situ hybridization in oral mucosa epithelial cells from anti-HIV-1 positive patients.

Several in vitro studies have shown that HIV-1 can infect CD4 negative epithelial cells of different origin including normal human oral keratinocytes, but whether this infection of mucosal epithelial cells occurs in vivo is still unclear. In this report, the presence and cell types infected by HIV-1 in paraffin embedded oral mucosa biopsies from 17 anti-HIV-1 positive patients have been examined by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. As controls, oral mucosa biopsies from eight patients without HIV-1 infection markers were also analyzed.

Study of the analgesic efficacy of Dexketoprofen Trometamol 25mg. vs. Ibuprofen 600mg. after their administration in patients subjected to oral surgery.

Objectives: Compare the analgesic efficacy of two nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) belonging to the family of propionic acids after oral surgery in order to assess which one is most effective with the minimum side effects and lowest dose. Normally, the pain after oral surgery is considered as moderate-intense and NSAIDs are the first choice when treating post-surgical dental pain. As we know, the great problem of these drugs is found in their undesirable effects.

Bucco-dental problems in patients with Diabetes Mellitus (I) : Index of plaque and dental caries.

Unlabelled: Diabetes mellitus is presently considered as one of the most frequent chronic disease, thus, it is important to know what its most relevant buccal disorders are.

Objectives: Study the different signs and symptoms that diabetic patients present in the oral cavity. Assess the status of oral hygiene and prevalence of dental caries in a diabetic population in regards to a control population.