Visible Enamel Defects in Adolescents: How Do their Peers View Them?

Aim: The present study was aimed to determine whether adolescents make social judgments about other children who have noticeable enamel imperfections.

Materials And Methods: Two schools with very different socio-economic profiles were selected using a stratified random sampling method. Children aged 13-14 years (school class 9) and 15-16 (school class 11) were randomly selected from these schools totaling to a sample size of 200.

Comparative Clinical Evaluation of Resin-based Pit and Fissure Sealant and Self-adhering Flowable Composite: An Study.

Aim: The study evaluated the use of self-adhering flowable composite as a fissure sealant and compared it with a resin-based pit and fissure sealant.

Materials And Methods: Forty children were selected for the study and all their four permanent first molars were subjected to fluoride free pumice oral prophylaxis. Their occlusal fissures were then prepared with fissurotomy bur using high-speed handpiece under cotton roll isolation and low volume suction.

extract as a potential anticariogenic agents against : An comparative evaluation.

Objective: The current study was intended to evaluate and compare the efficacy of mouth rinse as anticariogenic agents with 0.2% chlorhexidine and Listerine mouth rinse.

Materials And Methods: An experimental crossover study was conducted on sixty school children aged 14-15 years.

Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Calotropis gigentica against Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus acidophilus: An in vitro comparative study.

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate in vitro antibacterial potential of ethanolic extract of Calotropis gigentica.

Materials And Methods: The inhibitory effect of the ethanolic extract was tested against Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli casei by using disc diffusion method.

Results: Ethanolic extract of Calotropis gigentica showed 16 mm and 14 mm of minimum inhibition zone at 1.

Treatment guidelines and prognosis of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome patients: a review.

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is an "unmasking" or paradoxical worsening of a pre-existing infection after commencement of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - infected patients. The use of HAART in the management of HIV patients restores immune responses against pathogens however in few patients, the reconstituted immune system leads to IRIS. As the treatment protocols are not standardized for IRIS, this leads to short-term morbidity or in some cases also mortality.

Regional odontodysplasia: An unusual case report.

Regional odontodysplasia is an uncommon developmental anomaly affecting a localized area of dentition, with distinctive clinical, radiographic, and histological findings. This article reviews a case of a 14-year-old female who reported with unerupted maxillary anterior teeth. This case was rare in that it involved maxillary dentition with unerupted maxillary anterior teeth on the right side, but the left central incisor was missing.