The Quebec Dental Anomalies Registry: Identifying genes for rare disorders.

There are more than 900 genetic syndromes associated with oral manifestations. These syndromes can have serious health implications, and left undiagnosed, can hamper treatment and prognosis later in life. About 6.

Clinical Management of Interproximal and Occlusal Caries in Children and Adolescents by Canadian Dentists: A Survey.

Purpose: Early restorative interventions may have important implications in young patients, and the International Caries Classification and Management System strongly recommends non-surgical strategies in the management of dental caries. We aimed to assess management of interproximal and occlusal caries in children and adolescents (≤18 years of age) by Canadian dentists.

Methods: An electronic survey was created and sent to members of Canadian provincial regulatory dental bodies.

Biodentine Pulpotomies on Permanent Traumatized Teeth with Complicated Crown Fractures.

Introduction: The aim of this multicentric prospective study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of Biodentine (BD) pulpotomies on permanent teeth with complicated crown fractures.

Methods: This study was carried out in 2 hospital-based dental departments in Quebec, Canada. Children seeking emergency care after trauma to anterior permanent teeth were invited to participate in this study.

Evaluation of the severity of malocclusions in children affected by osteogenesis imperfecta with the peer assessment rating and discrepancy indexes.

Introduction: Osteogenesis imperfecta is a heritable disorder affecting bone and tooth development. Malocclusion is frequent in those affected by osteogenesis imperfecta, but this has not been studied in detail. The purpose of this study was to describe and quantify the severity of malocclusions in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Clinical complications in the revascularization of immature necrotic permanent teeth.

The purpose of this case series was to report on the use of a technique of revascularization for necrotic immature permanent teeth, several problems encountered, and solutions to those problems. Eighteen pulp revascularizations were performed in 2009 using the original protocol of revascularization (adapted from the AAE/AAPD joint meeting in 2007 in Chicago). The protocol consisted of opening the canal and disinfecting it with sodium hypochlorite, sealing in a triple antibiotic paste for 2-6 weeks, re-opening, re-irrigating, creating a blood clot in the canal, and sealing with an MTA barrier over the clot.

Bisphosphonates, osteonecrosis, osteogenesis imperfecta and dental extractions: a case series.

Over the past 4 years, numerous cases of osteonecrosis of the jaw in patients treated with bisphosphonates have been reported. Since 1998, children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta have received bisphosphonates to increase their bone density and reduce the incidence of bone fractures. The results have been convincing, but recent reports of osteonecrosis of the jaw have caused great concern when these patients require dental extractions.