Factors associated with dental clinic use by clients in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Nigeria, like many other countries, faced challenges in dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitating limited care to emergencies only. However, the impact of restricted access to dental services on oral health remains a concern, particularly with preventive maintenance care. This study aims to identify the factors associated with dental service utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic among patients attending dental clinics in Nigeria, and their sources of information about COVID-19.

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Pattern and Presentation of Traumatic Dental Injuries in Children in a Tertiary Health Institution.

Background: COVID-19 pandemic brought adaptive changes in lifestyle with possible impact on the incidence of traumatic dental injuries.

Objective: This study compared the presentation and pattern of traumatic dental injuries in children during the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 pandemic periods.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective study done using clinical records of children aged 16 years and below who presented at the paediatric dental clinic of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.

Oral Health Status and Treatment Needs of Individuals Attending a Special Education Center in South South Nigeria.

Background: Dental care has been the most commonly reported unmet service need among individuals with special health care needs.

Objectives: To assess the oral health status and treatment needs of individuals with special health care needs in a selected special education centre in South South Nigeria.

Methods: A cross sectional, descriptive study conducted among students of Special Education Centre in Calabar.

Differences in Oral Lesions Associated with Tobacco Smoking, E-Cigarette Use and COVID-19 Infection among Adolescents and Young People in Nigeria.

COVID-19 infection is associated with oral lesions which may be exacerbated by tobacco smoking or e-cigarette use. This study assessed the oral lesions associated with the use of e-cigarettes, tobacco smoking, and COVID-19 among adolescents and young people in Nigeria. A national survey recruited 11-23-year-old participants from the 36 States of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The care of traumatic dental injuries in primary schools in Southern Nigeria.

Aim: To assess the standards of care given to children who sustain traumatic dental injuries (TDI) in Nigerian primary schools.

Study Design: cross-sectional study. Public and private schools were selected from the Southern geopolitical zones in Nigeria.

THE PATTERN OF DENTAL CARIES IN CHILDREN IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA.

Back Ground: Dental caries is a preventable oral disease in children and its prevention can only be effective when the pattern is known. There is paucity of this information in South - South Nigeria.

Aim & Objectives: To describe the pattern of dental caries in Nigerian children in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

THE STANDARD OF PLAYGROUNDS AND SAFETY MEASURES IN PREVENTION OF TRAUMATIC DENTAL INJURIES IN NIGERIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Background: Playgrounds provide a recreational refuge for children and play a role in the development of their cognitive, psychosocial, and physical coordination skills. Unfortunately, it may also be a source of traumatic dental injuries (TDI).

Aim: To assess the standards of playgrounds in primary schools in Southern Nigeria.

Tooth crown dimensions in a selected population of Nigerians with Down Syndrome.

Objective: To determine and compare tooth crown dimensions in primary and permanent dentitions of subjects with Down Syndrome (DS) and a selected Nigerian population without DS.

Materials And Methods: A sample of subjects with DS and a control group were selected from the Down Syndrome Resource Centre and the Dental Clinic of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos respectively. Dental stone models were made from maxillary and mandibular alginate impressions of the population samples after obtaining consent from the subjects and their parents/caregivers.

Causes and pattern of tooth extractions in children treated at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.

Background: Tooth mortality is mainly a reflection of untreated dental caries and periodontal disease and is considered a crude but useful measure for the dental status of a community. Oral health status of the people of Niger Delta particularly that of children, is currently vague.

Aim: To investigate the reasons and pattern of tooth extractions among children who presented at the Paediatric dental clinic of University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).

Perception of graduating medical students on child and maternal oral health in a selected tertiary institution in the southern part of Nigeria.

Background: Oral health care imparts on the quality of life and general health outcomes, therefore essential for the knowledge of graduating medical students

Objective: To assess the knowledge of graduating medical students on child and maternal oral health

Methods: A cross sectional survey was undertaken among the graduating medical students of the University of Port Harcourt using an anonymous structured questionnaire with open and closed ended questions. Participants' knowledge about aetiology of dental caries, gingivitis and preventive oral health care and behaviours associated with early childhood caries (ECC) were assessed. Information gathered was collated and analyzed using a statistical software-SPSS Version 17.

CHILD AND MATERNAL ORAL HEALTHCARE: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF NIGERIAN AND GHANAIAN NURSES.

Objective: To ascertain and compare knowledge of child and maternal oral healthcare amongst a group of Nurses and Midwives in Ghana and Nigeria.

Design: A cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Health institutions in Cape Coast, Ghana and Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Maternal knowledge and awareness of factors affecting oral health in the paediatric population.

Aim: To assess expectant mothers on their knowledge and awareness of factors affecting paediatric oral health.

Method: Seven hundred and six women in different stages of pregnancy were recruited from the antenatal clinic of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital over a period of four weeks. A self-administered structured questionnaire on socio-demographic information, oral health knowledge and oral health behaviour was filled by the participants.

Variations of crown dimensions of permanent dentitions in a selected population of Nigerian children.

Background: Race, gender, genetic/ environmental factors contribute to tooth variations which could be in size or shape. However, little has been reported on dimensional variations in permanent dentitions among Nigerians.

Objective: To investigate the pattern of variability of mesiodistal and buccolingual tooth dimensions of permanent dentition in Nigerians.

Bilateral tuberculate supernumerary teeth.

Supernumerary teeth are teeth in excess of the normal series occurring in any region of the dental arch. They are located mostly in the anterior maxillary region and are classified according to their location and morphology. The tuberculate type of supernumerary tooth possesses more than one cusp or tubercle (barrel shaped).