Children and Parent's Attitude and Preferences of Dentist's Attire in Pediatric Dental Practice.

Background: Before arrival into doctor's clinic, child might have acquired an impression of a clinical environment and doctor's appearance. Different kind of doctor's attire may evoke different reactions. By understanding children and parent's perception and preferences about dentist's attire, a suitable dress code could be adopted to establish good rapport with children.

Total Salivary Anti-oxidant Levels, Dental Development and Oral Health Status in Childhood Obesity.

Background: The objectives of this study were to assess the total antioxidant levels, dental development, and oral health status in childhood obesity.

Materials And Methods: A total of 120 children aged 6-12 years consisting of both genders from different school along Coastal Karnataka, India were part of the study and were categorized into obese/overweight, and normal children based on body mass index for age and sex. Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) levels determined by phosphomolybidic acid and spectrophotometric method were considered.

Pre: Surgical orthopedic pre-maxillary alignment in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient.

Pre-surgical orthopedic appliances are mainly used to retract and align the protruded and deviated pre-maxilla and to facilitate initial lip repair. This article presents a case report of a five year old male child patient with bilateral cleft lip and palate in whom a special custom made pre-surgical orthopedic appliance was delivered. Use of a special custom made presurgical orthopedic appliance for repositioning pre-maxilla in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient is discussed in this article.