Prevention of occlusal caries using Vanish XT: an 18-month follow-up randomized clinical trial.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of a light curable resin-modified glass ionomer varnish (Vanish XT) in the prevention of occlusal caries compared to topical fluoride varnish in newly erupted first permanent molars over 18 months.

Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted using a split-mouth design. A total of 53 participants aged 6-9 years with 97 pairs of caries-free newly erupted first permanent molars were enrolled in the study.

Longitudinal relationship between insulin-like growth factor-1 levels and vertical facial growth.

Background: Facial growth in the vertical dimension is the last to be completed and can often be detrimental to the success of dental implants, orthodontic treatment, and orthognathic surgery that young individuals undergo.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the longitudinal relationship between changes in total anterior facial height and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels measured using blood-spot samples.

Methods: Our sample included 25 orthodontic patients from whom we had access to annual lateral cephalometric radiographs and IGF-1 measurements.

Predicting changes in mandibular length and total anterior facial height using IGF-1, cervical stage, skeletal classification, and gender.

Background: The purpose of this study was to predict the annual growth rate of the mandible and total anterior facial height using IGF-1 levels together with cervical stage, skeletal classification, and gender.

Methods: Twenty-five orthodontic patients (12 females and 13 males) had their cervical stages, blood-spot IGF-1 levels, and cephalometric parameters measured at 1-year intervals. The number of years each patient was followed up varied between 1 and 5 years resulting in 43 12-month intervals collected from 77 observations.

Prospective longitudinal evaluation of the relationship between changes in mandibular length and blood-spot IGF-1 measurements.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to develop the use of a biologic marker, insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), as an indicator for the timing and intensity of mandibular growth. This was done by measuring annual changes in mandibular length and studying how they relate to blood-spot IGF-1 measurements and cervical stages.

Methods: Twenty-five patients (12 female, 13 male) from an orthodontic population were longitudinally evaluated for annual IGF-1 level, cervical stage, and mandibular length.

Effects of xylitol on salivary mutans streptococcus, plaque level, and caries activity in a group of Saudi mother-child pairs. An 18-month clinical trial.

Objective: To assess the effect of xylitol on salivary mutans streptococcus (MS), plaque level, and caries activity in a group of Saudi mother-child pairs.

Methods: A clinical trial of 60 mother-child pairs with high MS levels attending at King Abdulaziz University clinics were randomly grouped into experimental (received xylitol) and control (received fluoride varnish) groups (30 pairs each). The study was conducted from February 2009 to July 2010 for 18 months period.

A comparative study of children's pain reactions and perceptions to AMSA injection using CCLAD versus traditional injections.

Unlabelled: Pain control is an important part of dentistry, particularly in pediatric dentistry. Recently, a computer-controlled local anesthetic delivery system (CCLAD) has been developed to reduce pain related to the local anesthetic injection. In conjunction with this technology, a new approach to the anterior and middle superior alveolar nerves (AMSA) has been induced.

Relationship between blood-spot insulin-like growth factor 1 levels and hand-wrist assessment of skeletal maturity.

Introduction: Accurate prediction of the timing of the pubertal growth spurt and the amount of remaining growth are factors that affect treatment decisions in orthodontics, orthognathic surgery, and dental implantology. For many years, medical and dental professionals have considered hand-wrist radiographs the method of choice for the assessment of skeletal maturity. Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) mirrors growth hormone levels and is used by endocrinologists to diagnose growth hormone disturbances.

Assessing skeletal maturity by using blood spot insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) testing.

Introduction: Accurate determination of skeletal maturity and remaining growth is crucial to many orthodontic, orthognathic, and dental-implant timing decisions. Cervical vertebral stages and hand-wrist radiographs are currently used to identify peak mandibular bone growth. These are highly subjective techniques that not only involve radiographic exposure but also lack the ability to determine the intensity of the growth spurt and the end of growth.

A comparative study of Streptococcus mutans and lactobacilli in mothers and children with severe early childhood caries (SECC) versus a caries free group of children and their corresponding mothers.

Early childhood caries (ECC) is recognized as an infectious disease. The first step in its development is primary infection by the bacterium S. mutans which has been identified as the primary etiologic factors in dental caries.

Salivary characteristics of children and its relation to oral microorganism and lip mucosa dryness.

The aim of this paper was to present baseline data on various saliva properties among a group of Saudi children aged 5 to 11 years and to study the relationship of these properties to some oral micro-organisms as well as to lip and oral mucosa dryness. The results showed a mean of resting and stimulated flow rate of 0.54 +/- 0.