Assessment of sleep knowledge among medical and dental students in a Nigerian tertiary institution: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Sleep medicine is a rapidly growing field of Medicine globally. However, studies are lacking on the knowledge of Nigerian medical and dental students on sleep and the different types of sleep disorders. Thus, we assessed the knowledge, interest and awareness of Nigerian medical and dental students about sleep medicine.

Effects of Recent/Healed Post-Extraction Protocols on Incisor and Canine Alignment During Fixed Orthodontic Appliance Therapy.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of recent/healed post-premolar extraction protocol, gender, age, and dental arch on incisor and canine alignment during fixed orthodontic appliance therapy.

Methods: The study sample consisted of 50 dental arches of patients undergoing fixed orthodontic appliance therapy. The arches were randomized into an equal number of recent and healed extraction groups.

Oral health-related quality of life of adolescents assessed with the Malocclusion Impact and Child Perceptions questionnaires.

Introduction: Our study objectives were to evaluate the impact of malocclusion on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) of adolescents aged 11-14 years in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Methods: Two hundred adolescents completed the Child Perceptions Questionnaire: Impact Short Form (CPQ-ISF:16) and the Malocclusion Impact Questionnaire (MIQ). The Aesthetic Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need scale was used to determine malocclusion severity.

Association between malocclusion, caries and oral hygiene in children 6 to 12 years old resident in suburban Nigeria.

Background: There are conflicting opinions about the contribution of malocclusions to the development of dental caries and periodontal disease. This study's aim was to determine the association between specific malocclusion traits, caries, oral hygiene and periodontal health for children 6 to 12 years old.

Methods: The study was a household survey.

Orthodontic treatment need of children and adolescents with special healthcare needs resident in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Objectives: This study determined differences in the orthodontic treatment need of children and adolescents with and without special healthcare needs (SHCN) resident in Ile-Ife.

Methods: Participants were children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years with and without SHCN recruited from regular and special schools in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, respectively. SHCN were categorised as hearing impairment (HI), visual impairment (VI), physical impairment (PI) or intellectual disability (ID).