Prevalence and progression of erosive tooth wear among children and adolescents in a Swedish county, as diagnosed by general practitioners during routine dental practice.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and four-year progression of erosive tooth wear (ETW) recorded in general dental practice, and to evaluate the usefulness of a simplified grading scale.

Methods: Four cohorts (aged 3, 7, 11 and 15 years at baseline; n = 735) were followed from 2008 to 2012 during their routine dental examinations. Grading of ETW was performed on permanent upper incisors and first molars, using the scales of Johansson et al.

Open vs closed surgical exposure of palatally displaced canines: a comparison of clinical and patient-reported outcomes-a multicentre, randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To compare treatment time, patients' perceptions during orthodontic treatment, dental fear and side effects, between open and closed surgical exposures in patients with palatally displaced canines (PDCs).

Trial Design: Multicentre, randomized controlled trial, with random 1:1 allocation of two parallel groups.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and twenty patients from three different orthodontic centres were randomized into one of the two intervention arms, open or closed surgical exposure.

Barriers and facilitators for adolescent girls to take on adult responsibility for dental care - a qualitative study.

: This study aims to explore and describe experiences of the dental care system among adolescent dental patients with a recent history of missed dental appointments at public dental clinics (PDCs) in a Swedish county. : Twelve adolescent girls participated in the study. Data were collected by individual, semi-structured, open-ended interviews and analysed with qualitative content analysis.

Validity and reliability of the Swedish versions of the short-form Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11-14 and Parental Perceptions Questionnaire.

To examine the validity and reliability of the Swedish versions of the short-form Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11-14 (CPQ) and Parental Perceptions Questionnaire (P-CPQ) for measuring children's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). The sample comprised 247 children and parents. OHRQoL was assessed by asking each child and their accompanying parent to complete the relevant questionnaire.

Experiences and perceptions of infant dental enucleation among Somali immigrants in Sweden: a phenomenographic study.

The aim of this study was to explore and describe ways of experiencing and perceiving the Eastern African practice of infant dental enucleation (IDE) among immigrants of Somali origin living in Sweden. Six informants, three men and three women aged 26-54 years, were recruited for semi-structured individual interviews. Phenomenographic analysis of the interview transcripts was performed.

Agreement between children and parents in rating oral health-related quality of life using the Swedish versions of the short-form Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11-14 and Parental Perceptions Questionnaire.

To explore the agreement between children and parents on children's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) when using the Swedish short forms of CPQ and P-CPQ, and to evaluate the impact on agreement of oral health including malocclusion and background characteristics (dental fear, family situation, gender of informant). A total of 257 children and their accompanying parents were asked to fill in the Swedish versions of the short-form CPQ and P-CPQ separately in connection with a clinical examination. The participants comprised 247 child-parent pairs: 116 (47%) boys, 131 (53%) girls, 166 (67%) mothers and 81 (33%) fathers.

Closed vs open surgical exposure of palatally displaced canines: surgery time, postoperative complications, and patients' perceptions: a multicentre, randomized, controlled trial.

Background: Closed and open surgical techniques are two different main approaches to surgical exposure of palatally displaced canines (PDCs). Because there is insufficient evidence to support one technique over the other, there is a need for randomized controlled trials.

Objectives: To compare surgery time, complications and patients' perceptions between closed and open surgical techniques in PDCs.

Dental avoidance among adolescents - a retrospective case -control study based on dental records in the public dental service in a Swedish county.

This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of missed dental appointments among 16-19-year-old adolescents in a Swedish county. A second aim was to explore associations between background and concomitant factors and missed appointments and to investigate if these associations differed between areas with different sociodemographic profiles. A list of booked, and missed, appointments for 10,158 individuals during 2012 was used for assessments.

A 3-year study of patients with tinnitus and jaw muscle tenderness.

This study evaluated three-year results of treatment with an interocclusal appliance in 89 tinnitus patients with jaw muscle tenderness. Subjective tinnitus severity was recorded using a visual analog scale (VAS). The number of tender muscles was registered.

Nocturnal enuresis impaired children's quality of life and friendships.

Aim: There have not been any continence-specific measurement tools in Swedish that have allowed clinicians to investigate the quality of life (QoL) in children with bladder dysfunction. This study evaluated the QoL in Swedish children with nocturnal enuresis and tested the reliability of a Swedish translation of the Paediatric Incontinence Questionnaire (PinQ).

Methods: This prospective study comprised 46 children aged six to 18 years with nocturnal enuresis, who completed the PinQ after it was translated into Swedish.

A retrospective multicenter study comparing metal-ceramic and composite single crowns performed in public general dentistry: 5-year results.

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the 5-year survival and complication rate of metal-ceramic (MC) and composite single crowns performed within Public Dental Service, general dentistry, in three Swedish counties and with patients' gender, tooth position, root canal treatment and the presence of a post-and-core taken into account. Data were collected from dental records of 600 patients who had received either an MC ( = 300) or a composite ( = 300) crown on a premolar or molar tooth in the year 2005 and where 5 years of follow-up data were available. Status at treatment completion and at follow-up was recorded, together with any history of intervention during the follow-up period.

Dental fear among children and adolescents in a multicultural population--a cross-sectional study.

The aim of this study was to explore dental fear in a multicultural population of child and adolescent dental patients, with background, gender, age, and socioeconomic status taken into account. A specific aim was to investigate whether the level of DF differed between patients with a non- Swedish background and patients with a Swedish background. In conjunction with a routine visit to the dental clinic, 301 patients (8-19 years old) assessed their dental fear on the Children's Fear Survey Schedule - Dental Subscale, using self-ratings.

Oral health-related quality-of-life among children in Swedish dental care: The impact from malocclusions or orthodontic treatment need.

Objectives: To describe oral health-related quality-of-life (OHRQoL) and the impact of malocclusions or orthodontic treatment need in a cohort of children in Swedish dental care, using the Swedish version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire-Impact Short Form (CPQ11-14-ISF:16).

Subjects And Methods: Two hundred and fifty-seven children (mean age = 11.5 years, SD = 0.

Prevalence and change of malocclusions from primary to early permanent dentition: a longitudinal study.

Objective: To follow a group of children from primary to early permanent dentition and determine the prevalence, self-correction, and new development of malocclusions; the need for orthodontic treatment; and the possible influences of habits, breathing disturbances, and allergies.

Materials And Methods: Two hundred and seventy-seven children were followed at 3, 7, and 11.5 years of age.

The impact of malocclusion on the quality of life among children and adolescents: a systematic review of quantitative studies.

Background: Among child and adolescent patients, persistent but untreated malocclusions may or may not have psychological and social impacts on the individual's quality of life.

Objectives: To gain knowledge of malocclusions and its impact on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL), we conducted a systematic review of quantitative studies for evidence regarding the influence of malocclusions on OHRQOL in children and adolescents.

Materials And Methods: Five databases (MEDLINE via PubMed, EMBASE, Psychinfo, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library) were searched using specified indexing terms.

Implant-Supported Single Crowns Replacing Congenitally Missing Maxillary Lateral Incisors: A 5-Year Follow-Up.

Background: Knowledge of the long-term survival of single implants in cases of congenitally missing lateral incisors in the maxilla is limited.

Purpose: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the 5-year survival of implants and implant-supported crowns (ISCs) and to assess the functional and aesthetic outcomes from the professional and patient perspectives.

Materials And Methods: From a total of 46 patients with congenitally missing upper lateral incisors, 36 patients treated with 54 Brånemark® (Nobel Biocare AB, Göteborg, Sweden) implants and ISCs participated in the study.

Infant dental enucleation in an East African population in Sweden: a cross-sectional study on dental records.

Aim: To examine the prevalence of infant dental enucleation (IDE) of primary canines, an East African traditional remedial procedure, in a multiethnic population of children in Sweden.

Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted of dental records of 1133 patients (mean age 4.6 years, SD ± 1.

Infant dental enucleation: A literature review on a traditional remedial practice in East Africa.

Objective: To summarize and review the literature on infant dental enucleation, a traditional remedial procedure prevalent mainly in East Africa.

Materials And Methods: Literature searches were made electronically using general and specialized search engines. The main search was performed through a systematic strategy in PubMed, comprising tabulated keywords, search codes, and translated and transliterated terms.

Validating the dental subscale of the children's fear survey schedule using Rasch analysis.

Rasch analysis was used to examine the validity of the Children's Fear Survey Schedule - Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS). Data were collected from parents of children in regular dental care (n = 240) and from parents of children referred to a specialized pediatric dental clinic (n = 200). The Rasch model is a probabilistic model in which estimations are based on the relationship between person ability and item difficulty, and the present study investigated the validity of the CFSS-DS through analysis of person and item fit, dimensionality, ordering of thresholds, local dependency, and differential item functioning.

Homocystinuria and oral health. A report of 14 cases.

The aim of this study was to explore the oral health in Swedish individuals with the diagnosis of homozygote cystathionine beta synthase-deficient homocystinuria (HC), a rare disorder of amino acid metabolism affecting connective tissue, in which the phenotypic abnormalities include dislocation of the optic lens, skeletal abnormalities, thromboembolic events, and sometimes mental retardation. Further aims were to evaluate the oral findings against previous oral observations in a medical case report, such as high narrow palate, mandibular prognathia, crowding and early eruption of teeth. Every hospital in Sweden was contacted, with the inquiry of patients with diagnosis of HC,which resulted in 14 individuals participating in oral clinical examination.

Mandibular incisor alignment and dental arch changes 1 year after extraction of deciduous canines.

This study investigated the early effects on mandibular incisor irregularity and rotation together with dental arch dimensions of the extraction of four deciduous canines. Children, during early mixed dentition, were randomized into one extraction (n = 32) and one control (n = 41) group. Dental casts from baseline (T0) and 1 year follow-up (T1) were used to evaluate changes in the irregularity index and in mandibular incisor rotation, dental arch dimensions, overjet, and overbite.

Possible predictors of discontinuation of specialized dental treatment among children and adolescents with dental behaviour management problems.

This study aimed to identify potential predictors of non-attendance among children and adolescents with dental behaviour management problems (DBMP). A group of 179 patients, 7.5-19 yr of age, was grouped into 56 'non-attenders' (discontinued treatment, missed appointments, or >or= 20% cancellations) and 123 'attenders'.

Dental behaviour management problems: the role of child personal characteristics.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the role of dental fear (DF) and other personal characteristics in relation to dental behaviour management problems (DBMP).

Design: A study group of 230 patients (7.5-19 years old; 118 girls), referred because of DBMP, was compared to a reference group of 248 same-aged patients (142 girls) in ordinary dental care.

Pain and fear in connection to orthodontic extractions of deciduous canines.

Background: Interceptive extractions of deciduous canines are, from a patient perspective, poorly investigated.

Aims: To describe pain, discomfort, and dental fear in connection to extractions of the deciduous canines, indicated as an orthodontic treatment procedure.

Design: Thirty-two Swedish children aged 7-9 years had all four deciduous canines extracted over three occasions.