Beyond the Clinic: why new bioactive restorative materials have really changed Paediatric Dentistry.

Background: The aim of this paper is to remind how evidence-based paediatric dentistry should not only consider the best available scientific evidence relating to the patient's oral conditions but it should also consider the patient's needs beyond the clinic. In a child-family-oriented approach, the best restorative treatment for a primary tooth could not be the proper one for the child as a whole. Preservation of dental tissues as much as possible, without involving the pulp, is called minimal intervention dentistry (MID) and it is closely related to "selective caries removal" and "bioactive restorative materials".

HDV RNA Levels and Progression of Hepatitis Delta Infection: A 14 Year Follow Up Experience in Italy.

Background: Identification of outcome predictors is one of the unmet needs in chronic HDV infection. Until recently, no reliable quantitative assays for HDV RNA were available.

Aims: To evaluate the impact of baseline viremia on natural history of HDV infection in a cohort of patients whose serum samples were stored at their first visit 15 years ago.

Child/family-oriented approach: the teeth come after.

Background: The aim of this paper is to promote reflection on the dentist's approach to the dental care of young patients, considering not only their oral care needs, but also the management of their behaviour, that is intrinsic to their life needs and to those of their families.

Case Report: This approach to dental care management stems from a thorough evaluation of the patient, the reason for dental visit, whether the child had previous dental visit(s), which might not have been positive, the family involvement and the emotional characteristics of the child and their parents. We should design a progressive customized path, sometimes starting only from secondary prevention in order to "comfortably" avoid the worsening of a given clinical condition, stimulate a concomitant positive behavioural response of all parties involved, until the child and their family are ready to take the next step, in terms of integrated restorative dentistry and/or paediatric orthodontics, where and when needed.

DOP Dentistry: digitally embracing orthodontics and paediatric dentistry.

Aim: The aim of this paper is to illustrate the concept of DOP Dentistry (Digital Ortho Paediatric Dentistry) in daily practice.

Case Report: DOP Dentistry is a new concept introduced by the authors to express the perfect integration between two disciplines that for a long time have been separated: paediatric dentistry and paediatric orthodontics. In modern dentistry it is increasingly important for the paediatric dentist to have skills and abilities that embrace both of these disciplines.

Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) Efficacy in Arresting Cavitated Caries Lesions in Primary Molars: A Systematic Review and Metanalysis.

A systematic review and meta-analysis were carried out to evaluate the efficacy of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in controlling caries progression in cavitated primary molars. A search for randomized and non-randomized trials with follow-up > 6 months was performed using PubMed, Scopus and Embase. The Cochrane risk of bias tools were used for the quality assessment.