A Case of Cheilitis Granulomatosa/Orofacial Granulomatosis.

A case of a 19-year-old female patient is presented to a private practice dental clinician with swelling of the lower lip and inflammation of the anterior dorsal tongue. The patient presented with moderate oral pain as well as abdominal pain. The lesions were biopsied and noted for a granulomatous histopathologic appearance.

Using insurance claims and demographic data for surveillance of children's oral health.

Objectives: This paper examines the utility of using private insurance and Medicaid dental claims as well as demographic data for assessing the oral health of children aged 5-12 years in Genesee County, Michigan, communities.

Methods: Dental insurance claims data from Delta Plan of Michigan and Michigan Medicaid, plus demographic data from the 1990 US Census (percent poverty) and from the 1995 National Center for Educational Statistics (percent free or reduced lunch eligibility), were compared to findings from two school-based oral health surveys. These surveys were the 1995 Genesee County Oral Health Survey and the 1998-2001 Mott Children's Health Center oral health screenings.

Early childhood caries and quality of life: child and parent perspectives.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of early childhood caries (ECC) on children's oral health-related quality of life (QOL) before and 4 weeks after its treatment, as assessed by the children themselves as well as by their parents/guardians.

Methods: This study had a longitudinal intervention design. Sixty-nine children diagnosed with ECC and 43 children without caries (combined children's mean age=50.