Oral health status of pregnant women in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Oral diseases have been shown to negatively affect pregnancy outcomes, yet, routine oral health care is not a component of the antenatal care package in Nigeria. This study was designed to describe the pattern of the oral conditions in pregnancy compared to the non-pregnant controls. Two hundred and twenty-five pregnant women and 166 non-pregnant controls were studied from two healthcare facilities in Ilorin.

Oral health-related quality of life following non-surgical (routine) tooth extraction: A pilot study.

Aim: The study was designed to explore the changes in oral health-related quality of life (QoL) in the immediate postoperative period following routine (non-surgical) dental extraction.

Setting And Design: A prospective study carried out at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery clinic of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: Subjects attending who required non-surgical removal of one or two teeth under local anesthesia were included in the study.

Distal cervical caries in second molars associated with impacted mandibular third molars: a case-control study.

OBJECTIVE: This study compares the incidence of cervical caries in the mandibular second molar associated with impacted third molar with that of fully erupted third molar. STUDY DESIGN: The participants consisted of subjects with second molar adjacent to an impacted third molar (study group), and subject with second molar adjacent to a fully erupted third molar (control group). Incidence of cervical caries on the second molar and other variables were recorded and analyzed for both groups.

Is healing outcome of 2 weeks intermaxillary fixation different from that of 4 to 6 weeks intermaxillary fixation in the treatment of mandibular fractures?

Purpose: This study was undertaken to compare the healing outcome of a short period (2 weeks) of intermaxillary fixation (IMF) with conventional (4-6 weeks) IMF in the management of fractures of the mandibular tooth-bearing area.

Materials And Methods: This was a randomized controlled study conducted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, between November 2007 and January 2009. Subjects with minimally displaced mandibular fractures in the tooth-bearing area were randomly allocated into 2 treatment groups: IMF for 2 weeks (study group) or IMF for 4 to 6 weeks (control group).