Accuracy of Age Estimation Using Three Dental Age Estimation Methods in a Young, Large, and Multiethnic Patient Sample.

European countries have become host countries for migrants and unaccompanied minors. However, many migrants arrive without identity documents. Many methods exist to estimate age; among them, several methods using dental age have been proposed.

[Oral emergencies at Strasbourg teaching hospitals during the COVID-19 lockdown: Patient care circuits, typologies, and profiles].

Purpose Of Research: We aimed to describe the type of emergencies as well as the population treated for oral emergencies at the Pôle de Médecine et Chirurgie Bucco-Dentaires (Dental Medicine and Surgery Center) of Strasbourg during the COVID-19 lockdown period from March 17 to May 9, 2020.

Unlabelled: Information on patient care circuits as well as the demographic and clinical data concerning all those who accessed the Center during the study period were collected by questionnaire and from medical files. Pain was rated on a numerical scale from 0 to 10.

[Oral health, a public health issue in 2023: Reflections and actions of the ASPBD].

The first Dental Public Health Day, in 2001, was not only the starting point for the creation of the Association des Acteurs de la Santé Publique Bucco-Dentaire (ASPBD), but also for the recognition of this specialty in France, even though it had already been recognized by the American Dental Association as early as 1950. Every year, the ASPBD organizes a national oral health day. The ASPBD brings together the vast majority of French odontologists and academic researchers in the field, as well as other French-speaking academics.

Efficacy of Articaine or Eugenol for Pain Relief after Emergency Coronal Pulpotomy in Teeth with Irreversible Pulpitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Unlabelled: Irreversible pulpitis is an extremely painful dental pathology. Its emergency treatment, pulpotomy, should include the use of a pulp dressing in the pulp chamber until the final treatment. Various antalgic products have been suggested as efficient medications to relieve the patient's pain and are commonly used, but data for scientific validation are scarce.

Back pain prevention program: An evaluation after a 10-year implementation amongst dental students.

Background: Many studies show a higher prevalence of back pain for dentists and dental students than in the general population. This leads to a need to integrate an effective back pain prevention program (BPPP) into the student's curriculum. We have implemented such a program for 10 years, and the objective was to evaluate its effectiveness.

Intraoral optical impression versus conventional impression for fully edentulous maxilla: an in vivo comparative study.

Aim: The aim of the present in vivo study was to compare the clinical trueness of primary mucostatic impressions obtained either by a classical alginate or an optical intraoral scanner technique in patients with a fully edentulous maxilla.

Materials And Methods: A total of 30 patients with a fully edentulous maxilla were included in the study and underwent both conventional impressions and intraoral optical impressions (Trios 3). The conventional impressions were casted and the resulting plaster casts were digitized using a desktop scanner (Imetric D104i).

Translation and validation of a French version of the Xerostomia Inventory.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the transcultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the French-language version of the Xerostomia Inventory (XI-Fr).

Methods: In total, 65 patients aged 65 years or older were recruited from three departments of a single French hospital. Patients had to have a Mini Mental State Examination score of 10 or more and be able to read and write French.

Comparative effectiveness of nonsurgical interventions in the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis: A PRISMA-compliant systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Background: To find out, based on the available recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs), if the nonsurgical interventions commonly used for knee osteoarthritis patients are valid and quantify their efficiency.

Methods: The database of MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched for RCTs evaluating nonsurgical treatment strategies on patients with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis. A Bayesian random-effects network meta-analysis was performed.

Cleaning of dental handpieces and associated parameters: Internal and external cleaning, drying and rotation.

Purpose: To evaluate the cleaning of dental handpieces and its associated parameters, internal, external cleaning and drying, and rotation, for two washer-disinfectors: Teon+ by W&H, and a dental rack for WD290 by Belimed.

Methods: An original method was developed with resin flags on dental burs to assess the inner rotation during the cleaning cycle. Concerning the cleaning and drying evaluation, three groups (9, 24 and 22 handpieces) were used in different conditions: soiled with Soil Test, soiled with heparinized blood, used in real conditions after a dental procedure, and clean (as control).

An Evaluation of Two Systems for the Management of the Microbiological Quality of Water in Dental Unit Waterlines: Hygowater and IGN Calbénium.

Water in dental unit waterlines (DUWL) represents a risk for vulnerable patients if its microbiological quality is not controlled. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate two systems for its management under real conditions: Hygowater and IGN Calbenium. Samples of the output water of DUWL were obtained for 5 previously contaminated units connected to Hygowater, and 5 non-contaminated units connected to IGN Calbenium, which was already effective for more than 1 year, as a control group.

Changes in tooth brushing frequency and its associated factors from 2006 to 2014 among French adolescents: Results from three repeated cross sectional HBSC studies.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate in the changes in the percentage of adolescents who brush their teeth twice a day and the association with socio-economic status and health behaviors between 2006, 2010 and 2014 among adolescents from the French cross-sectional studies of the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.

Methods: Our sample included 18727 adolescents aged 11, 13 or 15 years old (y/o). The relationship between toothbrushing frequency (TBF) and eating habits, health and socio-economic status markers, family status, school perception, substance use, sedentary lifestyle and physical activity, together with their evolution over the 3 studies, were investigated using multivariate logistic regression.

[Oral care and the Coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic].

The COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic started in December 2019 in China, and progressed very quickly in France. Its consequences were the implementation of national measures such as the containment of the population, but also a disorganization of the healthcare system, in particular concerning oral care. Indeed, dental procedures produce aerosols which can be loaded with viral particles, and as such, constitute a major contamination route by the virus.

[Oral care and the Coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic].

The COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic started in December 2019 in China, and progressed very quickly in France. Its consequences were the implementation of national measures such as the containment of the population, but also a disorganization of the healthcare system, in particular concerning oral care. Indeed, dental procedures produce aerosols which can be loaded with viral particles, and as such, constitute a major contamination route by the virus.

Bone Grafts, Bone Substitutes and Regenerative Medicine Acceptance for the Management of Bone Defects Among French Population: Issues about Ethics, Religion or Fear?

Several techniques exist to manage bone defects in patients: bone grafts (autograft, allograft, xenograft), use of synthetic bone substitutes, or use of the products of bone regenerative medicine. Studies generally focus on their efficacy, but few focus on their acceptance. Our objectives were to assess their theoretical acceptance among the French general population, and to identify issues justifying refusals, by mean of an open e-questionnaire.

Mobile Dental Delivery System: An Effective Protocol for Hygiene and Disinfection.

Mobile dental delivery systems (MDDSs) are receiving growing interest for reaching isolated patients, as well as in dental care for fragile and hospitalized patients, with the advantage of being able to be used from room to room or during general anesthesia (GA) in an operating room. Therefore, ensuring the care safety is crucial. The aim of this study was to elaborate and assess an MDDS maintenance protocol, containing the management of dental unit waterlines and adapted to specific conditions such as dental care under GA.

Back pain prevalence, intensity and associated factors in French dentists: a national study among 1004 professionals.

Objectives: Back pains are the most frequent musculoskeletal disorders among dentists, exposed to many work-related risk factors. We aimed to assess the prevalence and intensity of back pains as well as the impact of some work behaviors among a large sample of dentists.

Materials And Methods: Data from 1004 French dentists were collected via an Internet questionnaire.

Evaluation of the mechanical cleaning efficacy of dental handpieces.

Background: Dental handpieces undergo a decontamination process before reutilization. Thorough cleaning is a prerequisite to effective sterilization, to guarantee safety and prevent cross-infections.

Aim: To assess the cleaning efficacy offered by devices dedicated to dental handpieces.

Bone substitutes: a review of their characteristics, clinical use, and perspectives for large bone defects management.

Bone replacement might have been practiced for centuries with various materials of natural origin, but had rarely met success until the late 19th century. Nowadays, many different bone substitutes can be used. They can be either derived from biological products such as demineralized bone matrix, platelet-rich plasma, hydroxyapatite, adjunction of growth factors (like bone morphogenetic protein) or synthetic such as calcium sulfate, tri-calcium phosphate ceramics, bioactive glasses, or polymer-based substitutes.

A five-year follow-up of a root fracture in a ten-year-old boy.

The management of horizontal root fracture still presents a challenge to clinicians. The case of a 10-year-old boy with a horizontal root fracture in the left maxillary central incisor (tooth number 21) is described here. The fracture was present at the junction of the apical and the middle thirds.

Hybrid collagen sponge and stem cells as a new combined scaffold able to induce the re-organization of endothelial cells into clustered networks.

The time needed to obtain functional regenerated bone tissue depends on the existence of a reliable vascular support. Current techniques used in clinic, for example after tooth extraction, do not allow regaining or preserving the same bone volume. Our aim is to develop a cellularized active implant of the third generation, equipped with human mesenchymal stem cells to improve the quality of implant vascularization.

Contamination of dental unit waterlines: assessment of three continuous water disinfection systems.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy of three continuous water disinfection systems for dental units under real conditions of dental care.

Design And Settings: A prospective study carried out from 45 days to 20 months on the water microbial quality of the dental units is benefited from three different systems: two chemical treatment systems (IGN EVO/Calbenium/IGN Cartridge and Sterispray) and one physical treatment system (BacTerminator). Studied items were six dental units of the Dental Medicine and Oral Surgery Center within the University Hospital of Strasbourg (HUS), France.