A Comparison of Hard and Soft Occlusal Splints for the Treatment of Nocturnal Bruxism in Children Using the BiteSTRIP®.

Objective: Bruxism is defined as a parafunctional activity. It could be in diurnal or nocturnal form, based on the time it occurs. The purpose of the study compares the effectiveness of occlusal splint treatments in children with nocturnal bruxism using the BiteStrip®.

Evaluation of effect of warm local anesthetics on pain perception during dental injections in children: a split-mouth randomized clinical trial.

Objectives: The present study evaluates the efficacy of warm local anesthetic (37 °C) administration and injections of local anesthetics at room temperature (21 °C) in reducing pain during injections in children undergoing dental procedures.

Materials And Methods: Enrolled for this split-mouth randomized clinical study were 100 children aged 5-8 years. Within the random crossover design selected for the study, each patient was randomly assigned to receive either a body or room temperature local anesthesia in the first session and the other local anesthesia on the second session.

Postoperative Pain After Root Canal Preparation with Hand and Rotary Files in Primary Molar Teeth.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the intensity and duration of postoperative pain after root canal preparation of primary maxillary molar teeth using two preparation techniques.

Methods: A total of 110 patients requiring pulpectomy for asymptomatic primary molar teeth with non-vital pulps were included in the study. The patients were randomly assigned to two groups of 55 patients each, according to the canal preparation method used.

Evaluation of root canal morphology of human primary molars by using CBCT and comprehensive review of the literature.

Objective: Knowledge of primary tooth morphology is essential for clinical dentistry, especially for root canal treatment and dental traumatology. However, this has not been well documented to date with a large sample. This study was carried out to investigate the variation in number and morphology of the root canals of the primary molars, to study the applicability of cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT) in assessing the same and to provide a comprehensive review of the literature.

Prevalence of dental anomalies in the permanent dentition of children with Down syndrome.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of various congenital dental anomalies in the permanent dentition of Turkish children with Down syndrome.

Methods: The sample consisted of 216 diagnostic records of children diagnosed with Down syndrome. All subjects had a clinical examination as well as radiographs and photographs taken.

Cone beam computed tomographic analysis of neurovascular anatomical variations other than the nasopalatine canal in the anterior maxilla in a pediatric population.

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze and assess the presence of accessory foramina and canals other than the nasopalatine canal (NPC) in the anterior palate region in a pediatric population, through cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images, describing their location, direction, and diameter.

Study Design: Reformatted sagittal, coronal and axial slices of 368 individual CBCT images were analyzed. Any bone canal with a minimum diameter of 1.

Cone beam computed tomographic analysis of the shape, height, and location of the mandibular lingula in a population of children.

Objectives: This is the first study to identify and classify the different morphological shapes of the mandibular lingula (ML) in children using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was performed to evaluate the shape, height, and location of the ML in relation to the surrounding structures using CBCT images of mandibles obtained from 269 children. The shape of the ML was classified into triangular, truncated, nodular, or assimilated types.

Implants in children with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia: an alternative approach to esthetic management: case report and review of the literature.

Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a rare congenital disease that affects several ectodermal structures. Children with ED may have various manifestations of the disease that differ in severity. In addition to its other symptoms, ED causes anadontia and hypodontia of the primary or permanent teeth, impacted teeth, malformed and widely spaced peg-shaped teeth, and underdeveloped alveolar ridges.

Infantile malignant osteopetrosis: report of 2 cases with osteomyelitis of the jaws.

Infantile malignant osteopetrosis (IMO) is an uncommon autosomal recessive disease characterized by dense, brittle, sclerotic, radiopaque bones, which generally results in neurological and hematological abnormalities. In general, IMO is fatal, as patients fail to grow and expire due to complications of the disease such as severe chronic anemia, bleeding, and/or infections. In children with IMO, the development of the dentition is seriously disturbed.

Solitary median maxillary central incisor: a report of 2 cases.

A single median maxillary central incisor (SMMCI) is a rare dental anomaly that may occur alone or be associated with growth deficiency or other systemic abnormalities. The best known association is with holoprosencephaly (HPE). HPE is a complex brain malformation that affects both the forebrain and the face.

Do fluoride and casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate affect shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets bonded to a demineralized enamel surface?

Objective: To compare the effects of fluoride and casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) containing topical agents on shear bond strength (SBS) and fracture mode of orthodontic brackets bonded to demineralized enamel.

Materials And Methods: Eighty freshly extracted human premolar teeth were randomly divided into four equal groups. The first group was the control, and no pretreatment was performed on this group.

Periodontal status in two siblings with severe congenital neutropenia: diagnosis and mutational analysis of the cases.

Background: Severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), also known as Kostmann syndrome, was originally reported as an autosomal recessive disease of neutrophil production. The disease is characterized by a maturation arrest of neutrophil precursors at the promyelocytic stage of differentiation and by extremely low levels of mature neutrophils in peripheral blood.

Methods: A 6-year-old male presented with a complaint of gingival swelling and bleeding, and swelling at the left side of his face.