The Pattern and Impact of Social Media Use among Orthodontists and Orthodontic Resident Doctors in Nigeria.

Background: This study aims to assess the orthodontists'/orthodontic resident doctors' use of social media, social variables such as gender and age grouping and the impact of social media use on orthodontic practice.

Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among Orthodontists and orthodontic residents in the country. This study involved a convenient sampling.

Pattern and prevalence of dental anomalies among a paediatric population in Lagos, Nigeria.

Background: Dental anomalies are craniofacial abnormalities in the size, structure or number of the teeth. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of dental anomalies among children aged 0-16 years attending the Paediatric Dental Clinic at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was used and data were obtained from the dental records of the Dental Clinic from January 2014 to August 2019 by two calibrated examiners, who are co-authors of the manuscript.

Prevalence of Malocclusion in Children between the Age of 10-15 Years in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River.

Introduction/objective: Malocclusion has previously been reported by some Nigerian authors with different prevalence values, but not one can be found about population from Calabar area of the country. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of malocclusion amongst school children who are between the ages of 10-15 years in Calabar metropolis.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among school children aged 10-15 years in four secondary schools in Calabar metropolis, Cross River state, Nigeria.

Comparison of the treatment outcomes of the conventional stainless steel crown restorations and the hall technique in the treatment of carious primary molars.

Background: Dental caries is a multifactorial disease that causes reversible decalcification and cavitation of susceptible teeth exposed to sugary substrates over a period of time in the oral cavity. It gives clinical and social burdens to the child patients and their parents/carers. Stainless steel crown (SSC) restoration is one of the restorative treatment options in the management of carious primary molars.

Comparison of the Treatment Assessments of the Conventional Stainless-Steel Crown Restorations and the Hall Technique.

Background: Stainless steel crown (SSC) restoration is one of the restorative treatment options in the management of carious primary molars. The Hall technique is a biologic method of managing carious primary teeth by sealing in the caries with SSCs without the routine local anaesthesia and tooth preparations. The objectives of this study was to compare the treatment assessments of the conventional stainless steel crown restoration with Hall technique using subjects' discomfort during treatments and parents' treatment perception, treatment acceptability and satisfaction with the treatment.