The incidence of lidocaine allergy in dentists: an evaluation of 100 general dental practitioners.

Objectives: Local anesthetics are some of the most common drugs used in dentistry and about 6 million people daily around the world are subjected to their effect in procedures performed by a similar number of dentists who, in turn, are usually not aware of the fact of being allergic to this group of medications. Assuming that dentists are also patients, and that in their daily practice the contact with the allergen is very frequent, it is essential to assess the incidence of allergy to lidocaine in general dental practitioners.

Material And Methods: The authors evaluated a group of 100 general dental practitioners in whom adverse reactions similar to anaphylaxis occurred after local anesthesia.

ATYPICAL DISLOCATION OF IMPACTED PERMANENT TEETH IN CHILDREN. OWN EXPERIENCE.

Introduction: Disturbances in forming of the hard tissue of teeth and bones can be a cause of their malformation and translocation. The impact of permanent teeth is one of them. It can occur with translocation of the tooth germ.

Central giant cell granuloma located in the maxilla in a 8-year old boy.

Unlabelled: Central giant cell granuloma is a rare occurring tumor-like lesion of the facial part of the skull, located more often in mandible (from 2:1 to 3:1), than in the maxilla. It accounts for 7% of all benign tumors of the jaws, whereas the brown tumor is a complication of a primary hyperparathyroidism and occurs in approximately 4.5%, or in 1.

Dental problems in a patient with the classic type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome--a case report.

The huge progress in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in developmental medicine allowed not only to save lives of many children and adolescents, but also enforced the necessity of close cooperation between many specialists. Unfortunately dental treatment is still not an integral part of taking care of disabled children and youth with chronic diseases. The situation worsens, when we come across the so-called rare diseases.

Dental issues in Rett syndrome.

The advancements in science and technology allowed saving the lives of children, who had no chance of survival before. Hence the problem of so called rare diseases, usually genetically determined. It is a new challenge for both the physicians and the health services.

[Large dentigerous cyst caused by retained tooth 25].

Follicular cysts are benign, non-inflammatory odontogenic cysts, usually painless and discovered during routine radiographic examination. The article describes a case of a large follicular cyst with retained tooth 25. Pantomographic x ray showed the presence of a large follicular cyst located on the side of the impacted 25 tooth.

[Malignant hyperthermia - problem in dental surgery. An introductory report].

Malignant hyperthermia is a genetic defect of uncontrolled hypermetabolic skeletal muscle response to anesthetic triggering drugs. Some congenital myopathies are regarded as risk increasing factors. The use of volatile anaesthetics or suxamethonium (succinylcholine) in patients who are predisposed to malignant hyperthermia leads to an increase in Ca2+ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum, which in turn causes a set of biochemical and clinical symptoms, which can be a cause of death, if dantrolene is not administered adequately.