Impact of Protracted War Crisis on Dental Students: A Comparative Multicountry Cross-sectional Study.

Background: The impact of conflict and war crisis on dental students is poorly understood. Given the prolonged conflicts and political instability in the Arabic-speaking countries, it is crucial to investigate the effect of these conditions on dental students. This study aimed to assess the impact of protracted war on dental students by comparing the personal, university, and wider context challenges they face across war-affected and unaffected countries.

Effect of dental trauma management resources on dental practitioners' confidence and knowledge: A pilot cross-sectional study.

Background/aim: The knowledge of standardized care guidelines is critical to the confidence of practitioners in managing dental trauma. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the awareness, use and impact of the International Association of Dental Traumatology guidelines, and the online Dental Trauma Guide on general dental practitioners' self-reported confidence and knowledge in managing traumatic dental injuries in the primary and permanent dentitions.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional, pre-piloted, 27-item self-administered questionnaire survey was distributed electronically to general dental practitioners' working within five member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar) between September and December 2020.

Management of Maxillary Premolar with Pre-eruptive Intracoronal Resorption: A 5-year Follow-up Case.

Aim And Objective: The present article aims to describe and discuss the preventive clinical management of a pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption (PEIR) defect on a maxillary right second premolar of an 11-year, 5-month-old girl.

Background: Pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption is described as an abnormal, well-circumscribed, radiolucent area, occurring within the coronal dentinal tissue close to the dentinoenamel junction of unerupted teeth and extending into various depths of the dentin. It is a rare anomaly occurring in primary and permanent dentitions.

Palatine Tonsilloliths: A Retrospective Study on 500 Digital Panoramic Radiographs.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate palatine tonsilloliths in the Lebanese population via digital panoramic radiographs.

Materials And Methods: Digital panoramic radiographs of a sample of 500 Lebanese adult patients (281 females and 219 males) with an average age of 47.9 years were included in this study and assessed for tonsilloliths.

Behavior of Lebanese Pediatricians regarding Children's Oral Health.

Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate the behavior of Lebanese pediatricians regarding children's oral health.

Materials And Methods: A cross sectional study including 100 Lebanese pediatricians was performed. They answered 11 questions.

Awareness of Lebanese Pediatricians regarding Children's Oral Health.

Unlabelled: Pediatricians have an important role in early identification and prevention of oral health, but they reported lack of knowledge in this field.

Aim: the aim of the study is to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of Lebanese pediatricians regarding children's oral health.

Materials And Methods: A cross sectional study including 100 Lebanese pediatricians was performed.

Inflammatory Paradental Cyst in the Mandibular Region: A Report of Two Cases.

A distinctive form of paradental cyst can occur on the buccal and apical aspects of erupted mandibular molars. This cyst has peculiar clinical and radiographic features, although the microscopic findings are the same as those of odontogenic inflammatory cysts. Diagnostic and therapeutic problems can occur when this lesion is misinterpreted as a radicular cyst.