A Clinical Evaluation of Gingival Overgrowth in Children on Antiepileptic Drug Therapy.

Introduction: Gingival overgrowth, a well-known side effect of chronic phenytoin therapy has also been known to be caused by other anti epileptic drugs (AED's). Various factors like plaque, gingival inflammation, and periodontal health have been postulated to effect gingival overgrowth.

Aim: To identify the AED having an effect on gingival overgrowth and to study the factors affecting it.

A Comparative Evaluation of Microleakage of Glass Ionomer Cement and Chitosan-modified Glass Ionomer Cement: An in vitro Study.

Objective: To do a comparative study of microleakage of glass ionomer cement (GIC) and chitosan modified glass ionomer cement and evaluate which exhibited lesser microleakage.

Materials And Methods: Sixty freshly extracted sound primary molar teeth were obtained. Two groups of samples were created for the study which comprised of group I (glass ionomer cement-GIC) and group II (Chitosan modified glass ionomer cement).

A Comparative Evaluation of the Effect of Bonding Agent on the Tensile Bond Strength of Two Pit and Fissure Sealants Using Invasive and Non-invasive Techniques: An in-vitro Study.

Background: Newer technologies and the development of pit and fissure sealants have shifted the treatment philosophy from 'drill and fill' to that of 'seal and heal'.

Aims: The purpose of this in-vitro study was to evaluate the effects of bonding agents on the tensile bond strengths of two pit and fissure sealants by using invasive and non-invasive techniques.

Study Design And Methods: One hundred and twenty bicuspids were collected and teeth were divided into two groups: Group-I (Clinpro) and Group-II (Conseal f) with 60 teeth in each group.

Displacement, location, and angulation of unerupted permanent maxillary canines and absence of canine bulge in children.

Introduction: In this study, we examined displacement (labiopalatal and mesiodistal) and angulation of unerupted permanent maxillary canines on either side in children (n = 49) aged between 10 and 12 years with unilateral absence of the canine bulge on palpation.

Methods: The side without the canine bulge was considered the experimental (n = 49) and the contralateral side (where the bulge was palpable) the control (n = 49) in each subject. Orthopantomographs were taken to assess mesiodistal displacement and angulation of the canines on both sides.

Surgical Repositioning of a Dilacerated Impacted Incisor.

Dilaceration is one of the most common complications of trauma to deciduous dentition. The possible causes of dilaceration are trauma and developmental disturbances, while some authors suggest an association with some developmental syndromes. Dilaceration can be seen in both the permanent and deciduous dentition.

Comparison between the dimensions of lateral incisor crowns adjacent to unerupted palatally displaced and nondisplaced canine.

Aim: To compare the dimensions of lateral incisor crowns adjacent to unerupted palatally displaced and nondisplaced permanent maxillary canines.

Methods: The sample consisted of 36 children between 10 and 12 years of age with unerupted maxillary canines. Each presented with a unilaterally palatally displaced (with respect to the lateral incisor) canine.

Applicability of the Moyers mixed dentition probability tables and new prediction aids for a contemporary population in India.

Introduction: The Moyers mixed dentition space analysis method is among the most commonly used in clinical practice for detecting tooth size-arch length discrepancies. In view of reported secular trends, racial, and sex differences in tooth sizes, the purposes of this study were to evaluate the applicability of Moyers probability tables in a contemporary orthodontic population of India and to formulate more accurate mixed dentition prediction aids.

Methods: Odontometric data were collected from 300 male and 300 female subjects of Indian descent, who had fully erupted mandibular permanent incisors and maxillary and mandibular canines and premolars.

Efficacy of 10% Povidone Iodine in children affected with early childhood caries: an in vivo study.

Unlabelled: For prevention of dental caries, S. mutans numbers must be reduced and prevented from returning to the original level. An antibacterial agent that is effective and also acceptable to young children can help to establish a favorable oral environment and halt the caries process.

Arch length deficiency on sides containing palatally erupting canines.

Aim: To measure the arch length of sides containing palatally displaced canines and to compare them with those of contralateral sides with normally positioned canines.

Methods: The study sample consisted of 36 children 10 to 12 years of age with unerupted permanent maxillary canines who presented with palatally displaced canines, unilaterally, with respect to the maxillary lateral incisors. The palatal displacement was evaluated using the horizontal tube shift method with periapical radiographs, after the canine cusp tips were found to overlap their adjacent lateral incisors on panoramic radiographs.

Reliability of the magnification method for localisation of ectopic upper canines.

Objective: To evaluate the reliability of the magnification method for localisation of palatally placed canines.

Methods: Panoramic radiographs were taken of subjects, aged 10 to 12 years, with unerupted upper permanent canines. Two periapical radiographs (horizontal parallax method) were then used to identify 36 sublects with one palatally placed canine.