Understanding the Enamel Disintegration and Posteruptive Breakdown of Demarcated Opacities on Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation.

This review aims to present scientific knowledge regarding the demarcated opacities of molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) and factors that clarify the occurrence of posteruptive enamel breakdown. The demarcated opacities have distinct boundaries with the adjacent nonaffected enamel and may vary in color among white, creamy, yellow, and brownish. The hypomineralised enamel is more porous and less organized than the nonaffected enamel.

Impact of Clinical Consequences of Pulp Involvement due to Caries on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Introduction: Dental caries with pulp involvement potentially impacts the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate whether clinical consequences of pulp involvement due to dental caries impacts OHRQoL of children and adolescents.

Methods: Observational studies evaluating whether children/adolescents (population) with pulp involvement due to caries (exposition) compared with those without it (comparison) have more negative impact on their OHRQoL (outcome) were included.

Unjustified use of amber necklaces for teething symptoms alleviation: Succinic acid release underperforms compared with natural skin bacteria production.

Background: There is limited evidence of succinic acid release from amber necklace that justifies its biological plausibility.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the release of succinic acid from Baltic amber beads in the presence of Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Design: The Baltic amber beads from the necklace were stratified according to their weight (average 0.

Influence of genetics on the occurrence of enamel hypomineralization affecting permanent and primary teeth: A scoping review.

Background: Molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is prevalent worldwide and is a challenge for clinicians who provide oral care to children. Molar incisor hypomineralization has been considered a multifactorial disturbance that results from a combination of environmental and genetic factors.

Aim: This scoping review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute protocol and aimed to identify the available evidence of the genetic influence on the etiology of MIH.

Do patients with molar incisor hypomineralization have more dental anxiety and behavior management problems? A systematic review with meta-analysis.

This systematic review evaluated the available evidence on whether children with molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) have more dental fear and anxiety (DFA) and dental behavior management problems (DBMPs) than those without MIH (Prospero CDR42020203851). Unrestricted searches were performed in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Lilacs, BBO, Embase, Cochrane Library, APA PsycINFO, Open Grey, and Google Scholar. Observational studies evaluating DFA and/or DBMPs in patients with and without MIH were eligible.

Symmetry of carious lesions in primary and permanent teeth in children as a predictor of future caries patterns.

This study evaluated the bilateral symmetry of carious lesions in the primary and permanent teeth of children. The clinical records of patients aged 3 to 14 years who had carious lesions were evaluated. Dental caries was assessed using the modified decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft/DMFT) index, and the biofilm was assessed using the O'Leary plaque control record.

Impact of masking hypomineralization opacities in anterior teeth on the esthetic perception of children and parents: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of treating demarcated opacities in anterior teeth on the esthetic perception of children and their parents. Additionally, the masking effect was evaluated quantitively and qualitatively.

Methods: Thirty-nine patients, 8-18 years-old, presenting white-creamy opacity in permanent incisors were randomly allocated to test or control group.

Prevalence and Severity of Molar Incisor Hypomineralization in Brazilian Children.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, severity, and distribution of molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) and its association with socioeconomic characteristics among eight-year-old students from public schools in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This cross-sectional study evaluated 450 eight-year-old Brazilian children. A questionnaire was used to assess socioeconomic factors (family income, maternal education, and person per household).

Caries lesion transition patterns of schoolchildren in a fluoridated community in Brazil.

Objective: To describe the caries lesion transition pattern in permanent tooth surfaces over 2 years among a convenience sample of children in a fluoridated (0.8 ppm F) low-socioeconomic community of Brazil.

Material And Methods: One hundred forty-nine schoolchildren (7-12 years) were examined for caries using Nyvad criteria at baseline and after 2 years.

Management of dental caries lesions in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Caries management at the lesion level is dependent on the lesion activity, the presence of a cavitation (either cleanable or non-cleanable), and lesion depth as evaluated via radiographic examination. A variety of non-invasive, micro-invasive, and minimally invasive treatment (with or without restoration) options are available for primary and permanent teeth. Non-invasive strategies include oral hygiene instructions, dietary counseling, and personal as well as professional use of fluoridated products that reduce demineralization and increase re-mineralization.

Esthetic Management of Incisors with Diffuse and Demarcated Opacities: 24 Month Follow-up Case Report.

Clinical Relevance: A minimally invasive esthetic treatment can provide longevity and color stability.

Summary: This clinical case report describes a minimally invasive approach to mask diffuse and demarcated opacities in permanent anterior teeth in an eight-year-old child who was upset with the appearance of her incisors. Clinical examination showed diffuse opacities in teeth 7, 8, 9, and 10, diagnosed as dental fluorosis associated with yellow demarcated opacity in tooth 9 related to molar-incisor hypomineralization.

Randomized controlled clinical trial of resin infiltration in primary molars: 2 years follow-up.

Objective: The aim of this split-mouth, randomized, controlled clinical trial was to evaluate the efficacy of resin infiltration in controlling the progression of non-cavitated proximal lesions in primary molars after two-years follow-up.

Methods: Fifty healthy children presenting at least two primary molars with proximal lesion detected radiographically (in the inner half of enamel or the outer third of dentin) were included in the study. The proximal lesions were randomly allocated into resin infltration + flossing (test group) or flossing (control group).

The effect of pulp inflammation and premature extraction of primary molars on the successor permanent teeth. A retrospective study.

Background: Untreated caries on primary molars often leads to pulp inflammation and extraction.

Aim: To retrospectively investigate the effect of pulp inflammation and extraction of primary molars on their successors regarding alignment in the dental arch and developmental enamel defects (DED).

Design: The participants in this study were children at public schools in Petropolis (Brazil), who participated in a 3-year longitudinal clinical trial.

Reliability and validity of a new classification of MIH based on severity.

Objectives: To describe a new molar-incisor hypomineralization (MIH) severity scoring system (MIH-SSS) that focuses on the defects' severity and to assess the system's validity and reliability over 3 years.

Materials And Methods: One hundred eighty-one children diagnosed with MIH were examined by MIH-SSS. For reliability assessment, 15-20 children were examined twice, and analyses were performed at the tooth level at four different cutoff points.

Accuracy of tactile assessment in order to detect proximal cavitation of caries lesions in vitro.

Objectives: Discriminating non-cavitated from cavitated proximal lesions without tooth separation is only limitedly possible using visual-radiographic assessment alone. We evaluated how additional tactile assessment might increase the accuracy of this discrimination in vitro.

Methods: Surface integrity of 46 primary molars with proximal lesions extending radiographically into outer third of dentin (ICDAS-codes: 2 n = 34, 3 n = 8 and 5 n = 4) were mounted in groups of two in manikin heads and independently assessed by three examiners using visual-radiographic and additional tactile assessment using a cow-horn-ended explorer with or without gingival displacement.

Efficacy of sealing occlusal caries with a flowable composite in primary molars: A 2-year randomized controlled clinical trial.

Objectives: This randomized controlled clinical trial evaluated the efficacy of sealing carious dentin in controlling the progression of lesions in primary molars for 2-year follow-up.

Materials And Methods: Children (6.79 ± 1.

Breakdown of demarcated opacities related to molar-incisor hypomineralization: a longitudinal study.

Objectives: This prospective longitudinal study aimed to evaluate if the occurrence of post-eruptive breakdown of demarcated opacities in hypomineralized teeth is influenced by the color or location of the opacity.

Materials And Methods: Patients diagnosed with molar-incisor hypomineralization (MIH) between 2012 and 2014 were eligible. Two calibrated examiners performed the initial and follow-up evaluations according to European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (EAPD) criteria.

Efficacy of resin infiltration of proximal caries in primary molars: 1-year follow-up of a split-mouth randomized controlled clinical trial.

Objective: The main purpose of this split month, randomized, controlled clinical trial was evaluate the efficacy of caries infiltration in controlling the progression of non-cavitated proximal lesions in primary molars. Anxiety and time required for the caries infiltration was also evaluated.

Materials And Methods: Fifty healthy children, 5 to 9 years, presenting two primary molars with proximal caries lesions (1/2 of the enamel or outer 1/3 of dentin), were included.

Influence of the microbiological component of Cariogram for evaluating the risk of caries in children.

Objective: To compare the risk for caries in children as determined by Cariogram software (CS; Stockholm, Sweden) with and without its microbiological component and by a form based on Cariogram (FBC).

Methods: Children (n = 28) aged 3-9 years were included. Data were collected clinically and from anamnesis.

Relating Molar Incisor Hypomineralization and Caries Experience Using the Decayed, Missing, or Filled Index.

Purpose: This case-control study aimed to investigate the association between molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) and caries experience in seven- to 11-year-old children.

Methods: Children seen in a pediatric dental clinic in 2011 to 2012 and born in 2002, 2003, or 2004 were considered eligible. Children with decayed, missing, or filled teeth in the permanent dentition (DMF-T) were allocated to the case group, and those with no DMF-T were allocated to the control group.

A systematic review on the association between molar incisor hypomineralization and dental caries.

Background: Molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a defect of enamel. The lower strength of the enamel can lead to fractures that predispose for plaque accumulation and caries.

Aim: This systematic review aimed to assess the association between MIH and caries.

Efficacy of chemomechanical caries removal in reducing cariogenic microbiota: a randomized clinical trial.

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of chemochemical methods (Carisolv™ and Papacárie®) versus the manual method (excavators) in reducing the cariogenic microbiota in dentine caries of primary teeth. Forty-six healthy children (5 to 9 years old) having at least one primary tooth with a cavitated dentine carious lesion were included in the study. The teeth presented no clinical or radiographic signs of pulpal involvement.

Is non-cavitated proximal lesion sealing an effective method for caries control in primary and permanent teeth? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of sealing non-cavitated proximal caries lesions in primary and permanent teeth.

Data: Only controlled clinical trials and randomized controlled clinical trials that evaluated the effectiveness of sealing on non-cavitated proximal caries with a minimum follow-up of 12 months were included in the study. The primary outcome should be arrestment/progression of proximal caries evaluated by bitewing radiographs.

Pretreatment of natural caries lesions affects penetration depth of infiltrants in vitro.

Objectives: Limited evidence exists about the usefulness of ethanol or acetone application to desiccate caries lesions before resin infiltration. Therefore, this in vitro study aimed to compare the penetration depths (PD) of an infiltrant (DMG, Germany) into natural caries lesions using various pretreatments.

Material And Methods: Extracted permanent human molars and premolars showing non-cavitated caries lesions were etched (90 s, 15 % HCl gel) and stored in pooled saliva (7 days).

Ex vivo evaluation of caries infiltration after different application times in primary molars.

Low viscosity resins (infiltrants) have been shown to penetrate the lesion body of natural caries lesions almost completely in vitro. However, penetration depths (PD) have not been evaluated in vivo. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the penetration of an infiltrant into proximal caries lesions in primary molars after different application times using an ex vivo model.