The prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis among secondary school children in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis among secondary school children in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select the participants who consisted of children aged 12-14 years taken from eleven randomly selected secondary schools in the five local government areas of Ibadan Metropolis. The children were examined by the Principal Investigator after submitting parental administered questionnaires.

Conservative management of patients with gross morphological changes following complete loss of teeth: case reports.

This paper reports on the conservative management of five Nigerian edentulous patients who presented with shallow palatal vault, grossly resorbed and uneven alveolar ridges, flabby ridge forms, shallow sulci and loss of vertical face height as a result of tooth loss. There was associated loss of stability, retention and support of their complete dentures. Though the literature is replete with various problems in such patients, conservative treatment was employed in all the five cases, to achieve acceptable outcome.

The effect of psychological management on dental anxiety in children.

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of using of psychological management techniques on the level of anxiety in Nigerian children during dental management. The Short Form of the Dental Anxiety Survey Schedule was administered to 81 children who were attending a suburban dental clinic for the first time. This schedule was re-administered again two weeks later when they came for a follow up visit.

The effect of sociodemographic factors on dental anxiety in children seen in a suburban Nigerian hospital.

Objective: This paper attempts to determine the sociodemographic factors that relate to dental anxiety in suburban African children.

Methods: A short form of the Dental subscale of the Child Fear Survey schedule (DFSS_SF) was administered to 81 patients (first time attendees at the clinic) between the ages of eight and 13 years. The psychometric scale was used after determining its reliability and validity to ensure that it was culturally appropriate.

Parental anxiety as a possible predisposing factor to child dental anxiety in patients seen in a suburban dental hospital in Nigeria.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between parents' anxiety level and that of the child patient.

Methods: The Short Form of the Dental Anxiety Survey Schedule was administered to 81 children who were attending the dental clinic for the first time. The Dental Anxiety Scale was also used to collect relevant information from the parents.

Bacteriological investigation of infected root canals in Benin City, Nigeria.

Possible viable bacteria were isolated and determined through culture based on paper point inoculation from infected root canals of 50 patients who presented for endodontic therapy at the school of Dentistry, University of Benin Teaching Hospital and Central Hospital, Benin City. Eighty-one strains of bacteria were isolated from 50 patients. The bacterial isolates were Streptococcus species, (51), Klebsiella species (17), E.

Immunoglobulin A1 and A2 subclass of salivary antibodies to Candida albicans in patients with oral candidosis.

Immunoglobulin A antibody titres to a cytoplasmic protein extract of Candida albicans were determined by ELISA in saliva from 20 patients with oral candidosis and 21 controls. Patients had significantly increased levels of salivary IgA anti-Candida antibodies when compared with controls (P less than 0.001).