A retrospective cohort study of pediatric hospitalization due to dentoalveolar infection before and after a change in national health insurance.

This retrospective cohort study aimed to examine trends in pediatric (0-18 years old) hospitalizations due to dentoalveolar infection, before and after the inclusion of pediatric dental care in Israel's National Health Insurance Law. Data were collected from the medical records of one oral and maxillofacial surgery department. Data were compared between patients hospitalized during 2002-2010 (group A, n = 531) and 2011-2019 (group B, n = 381).

Supernumerary roots in maxillary deciduous canines: A rare anomaly with a long history.

Objective: To describe two maxillary deciduous bi-rooted canines, one archeological and one modern, and examine the possible etiology of this condition.

Design: Two cases of bi-rooted canines were described and compared to published examples. Both specimens were radiographed and measured and compared to one-rooted samples.

The effect of Angelman syndrome on enamel and dentin mineralization.

Aims: To analyze the mineralization and ion content in deciduous, permanent teeth of Angelman syndrome in comparison to match-paired teeth from normal children.

Methods: Three deciduous teeth and a third molar and a mesiodens extracted during routine dental treatment and their match-paired normal teeth were examined using energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer program under a scanning electron microscope.

Results: The morphology of the enamel and dentin of Angelman syndrome (AS) teeth was similar to normal but the thickness of the enamel of deciduous canine and permanent teeth was reduced.

The effect of Ekman-Westborg and Julin trait (generalized megadontia) and localized megadontia on tooth components size and ion content.

Aims: The objective of this study is to compare size, enamel thickness and ion relative concentration in generalized megadontia (Ekman- Westborg and Julin trait) and a localized megadont upper third molar to normal teeth.

Materials And Methods: The MD dimensions of permanent teeth were compared to controls. Tooth components of molars were measured from X-rays and compared to controls.

Microhardness of three glass-ionomer cements during setting and up to 15 days in vitro, and after 5 to 10 years in vivo.

Objectives: To compare the microhardness and ion content of three glass-ionomer cements (GICs) during setting and up to 15 days, to composite resin-based material in vitro, and after 5 to 10 years in vivo.

Method And Materials: Disks of three GICs, EQUIA Fil, Riva Self Cure, and Ketac Molar were examined in vitro for microhardness using Vickers indentations after 15 to 60 minutes, 24 hours, and 8 and 15 days, and compared to composite material, Spectrum. The ion content of the GIC and composite was analyzed using the energy dispersive spectroscopy program of a scanning electron microscope.

Drinking Desalinated Water that Lack Calcium and Magnesium Has No Effect on Mineral Content of Enamel and Dentin in Primary Teeth.

The present study compared the mineral contents of enamel and dentin of primary teeth from children exposed to desalinated water with those from children drinking ground water. The study comprised of two groups of teeth, seven primary teeth from children living in areas supplied exclusively with desalinated water and seven primary teeth from children that have been exposed solely to ground water from in-utero until the teeth were either extracted or naturally shed. Mineral content of three tooth regions was determined by scanning electron microscopy with an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS).

The effect of cerebral palsy on neonatal line thickness and enamel components.

Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the neonatal line width as well as the composition of the pre-natal and post-natal enamel in deciduous teeth of children with cerebral palsy (CP) to deciduous teeth of healthy children.

Design: 58 extracted or normally exfoliated deciduous teeth were collected for the study, 29 teeth from children with cerebral palsy and 29 pair matched teeth from healthy children who served as controls. The teeth were cut along the bucco-lingual/palatal axis and polished up to a thickness of 50-100 microns.

A 3000 year old case of an unusual dental lesion: Pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption.

Objective: To determine the cause of a large dental lesion, tentatively identified as a case of pre-eruptive intra-coronal resorption (PEIR), in the permanent second mandibular molar of a young individual from an Iron Age cemetery at Tel Erani (Israel), dated to ca. 3000 years B.P.

Histological and chemical analyses of mesiodens development and mineralization.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the developmental timing and mineralization quality of mesiodentes, i.e., supernumerary teeth located mainly in the midline of the maxilla between the central incisors, with the developmental timing and mineralization quality of permanent and primary central incisors.

Long-term in-vivo effect of various restorative materials on enamel and dentin of primary molars.

Objective: To explore the long-term in-vivo effect of different dental restorative materials on the surrounding enamel and dentin, in primary molars.

Method And Materials: Sixteen naturally exfoliated primary molars restored with amalgam, compomer, and glass-ionomer cement were collected after 2 to 5 years of function in the mouth. Four intact molars served as control.

Pediatric sleep-disordered breathing: Role of the dentist.

Objective: In this review article, the role of the dentist in the evaluation and treatment of snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) in children is described. Snoring and OSAS in children is receiving increased awareness, with reported rates approximating 10% of children who regularly snore, and up to 4% who suffer from OSAS. OSAS in children may have serious developmental and behavioral consequences.

Maxillary deformity following CPAP treatment in myasthenia gravis.

Objective: Patients with Myasthenia gravis (MG) are characterized by muscle weakness that may cause obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device is often needed in order to maintain free breathing during the night and sometimes even during the day.

Clinical Presentation: A 29-year-old MG patient is presented who used a CPAP continuously since the age of 12.

[THE EFFECT OF DOWN SYNDROME ON TEETH AND JAWS DEVELOPMENT - THE FIRST CASE REPORT ON DENTAL IMPLANTS WITH 15 YEARS FOLLOW-UP].

Down syndrome presents dentists with several treatment problems due to hereditary olygodontia of permanent teeth, abnormal development of the midface causing small maxilla and class III occlusion, abnormal mineralization of teeth, reduced bone density and hypotony. The challenge of replacing missing permanent teeth was the trigger for the development of dental implants some 30 years ago. However, the abnormal development of jaw bones and the reverse occlusion caused concerns in the dental community regarding the possibility of using dental implants in Down syndrome patients.

Diagnosis and Management of Hidden Caries in a Primary Molar Tooth.

Unlabelled: Hidden caries is a dentinal lesion beneath the dentinoenamel junction, visible on radiographs. A single report described this lesion in primary dentition. This case report describes a case of hidden caries in a mandibular second primary molar, misdiagnosed as malignant swelling.

The Effect of Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency (MSD) on Dental Development: Can We Use the Teeth as an Early Diagnostic Tool?

Background: Multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD) is a rare autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism due to reduced catalytic activity of the different sulfatase. Affected individuals show neurologic deterioration with mental retardation, skeletal anomalies, organomegaly, and skin changes as in X-linked ichthyosis. The only organ that was not examined in MSD patients is the dentition.

The influence of infantile thiamine deficiency on primary dentition.

Objectives: The present study explored the histological and chemical effects of infantile thiamine deficiency (ITD) on enamel development through the examination of exfoliated deciduous teeth from a patient who had been fed during his first year of life with a thiamine-deficient milk substitute.

Materials And Methods: Ground sections derived from six exfoliated primary teeth were examined. Slices from a light microscope were photographed for histological analysis.

Novel FAM20A mutation causes autosomal recessive amelogenesis imperfecta.

Objective: To relate the peculiar phenotype of amelogenesis imperfecta in a large Bedouin family to the genotype determined by whole genome linkage analysis.

Design: Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a broad group of inherited pathologies affecting enamel formation, characterized by variability in phenotypes, causing mutations and modes of inheritance. Autosomal recessive or compound heterozygous mutations in FAM20A, encoding sequence similarity 20, member A, have been shown to cause several AI phenotypes.

The Use of Glass-fibers Ribbon and Composite for Prosthetic Restoration of Missing Primary Teeth-Laboratory and Clinical Research.

Very few modalities can be used for restoring missing primary anterior teeth, although the impact of missing anterior teeth during early childhood can be harmful. In the permanent dentition the use of glass-fibers ribbon and composite materials are frequently used for restoring missing teeth with no or minimal preparation. The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility to use the glass-fibers ribbon (ever-Stick from GC Corporation, Japan) together with esthetic composite materials (G-aenial A1 from GC Corporation, Japan) for restoring anterior primary teeth and to determine the best methodology and bonding system to be used.

The Influence of Zinc Oxide Eugenol (ZOE) and Glass Ionomer (GI) Base Materials on the Microhardness of Various Composite and GI Restorative Materials.

Objective: Re-examining the well accepted concept that Zinc-Oxide-Eugenol bases (ZOE) have a negative effect on composite restoration materials microhardness, in light of the advancement in composite materials and newer publications.

Methods: Five modern composite restoration materials were used, including hybrid (Xtra-fill and Z250), micro-fill hybrid (G-aenial and Gradia-direct) and methacrylate-free restorative material (Silorane- oxirane). Two base materials were used IRM (ZOE-base) and Fuji-IX (GI-base).

Long-term radiologic pulp evaluation after partial pulpotomy in young permanent molars.

Objective: Radiographic appearance of pulp reactions to partial pulpotomy in young permanent molars with deep caries may determine the efficiency of the procedure. The objective of this study was to determine the value of this procedure by analyzing the pulpal and periapical appearance of permanent molars after long-term follow-up periods.

Method And Materials: Based on predetermined radiologic criteria, periapical radiographs of 49 young permanent molars of 31 females and 13 males, aged 6.

Absorption of nickel, chromium, and iron by the root surface of primary molars covered with stainless steel crowns.

Objective. The purpose of this study was to analyze the absorption of metal ions released from stainless steel crowns by root surface of primary molars. Study Design.

Enamel development in primary molars from children with familial dysautonomia.

Objectives: Familial dysautonomia (FD) is an autosomal recessive disorder, classified as a hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type III, associated with growth defects affecting postnatal development. This study analysed prenatal and postnatal enamel development and postnatal calcification in upper second primary molars from FD children in comparison with healthy controls. The postnatal enamel of FD was also examined histologically for manifestation of growth insults.

Acid resistance of the enamel in primary second molars from children with down syndrome and cerebral palsy.

Objectives: This study was carried out to evaluate the extent of differences in mineralization of inner and outer enamel of the lower primary second molars of children with Down syndrome (DS) and Cerebral Palsy (CP) as revealed by acid treatment of exfoliated teeth. The results were compared to those obtained from a control group of healthy children.

Methods: The sample included 4 mandibular second molars from each group.