Fissure Sealants or Fluoride Varnish? A Randomized Pragmatic Split-Mouth Trial.

This study aimed to compare the clinical effectiveness of resin-based fissure sealants (FS) and fluoride varnish (FV) in children at high caries risk. A practice-based split-mouth randomized clinical trial was conducted at 9 Public Dental Service (PDS) clinics in Norway. In total, 409 children age 6 to 10 y at high caries risk (dmft > 0) meeting inclusion criteria were recruited by dentists and dental hygienists during routine examination.

Periodontitis is associated with decreased experimental pressure pain tolerance: The Tromsø Study 2015-2016.

Aim: To assess the relationship between periodontitis and experimental pain tolerance.

Materials And Methods: Participants from the population-based seventh survey of the Tromsø Study with data on periodontitis were included (n = 3666, 40-84 years old, 51.6% women).

One year of COVID-19 in dental health services in Norway: psychological impact, risk perceptions and vaccination status.

Background: Increased psychological pressure on oral healthcare professionals (OHP) due to COVID-19 has been shown, yet little is known about the long-term psychological impacts. We aimed to study the psychological impact of COVID-19 and associated factors including perceived risk and preparedness and vaccination status among OHP in the first year after the lockdown period in Norway.

Methods: A structured questionnaire sent electronically to dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants inquired experiences and perceptions during the second year following the outbreak in Norway.

Dental care for older adults in home health care services - practices, perceived knowledge and challenges among Norwegian dentists and dental hygienists.

Background: Providing dental services to dependent older adults might be challenging because of physical and cognitive decline. The present study aimed to explore current practices, knowledge, and experienced challenges related to the treatment of older adults in home health care services (HHCS) among dentists and dental hygienists in Norway.

Methods: An electronic questionnaire survey was distributed to Norwegian dentists and dental hygienists, inquiring about background characteristics, current practices, self-perceived knowledge, and challenges when providing oral health care for older HHCS patients.

Periapical status transitions in teeth with posts versus without posts: a retrospective longitudinal radiographic study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare periapical status transitions in teeth after post placement compared with other post-endodontic treatments in root-filled teeth.

Material And Methods: This retrospective longitudinal radiographic study included radiographs of 284 patients with root filled and restored teeth with composite fillings (Endo-fill group,  = 100), crown or fixed prosthesis (Endo-crown group,  = 82) or post and core restorations (Endo-post group,  = 102). All post and core restorations were made of gold alloy.

Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental health personnel in Norway.

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic put a pressure on all healthcare professionals and has affected the delivery of health care services globally. There is a need to understand the impact on different health care professionals in different countries. The aim of the present study was to explore the psychological impact of the pandemic among dental staff in Norway in relation to background characteristics, work situation and preparedness of the service.

Stainless-steel crowns in children: Norwegian and Finnish dentists' knowledge, practice and challenges.

Background: Stainless-steel crowns (SSCs) are recommended for restorative treatment of young teeth severely affected by caries, fractures or dental developmental disorders (DDDs). However, despite recommendations and clinical evidence, SSCs are not widely used by general dentists, who favour extraction and more conventional restorations. The present study aimed to investigate the views of and use of SSCs among Norwegian and Finnish dentists.

Restorative material choices for extensive carious lesions and hypomineralisation defects in children: a questionnaire survey among Finnish dentists.

Aim: This survey assessed Finnish dentists' treatment decisions and choices of restorative materials in selected paediatric dental patient cases, with special emphasis on stainless steel crowns (SSCs).

Methods: A questionnaire with patient descriptions and tooth photographs was e-mailed to members of Finnish Dental Society (n=3,747). The respondents were asked to choose their preferred treatment in cases describing 1) extensive occlusal carious lesion in a primary molar of a cooperative child; 2) an identical lesion, treated under dental general anaesthesia (DGA); and 3) a symptomatic first permanent molar with enamel hypomineralisation (consistent with Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization, MIH) and post-eruptive breakdown.

Treatment decisions regarding caries and dental developmental defects in children - a questionnaire-based study among Norwegian dentists.

Background: Current knowledge on treatment strategies and choice of restorative materials when treating deep caries or severe dental developmental defects (DDDs) in young individuals is scarce. Therefore, the aim was to investigate Norwegian dentists´ treatment decisions and reasons for treatment choice when treating deep caries in primary teeth and severe DDDs in permanent teeth in children.

Methods: A pre-coded questionnaire was sent electronically to all dentists employed in the Public Dental Service (PDS) in Norway (n = 1294).