Jeannette Ming Cheng Chua, Catherine Hsu Ling Hong, Yu Fan Sim, Ruth Wei Choe, Ishreen Kaur Dhillon, Shijia Hu
{"title":"Temperament and past behaviour can predict behaviour success for nitrous oxide sedation.","authors":"Jeannette Ming Cheng Chua, Catherine Hsu Ling Hong, Yu Fan Sim, Ruth Wei Choe, Ishreen Kaur Dhillon, Shijia Hu","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13201","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is currently insufficient evidence on potential predictors of a child's behaviour with nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) sedation.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To examine the association between a child's temperament and behavioural outcomes during dental treatment with N<sub>2</sub>O sedation, and the child's perception to N<sub>2</sub>O sedation.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>At the first visit (dental treatment visit), temperament was assessed using the Child Behaviour Questionnaire-Short Form and behaviour was assessed by an independent rater using the Venham Behaviour Rating Scale. At the second visit, the child's experience with N<sub>2</sub>O sedation was elicited.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventy-two healthy children aged between 36 and 95 months were recruited. Planned dental treatment was completed in 84.7% of the subjects. Venham behaviour success <3 and Venham behaviour success <1 were achieved in 73.6% and 33.3%, respectively. The temperament domain of effortful control was associated with Venham behaviour score (ρ = -0.266, p = .024) and Venham behaviour success <1 (OR = 3.506, 95% CI = 1.328-9.259, p = .011). Baseline Frankl behaviour score was significantly associated with all behavioural outcomes. Venham behaviour success <3 was significantly associated with a child reporting to have enjoyed the dental treatment visit (p = .026).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Effortful control and baseline behaviour were associated with behavioural outcomes of N<sub>2</sub>O sedation and can be used to predict a child's behaviour.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"68-79"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140904163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bruna Brondani, Jessica K Knorst, Bruno Emmanuelli, Mariana R C Gasperini, Mariana M Braga, Thiago M Ardenghi, Fausto M Mendes
{"title":"Do progression rates of initial and moderate caries lesions and sound surfaces of primary teeth increase significantly after 7 years?","authors":"Bruna Brondani, Jessica K Knorst, Bruno Emmanuelli, Mariana R C Gasperini, Mariana M Braga, Thiago M Ardenghi, Fausto M Mendes","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13202","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Initial caries lesions in primary teeth have presented a low progression rate after 2 years, but it could be higher in longer follow-ups.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the progression rates of sound surfaces and initial and moderate caries lesions after 7 years.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This prospective 7-year cohort study included 639 preschool children aged 1-5 years in 2010. In 2017, 449 children were reassessed (70.3% retention rate). Dental caries was collected using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) in both assessments. Incidence rate (IR) per 100 surface-years estimated the progression rates of sound surfaces and initial and moderate lesions for worse conditions. Cox regression with shared frailty evaluated the possible risk factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>IR was 1.0% for sound surfaces, 2.8% and 4.2% for ICDAS scores 1 and 2, respectively, and about 17.0% for moderate lesions. The most significant risk factor for the progression was the presence of cavitated lesions in other teeth. The type of surface and tooth also influenced the outcome.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The progression rate of initial caries lesions in primary teeth remains low even after 7 years, but cavitated caries lesions in other teeth increase this risk. Moderate lesions demonstrate a higher risk of progression when compared to sound surfaces and initial caries lesions.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"80-89"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140916553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haroldo Neves de Paiva, Mariana Oliveira Guimarães, Paulo Messias de Oliveira Filho, Raquel Conceição Ferreira, Patrícia Maria Zarzar, Paula Cristina Pelli Paiva
{"title":"Do binge drinking adolescents have a greater number of traumatised teeth? A longitudinal study with 12-year-olds in Brazil.","authors":"Haroldo Neves de Paiva, Mariana Oliveira Guimarães, Paulo Messias de Oliveira Filho, Raquel Conceição Ferreira, Patrícia Maria Zarzar, Paula Cristina Pelli Paiva","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13221","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13221","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Binge drinking has been linked to traumatic dental injury (TDI). Once drunk, adolescents are more prone to accidents, which may result in orofacial injury.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study evaluated the possible association of binge drinking with a number of traumatised teeth in a population of 12-year-old Brazilian adolescents in 2013 and 2015.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This study was longitudinal, carried out with 588 adolescents at two moments, 2013 and 2015. TDI, overjet and lip protection were assessed by calibrated examiners. Binge drinking data were collected through the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Sociodemographic indicators were obtained through a questionnaire answered by the parents/guardians. The Poisson regression model with a random effects intercept was estimated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A higher prevalence of traumatised teeth was observed among adolescents who binge drink (IRR = 1.37; 95% CI: 1.05-1.80; p < .05). The prevalence was also significantly higher among adolescents in this age range with a ≥ 3-mm overjet and those with inadequate lip protection (IRR = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.44-2.76; p < .001 and IRR = 3.41; 95% CI: 2.57-4.53; p < .001, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A greater number of traumatised teeth were found among adolescents who reported binge drinking and had severe overjet and inadequate lip coverage.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"194-200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141261639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martina Ferrillo, Romina Gallizzi, Nicola Marotta, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Alessandra Spagnolo, Antonio Ammendolia, Amerigo Giudice, Alessandro de Sire
{"title":"Temporomandibular joint rehabilitative approaches for children and adolescents affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A systematic review.","authors":"Martina Ferrillo, Romina Gallizzi, Nicola Marotta, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Alessandra Spagnolo, Antonio Ammendolia, Amerigo Giudice, Alessandro de Sire","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13225","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13225","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease of childhood, and temporomandibular joints (TMJs) are involved in 39%-78% of patients.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of conservative approaches in improving TMJ arthritis in children and adolescents affected by JIA.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were systematically searched from the inception until February 25, 2024, to identify observational studies presenting participants with a diagnosis of JIA affecting the TMJ, rehabilitative approaches for TMJ arthritis as interventions, and clinical or radiological assessment of TMJ arthritis as outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 478 papers suitable for title/abstract screening, 13 studies were included. The studies evaluated the effectiveness of intra-articular (IA) corticosteroid (CS) injections, IA infliximab injections, arthrocentesis alone or in combination with IACS injections, occlusal splint, functional appliance, and physiotherapy. The effectiveness of IACS injections was shown in eight studies. IA infliximab injections did not appear to significantly improve TMJ arthritis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Results of this systematic review suggested that conservative treatments, especially IACS injections, might be effective in improving TMJ arthritis in patients affected by JIA. Further studies with a higher level of evidence and more representative samples should be conducted.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"216-231"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141305925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of relative dose of ionizing radiation in the thyroid gland using a panoramic device with different protocols.","authors":"Jéssica Silvestre Vanni, Eduardo Thomazi, Janete Eunice Zorzi, Cláudio Antônio Perottoni, Thiago Oliveira Gamba","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13213","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The use of panoramic radiography (PR) is a complementary examination to aid in the diagnosis of cases in paediatric dentistry. The lack of specific protocols for these devices, however, can result in high doses of radiation, affecting critical organs such as the thyroid.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the discrepancies in ionizing radiation received by the thyroid during PR examinations using anthropomorphic paediatric simulators built from computed tomography images.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Two anthropomorphic paediatric phantoms were printed and used, representing children aged 6 and 11 years, with an opening in the thyroid region for the insertion of dosimetric radiographic films. The simulators were subjected to different pre-existing protocols in the PR devices. The radiographic films were processed and analysed using a luxmeter.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The radiation dose to the thyroid was higher in the 6-year-old phantom than in the 11-year-old phantom, for given exposure factors. In addition, there was an increase in dose in children's protocols compared with small adult protocols.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Therefore, companies that develop PR equipment must develop child protocols for separate age groups that will consequently reduce the radiation dose in children, especially in their critical organs.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"129-135"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141087444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Difficulties in the treatment of oral mucositis caused by chemotherapy in children with malignant hematological diseases using high-power laser.","authors":"Jianqiu Jin","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13220","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13220","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141199421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Vukovic, Kian Alessandro Schmutz, Roberta Borg-Bartolo, Fabio Cocco, Ruxandra Sava Rosianu, Rainer Jorda, Anastasia Maclennon, Javier F Cortes-Martinicorenas, Christos Rahiotis, Melinda Madléna, Antonella Arghittu, Marco Dettori, Paolo Castiglia, Marcella Esteves-Oliveira, Maria Grazia Cagetti, Thomas G Wolf, Guglielmo Campus
{"title":"Caries status in 12-year-old children, geographical location and socioeconomic conditions across European countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Ana Vukovic, Kian Alessandro Schmutz, Roberta Borg-Bartolo, Fabio Cocco, Ruxandra Sava Rosianu, Rainer Jorda, Anastasia Maclennon, Javier F Cortes-Martinicorenas, Christos Rahiotis, Melinda Madléna, Antonella Arghittu, Marco Dettori, Paolo Castiglia, Marcella Esteves-Oliveira, Maria Grazia Cagetti, Thomas G Wolf, Guglielmo Campus","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13224","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13224","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Understanding of socioeconomic context might enable more efficient evidence-based preventive strategies in oral health.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The study assessed the caries-related socioeconomic macro-factors in 12-year-olds across European countries.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This systematic review involved epidemiological surveys on the caries status of 12-year-olds from 2011 to 2022. DMFT was analyzed in relation to gross national income (GNI), United Nations Statistical Division geographical categorization of European countries (M49), unemployment rate, Human Development Index (HDI), and per capita expenditure on dental health care. A meta-analysis was performed for countries reporting data on DMFT, stratified by GNI, and geographical location of European countries, using a random-effects model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study involved 493 360 children from 36 countries in the geographic region of Europe. The analysis confirmed a strong negative correlation between income and caries experience (p < .01). Children living in higher-income countries showed 90% lower odds of poor oral health than in middle-income countries. Children living in West Europe showed 90% lower odds of poor oral health than children living in East Europe.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The strong effect of macro-level socioeconomic contexts on children's oral health suggests favoring upstream preventive oral health strategies in countries with economic growth difficulties, Eastern and Southern parts of Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"201-215"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11626496/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141330935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correspondence to a recently published research article \"Evaluating high-power laser therapy (HPLT) as a treatment for chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in paediatric patients with oncohematological diseases\".","authors":"Monica Monica, Jhunjhunwala Garima, Morankar Rahul, Nitesh Tewari, Kalpana Bansal","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13222","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13222","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141237609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deep learning-based detection of irreversible pulpitis in primary molars.","authors":"Tianyu Ma, Junxia Zhu, Dandan Wang, Zineng Xu, Hailong Bai, Peng Ding, Xiaoxian Chen, Bin Xia","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13200","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Changes in healthy and inflamed pulp on periapical radiographs are traditionally so subtle that they may be imperceptible to human experts, limiting its potential use as an adjunct clinical diagnostic feature.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of an image-analysis technique based on the convolutional neural network (CNN) to detect irreversible pulpitis in primary molars on periapical radiographs (PRs).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This retrospective study was performed in two health centres. Patients who received indirect pulp therapy at Peking University Hospital for Stomatology were retrospectively identified and randomly divided into training and validation sets (8:2). Using PRs as input to an EfficientNet CNN, the model was trained to categorise cases into either the success or failure group and externally tested on patients who presented to our affiliate institution. Model performance was evaluated using sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and F1 score.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 348 PRs with deep caries were enrolled from the two centres. The deep learning model achieved the highest accuracy of 0.90 (95% confidence interval: 0.79-0.96) in the internal validation set, with an overall accuracy of 0.85 in the external test set. The mean greyscale value was higher in the failure group than in the success group (p = .013).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The deep learning-based model could detect irreversible pulpitis in primary molars with deep caries on PRs. Moreover, this study provides a convenient and complementary method for assessing pulp status.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"57-67"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140898160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shengjun Yang, Chi Zhang, Yijin Shi, Haochuan Yang, Dongmiao Wang
{"title":"Effects of single unilaterally impacted mesiodens on maxillary central incisors: A 3D quantitative assessment based on cone-beam computed tomography.","authors":"Shengjun Yang, Chi Zhang, Yijin Shi, Haochuan Yang, Dongmiao Wang","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13218","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13218","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mesiodens usually lead to the malposition and abnormal morphology of maxillary central incisors.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the detrimental effects of single unilaterally impacted mesiodens on the three-dimensional positions and morphology of the maxillary central incisor using cone-beam computed tomographic (CBCT) examinations.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A total of 321 patients aged 5-17 years with single unilaterally impacted mesiodens were included and divided into two groups: mixed dentition group (5-10 years) and early permanent dentition group (11-17 years). CBCT data for these patients were retrospectively analyzed to compare the inclination, rotation, angulation, and morphology of maxillary central incisors between the affected and contralateral control sides. The morphology, orientation, and spatial location of mesiodens were also assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Central incisors on the affected side showed significant palatal crown inclination, shorter root, shorter tooth, and greater crown-to-root ratio in both groups, whereas significant mesial crown angulation was only observed in the mixed dentition group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Impacted mesiodentes result in the displacement and impaired root development of central incisors, strongly suggesting timely clinical management of these abnormal teeth, such as the early removal of mesiodens and orthodontic treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"176-185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141156890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}