International journal of paediatric dentistry最新文献

{"title":"Comparisons between referred and non-referred patients to a university paediatric dental clinic.","authors":"Kecia S Leary, Noah C Hollinger, Fang Qian, Michael J Kanellis, Karin Weber-Gasparoni","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13203","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Referrals of paediatric patients to a university clinic have been increasing over the last several years.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate characteristics of referred and non-referred patients at the University of Iowa's Pediatric Dental Clinic (UIPDC).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A retrospective chart review included dental records of 340 referred and 383 non-referred patients from July 1, 2015, to May 31, 2016 (n = 723). Age, distance to the clinic, size of the patient's community, insurance, number of teeth with decay, treatment needs, educational level of the provider, and presence of patient special health care needs were obtained. Descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis, and multivariable logistic regression were performed to analyze the outcomes (alpha = .05).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Referred patients were more likely to live >60 miles away, live in a community of >75 000 people, have special health care needs, have caries/greater number of teeth with decay, need endodontic treatment, and were less likely to remain patients at the clinic (p < .0001). Referred patients were also more likely to need extractions (p = .0104), but less likely to need space maintenance/comprehensive orthodontic treatment (p = .0002).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was a difference in the complexity of patient treatment needs between referred and non-referred patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"90-96"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11626498/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140911253","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":"Bone age and dental late effects in childhood cancer survivors: Radiographic findings in a Brazilian sample.","authors":"Híttalo Carlos Rodrigues De Almeida, Cleomar Donizeth Rodrigues, Luiz Pedro Mendes De Azevedo, Aronita Rosenblatt, Márcia Maria Fonseca Da Silveira, Ana Paula Veras Sobral","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13199","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Changes in bone age and tooth development are late side effects of cancer therapy and can be identified by imaging examination.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the late effects of antineoplastic treatment on bone age and dental development in childhood cancer survivors.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This is a retrospective case-control study on paediatric cancer survivors of both sexes who underwent antineoplastic treatment with 5-15 years of survival. Carpal radiographs were assessed for bone age and growth curve, and panoramic radiographs were used to evaluate dental development and alterations. Carpal radiographs were analyzed using the Greulich and Pyle inspection method, and the Martins and Sakima method was used to analyze the growth curve. All tests were applied with a confidence level of 95%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study and control groups comprised 28 and 56 patients, respectively. There was no significant difference in bone age and growth curve between the study and control groups. Nonetheless, when sex was compared to chronological and bone ages, there was a significant difference in bone age (p = 0.019) and an underestimation in both groups and sexes in the Greulich and Pyle method. As to late dental effects, dental agenesia, microdontia, gyroversion, and unerupted teeth were found. Dental shape alterations mainly involve the root region.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Close multidisciplinary collaboration is necessary during the follow-up period of young patients who have survived cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"45-56"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140856277","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":"Young people's and adults' views and experiences of decision-making to manage compromised first permanent molars: a qualitative study.","authors":"Greig D Taylor, Catherine Exley, Nicola Innes, Christopher Robert Vernazza","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13217","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13217","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Little information on young people's and adults' views and experiences on decision-making for managing compromised first permanent molars (cFPM) exists.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To establish young people's and adults' views and experiences of decision-making for managing cFPM.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Face-to-face (online) semi-structured interviews were undertaken using an iteratively designed topic guide. Participants aged 12-65 were purposively sampled with recruitment from different dental clinics (three primary care, an out-of-hours emergency and one dental hospital). Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three themes were generated from young people's interviews (n = 9): (i) influencing factors; (ii) long-term considerations; and (iii) shared decision-making. Three themes were generated from adults' interviews (n = 13): (i) influences that affect decisions; (ii) perceptions of the specialist's role; and (iii) importance of shared decision-making for children and young people.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Several factors influenced decision-making; for young people, professional opinions were important, and parental/peer influences less so. For adults, it was based on decisions on their prior experiences. Adults felt young people were abnormal if referred to a specialist. Young people wanted autonomy in decision-making to be respected; in reality, their views were rarely heard. There is potential to increase young people's involvement in shared decision-making for cFPM, which aligns with their aspirations.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"165-175"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11626489/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141156994","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":"Assessment of photobiomodulation by a 660-nm diode laser on the reversal of soft tissue anesthesia in children: A randomized controlled clinical trial.","authors":"Hend Y Othman, Aly A Sharaf, Hayam M Abdelghany, Amina M Abd El Rahman","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13215","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13215","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Soft tissue anesthesia (STA) following inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) anesthesia lasts 3-5 h. It is important to reverse STA after treatment to prevent soft tissue injury (STI).</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study evaluated photobiomodulation using a 660 nm diode laser on STA reversal and its impact on STI following IANB anesthesia.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 32 children, aged 5-8 years, allocated into the test and control groups. Anesthesia was administered; the operative procedure was performed followed by exposure to laser. STA reversal was monitored through lip tapping, current perception threshold (CPT) tests, and paediatric Functional Assessment Battery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The test group showed significantly faster recovery to normal sensation following exposure to laser than the control group which did not undergo any reversal (p < .0001), with a median time of 115 and 60 min according to lip tapping and CPT tests, respectively. The test group also showed significantly faster recovery to normal function (p = .016). The incidence of STI in the form of redness was significantly higher in the control group (p = .022).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Photobiomodulation using a 660 nm diode laser can be considered as an efficient approach to minimize STA and STI after dental interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"145-154"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141175284","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":"Evaluation of high-power laser therapy as treatment of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in paediatric patients with oncohematological diseases-Dr Morankar.","authors":"Francesco Saverio Ludovichetti, Giorgia Costa, Anna Giulia Signoriello, Edoardo Stellini, Nicoletta Zerman, Alessandra Biffi, Sergio Mazzoleni","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13280","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13280","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142567315","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":"Lack of testing and adherence to optimized low-dose CBCT protocols for children.","authors":"Andy Wai Kan Yeung, Benjamin Salmon, Anne Caroline Oenning","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13253","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13253","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"7-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11626560/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141897428","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":"Evaluating high power laser therapy (HPLT) as treatment for chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in paediatric patients with oncohematological diseases- Dr Jin.","authors":"Francesco Saverio Ludovichetti, Giorgia Costa, Anna Giulia Signoriello, Edoardo Stellini, Nicoletta Zerman, Alessandra Biffi, Sergio Mazzoleni","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13281","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13281","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142557830","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":"Oral health status of Egyptian children with lysosomal storage diseases: An evaluation of dental indices, salivary cytokines level, and bacterial bioburden.","authors":"Moustafa A Matar, Rana A Selima, Iman M Marzouk, Walid A Lotfy, Tamer A Al-Shafie, Sherif S Darwish","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13216","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13216","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs), a group of inborn errors of metabolism, include various subtypes, for example, mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) and Gaucher disease (GD). Besides the physical/mental disabilities, they suffer from several oral deteriorations.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the oral health status of Egyptian children with LSD.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Thirty LSD children and thirty non-LSD children were enrolled for this study according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Dental indices were used to assess caries prevalence and periodontal status. Saliva samples were collected from all enrolled children to estimate interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and protein levels as well as Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli colony counts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Children with MPS and GD showed non-significant differences in decayed, missing, or filled teeth (DMFT) scores (p = .115). Scores of dmft showed a significant increase in MPS, but not in GD children (p = .020, p = .127). Children with LSD showed significantly increased Modified Gingival Index (MGI), Plaque Index (PI), Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-s) scores (p < .001) and salivary IL-6 and TNF-α (p = .007, p = .001, p < .0001, p = .002, respectively) and salivary total proteins (p = .001) levels. Unexpectedly, non-significant differences were observed in salivary Streptococcus mutans or Lactobacilli counts in children with MPS and GD (p = .058, p = .420, p = .502, p = .053, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>To our knowledge, this is the first article that evaluates Egyptian children with LSD. We demonstrated high caries prevalence in primary teeth, not permanent teeth, in children with MPS and poor gingival/hygiene status in children with MPS and GD, which triggered a state of inflammation. The daily supplement intake prevented oral bacterial growth. The most probable cause of oral alterations is decreased salivary flow rate, as deduced from a significantly increased salivary protein.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"155-164"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141156991","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":"Evaluation of near-infrared digital imaging transillumination compared with bitewing radiography for proximal caries detection in children.","authors":"Jilen Patel, Akhil Vannemreddy, Yee Jing Goh, Youssef Francis, Robert Anthonappa","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13205","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Limitations in traditional caries detection tools have driven the development of alternatives methods, focused on the early lesion detection such as near-infrared digital imaging transillumination (NIDIT).</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of NIDIT compared with bitewing radiography (BWR) in the detection of interproximal carious lesions in children.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A retrospective audit of data from children who had NIDIT, BWR and intraoral photographs was conducted. Carious lesions were scored on a tooth surface level with BWR acting as the primary reference for comparison. Accuracy was determined using multi-class area under the curve (AUC), and correlation was determined using Fleiss' Kappa.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from 499 tooth surfaces involving 44 children were included in this study. The average age across the participants was 86 months (~7 years) with an average dmft (decayed, missing and filled teeth in primary dentition) of 5.29. Multi-class AUC comparing NIDIT to BWR was 0.70. The correlation between NIDIT and BWR was moderate (0.43), whereas the correlation between photographic examination and BWR was 0.30, which is fair.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>When compared to BWR, NIDIT showed a high specificity but a low sensitivity for proximal caries detection in primary teeth.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"108-117"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11626495/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141070840","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":"Sleep hygiene measures combined with mindfulness meditation in the management of sleep bruxism in children: A randomized controlled clinical trial.","authors":"Cássia Cardozo Amaral, Matheus Dos Santos Fernandez, Luiz Alexandre Chisini, Noeli Boscato, Karen Jansen, Marília Leão Goettems","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13212","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sleep hygiene measures and meditation may reduce stress and improve sleep quality, but their effect on the occurrence of sleep bruxism in children has not yet been investigated.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore the effects of sleep hygiene measures combined with mindfulness meditation (relaxation audio) in the management of probable sleep bruxism (SB) in children.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This clinical trial (no. NCT04501237) randomized 36 children with 3-8 years of age. Probable SB detection was performed according to the criteria established by the International Consensus on The Assessment of Bruxism-2018. Intervention group was instructed to practice sleep hygiene measures and mindfulness meditation (i.e., the use of a digital app to broadcast audio relaxation) each night before bedtime for 5 weeks; control group did not receive guidance for therapies. Parents completed a bruxism diary for 5 weeks, and the outcome was the number of SB episodes-day reported in the week (ranging from 0 to 7) in each period. A multilevel mixed-effects Poisson regression model was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 32 children (mean age: 6.1 years) completed the study. The children who received the therapies related to sleep hygiene measures and mindfulness meditation had a reduction in the SB incidence rate ratio (IRR) of 46% (IRR = 0.54 [Confidence Interval 95%, 0.45-0.65]) during a 5-week observation period. The sensitivity analyses did not show relevant changes in the measure of the effect.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Sleep hygiene measures combined with mindfulness meditation reduced the SB in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"118-128"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141070786","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}