L S Klunder, M S Louwe, A Vissink, B M van Hemel, R A van Bentum
{"title":"[Submental swelling in an Ethiopian man].","authors":"L S Klunder, M S Louwe, A Vissink, B M van Hemel, R A van Bentum","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.25014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.25014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 27-year-old man from Ethiopia had undergone an extraction of a molar in Libya ten months earlier, after which a submental swelling developed. For that reason, an oral and maxillofacial surgery department was consulted. Clinical examination showed a tender, firm-to-the-touch, non-mobile swelling with central ulceration. There was no pus drainage or evident lymphadenopathy. Intraoral examination showed a sanitized dentition with a healed diastema in the area of the extracted tooth. The patient suffered from fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, fever, headache and a cough. A recent chest X-ray, just as the X-ray taken during the screening upon entry into the asylum centre, showed no abnormalities. The microbiological examination showed a positive polymerase chain reaction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, after which the diagnosis of extrapulmonary lymphogenous tuberculosis was made. The lymph nodes, particularly those in the head and neck region, are the most common extrapulmonary site of tuberculosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 9","pages":"390-394"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145031324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The Son family: dentists, dental surgeons and dental technicians].","authors":"D J Schutte","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24126","DOIUrl":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the Netherlands, there are several families that produced dentists, dental surgeons and dental technicians from generation to generation. The Son family is one of them: for no less than 7 generations, from the second half of the eighteenth century to 2013, members of this family worked in dentistry. Due to their Jewish background, the last generation fled from the Netherlands to Argentina after the bombing of Rotterdam in 1940. In Buenos Aires, Joost Maurice Son, who emigrated with his mother, trained as a dentist. And as it would later turn out, as the last of this family of dentists.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 7-08","pages":"374-379"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144585803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The influence of lifestyle factors on periodontal treatment outcomes].","authors":"A R Lotfy","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 51-year-old woman with periodontitis was being treated at the Department of Periodontology of an academic centre for dentistry. Since the patient s oral hygiene was insufficient, motivational interviewing was applied to encourage her to adopt behavioural changes. Unfortunately, the patient did not sufficiently improve her lifestyle. While she did smoke less, her eating patterns, stress levels and irregular sleeping patterns, all possibly also induced by financial problems, improved insufficiently. This case highlights the importance and challenge of addressing lifestyle factors contributing to the onset and progression of periodontitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 7-08","pages":"338-344"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144585802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Begovic, M H van der Veen, C Derks, A Ensink, K Jerkovic-Cosic, M W van der Linden
{"title":"[Impact of poverty on oral health and visits to the dentist: lessons from the toeslagenaffaire].","authors":"S Begovic, M H van der Veen, C Derks, A Ensink, K Jerkovic-Cosic, M W van der Linden","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24109","DOIUrl":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24109","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The childcare benefits scandal (Dutch: toeslagenaffaire) has left many people in the Netherlands in debt, including individuals struggling with overdue dental care. This study examined the impact of the scandal and debts on dental care and oral health through 12 interviews with affected individuals and care providers. The participants reported significant barriers to accessing dental care for people in debt, resulting in overdue dental care and budgetary constraints in treatment choices. Care providers identified dental care as a major expense in the recovery program, emphasizing the need for improved access. This study shows the importance of improving dental care accessibility. Guidelines and the involvement of oral healthcare specialists in assessing oral healthcare needs are needed to ease the burden on care providers.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 7-08","pages":"346-353"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144585800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[A PhD completed. Reinforcing parental volition to improve the brushing of their children s teeth].","authors":"K A van Nes","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24083","DOIUrl":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research focused on the applicability of the health behaviour change model Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) to promote the brushing of children's teeth by parents. Four topics were studied to this end: the perspective on oral health and oral health care among Dutch Moroccan mothers, the effects of previous HAPA-based interventions in dentistry, the development of a HAPA-based questionnaire for parents, and the importance of HAPA constructs in parents of children at high risk for caries. The study indicated that HAPA-based interventions, particularly when they strengthen parents' volitional ideas and skills, appear suitable for guiding parents in translating their motivation to brush their children's teeth into action. The findings of this study underline the potential of and the call for the development of a HAPA-based intervention in paediatric dentistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 7-08","pages":"354-359"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144585799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Important medical-odontological interactions. Diabetes mellitus and oral health. A bittersweet relation?]","authors":"G H E Tjakkes, A Vissink","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24124","DOIUrl":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.07/08.24124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by abnormalities in the regulation of blood glucose levels. Average blood glucose levels over a longer period of time (2-3 months) can be assessed by measuring the HbA1c levels. Glycated hemoglobin is determined with the HbA1c levels. An HbA1c of over 7% may lead to serious general health complications, particularly when it is not or cannot be well regulated. Elevated blood glucose levels may also lead to oral health complications. Epidemiological studies have shown that periodontitis, salivary disorders, dental caries, tooth loss, edentulousness, peri-implant problems and (pre)malignant disorders occur more frequently in patients with diabetes mellitus compared to non-diabetic patients. Non-surgical treatment of periodontitis may have a positive and clinically significant effect on blood glucose levels. The actual magnitude of the association between diabetes mellitus and oral health complications is still unclear due to methodological limitations of research carried out so far.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 7-08","pages":"368-373"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144585801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F Lobbezoo, C M Visscher, M Koutris, M C Verhoeff, A Al Jagshi, L Baad-Hansen, E Beecroft, T Bijelic, A Bracci, L Brinkmann, R Bucci, A Colonna, M Ernberg, N Giannakopoulos, S Gillborg, C S Greene, G Heir, A Kutschke, A Lövgren, A Michelotti, D R Nixdorf, L Nykänen, M Pigg, M Pollis, C C Restrepo, R Rongo, M Rossit, O I Saracutu, O Schierz, N Stanisic, M Val, U Voog-Oras, L Wrangstål, S D Bender, B Häggman-Henrikson, J Durham, D Manfredini
{"title":"[Key points for good clinical practice in the field of temporomandibular disorders].","authors":"F Lobbezoo, C M Visscher, M Koutris, M C Verhoeff, A Al Jagshi, L Baad-Hansen, E Beecroft, T Bijelic, A Bracci, L Brinkmann, R Bucci, A Colonna, M Ernberg, N Giannakopoulos, S Gillborg, C S Greene, G Heir, A Kutschke, A Lövgren, A Michelotti, D R Nixdorf, L Nykänen, M Pigg, M Pollis, C C Restrepo, R Rongo, M Rossit, O I Saracutu, O Schierz, N Stanisic, M Val, U Voog-Oras, L Wrangstål, S D Bender, B Häggman-Henrikson, J Durham, D Manfredini","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.06.24131","DOIUrl":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.06.24131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>'Temporomandibular disorders' is an umbrella term for disorders of the temporomandibular joints, the masticatory muscles, and the adjacent anatomical structures. On behalf of the International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology, this article gives an overview of key points for good clinical practice in the field of temporomandibular disorders. During an annual conference in March 2024, members of the aforementioned network drew up a list of 10 core principles. These core principles include knowledge about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular disorders. They summarize the current standard of care for the treatment of such conditions and are in keeping with the need to help increase the expertise of dentists working in general practice and to prevent incorrect treatment. The core principles can be regarded as a starting point for other national and international organisations to use to develop guidelines and recommendations for the treatment of temporomandibular disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 6","pages":"318-321"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The link between canine guidance and masticatory muscle activity: fact or fiction? 1].","authors":"M M W Mir, M C F M de Kuijper","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.06.24099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5177/ntvt.2025.06.24099","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The relationship between occlusal and articulation concepts and masticatory muscle activity, especially during lateral articulation, has been discussed for decades. A distinction is made between canine guidance and group function. One theory suggests that mechanoreceptors in the periodontal ligament can trigger a muscle shutdown reflex when only the canine receives the lateral force. However, more recent theories suggest that muscle activity is centrally regulated and is not influenced by occlusion or articulation. An extensive literature review showed only limited reduction of masticatory muscle activity when canine guidance was applied, which also recovered to the previous level over time. In this part of the two-part article, the literature review is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 6","pages":"310-316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Jacobs, J A M Korfage, F J Bikker, G E J Langenbach
{"title":"[Salivary glands: what was innervation again?]","authors":"K Jacobs, J A M Korfage, F J Bikker, G E J Langenbach","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.06.24118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5177/ntvt.2025.06.24118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Saliva has many functions, including moistening, aiding digestion and protecting the mouth. Three pairs of major salivary glands-the parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands-produce saliva which is secreted into the mouth through excretory ducts. Additionally, numerous minor salivary glands are scattered throughout the mouth and throat. The salivary glands are autonomously innervated: the facial and glossopharyngeal nerves provide parasympathetic stimulation, while sympathetic fibres originate in the superior cervical ganglion. Saliva production is primarily regulated parasympathetically and can be increased by stimuli, chewing for example. Dry mouth (xerostomia) may be a result of medications inhibiting parasympathetic activity. Stimulation and medications such as saliva substitutes or mouth sprays can help alleviate symptoms. Accurate diagnosis and collaboration among healthcare professionals are essential for effective treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 6","pages":"322-325"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[A PhD completed. Is the customer King? Ethical and psychological considerations regarding tooth removal].","authors":"D L M Broers, A de Jongh, J de Lange, L Dubois","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.06.24130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5177/ntvt.2025.06.24130","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Typically, tooth extractions are carried out on the basis of clinical necessity. In some cases, however, non-dental reasons, such as aesthetic ones, financial problems or psychological factors, play a role. This raises complex ethical and legal questions. For this PhD study, the experiences and perspectives of both patients and practitioners were examined, in addition to the reasons for and frequency of such requests for extraction. It also sheds light on ethical guidelines, systematically analyses reasons for extractions, and compares the approaches of dentists to those of oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the Netherlands. Furthermore, the role of psychological factors in orthognathic surgery and their influence on patient satisfaction were examined. The results showed that extraction requests without dental necessity are rare, but require a clear ethical and professional approach. The research presented in this thesis also provides a valuable basis for the careful consideration of such irreversible treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 6","pages":"302-305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}