{"title":"[Pain education for patients with chronic facial pain].","authors":"H Korsjun, M Koutris, C M Visscher","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.24134","DOIUrl":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.24134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In dental practice, it regularly happens: a patient presents with a prolonged pain complaint where there appears to be no sign of tissue damage (any longer). Patients with chronic facial pain may be experiencing altered nociception. This is associated with processes of sensitization and impaired signal inhibition in the somatosensory system. This exceptional kind of pain, known as nociplastic pain, is relatively uncommon in dental literature. Treatment of chronic pain requires a different approach to pain, in which understanding how a (dys)functional bodily warning signal system operates plays a key role. Pain education can be utilized in general dentistry in support of this approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 9","pages":"427-431"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145031320","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. The effect of haematopoietic cell transplantation on hyposalivation, xerostomia and caries progression].","authors":"M S Bulthuis, L L A van Gennip","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.25007","DOIUrl":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.25007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Haematopoietic cell transplantation is a widely used treatment option for (malignant) blood diseases like leukaemia. This treatment, which is preceded by chemotherapy and sometimes by total body radiation therapy, can cause serious side effects, often including the oral cavity. This thesis describes the development of hyposalivation, xerostomia and caries progression after haematopoietic cell transplantation. The salivary flow rate decreased shortly after transplantation. This decline was temporary in nature and baseline levels were reached after 1 year. The severity of xerostomia increased shortly after treatment; although complaints decreased again during the first year, the majority of patients continued to experience xerostomia complaints. A higher intensity of chemotherapy increased the risk of hyposalivation and xerostomia. Hyposalivation of stimulated saliva increased caries risk, and might be a useful predictor of the need for dental treatment in 5 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 9","pages":"408-411"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145031387","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":"[Occlusal dysaesthesia: an unusual, persistent somatic symptom].","authors":"P A M Versteegh, Y R van Rood","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.25041","DOIUrl":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.25041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Occlusal dysaesthesia - also known as phantom bite - is the perception of an altered bite without any objectively verifiable occlusal discrepancy. Approximately 75% of cases arise following dental treatment or trauma. The sensation of a changed bite often occurs in dental practice as a temporary discomfort following a dental procedure. In most cases, it soon resolves itself or is resolved after a minor occlusal adjustment. However, when the bite continues to feel abnormal, it is classified as a persistent somatic symptom. For dentists-general practitioners, there is an approach designed to equip them with tools to engage in dialogue with the affected patient and to facilitate referral for interventions optimizing conditions for symptom resolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 9","pages":"412-418"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145031362","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-dental interactions. Oral manifestations of systemic auto-immune diseases].","authors":"K de Leeuw, A Vissink","doi":"10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.24137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5177/ntvt.2025.09.24137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Systemic auto-immune diseases are relatively common. This article describes the oral manifestations of disorders that might be seen in patients with the most prevalent auto-immune diseases, specifically rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's disease. The article gives guidelines for dentists and other carers within the oral care system for this category of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":74255,"journal":{"name":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde","volume":"132 9","pages":"432-439"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145031314","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}
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}