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{"title":"Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Oral Healthcare Services","authors":"To Aladelusi","doi":"10.61172/ndj.v28i1.89","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61172/ndj.v28i1.89","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To assess the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on patient attendance at the dental clinic, University College Hospital, Ibadan and to make recommendations on how the oral healthcare services can adapt and evolve practices to appropriately care for increasing patients' load following the ease of lockdown.Materials and Methods: The attendance records of patients in the second quarter of 2019 and 2020 was retrieved from the medical records department of the Dental clinic of the University College Hospital, Ibadan and reviewed. Data collected included age, gender and the specialty clinic attended. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. Frequencies and meanage were calculated and comparison of attendance was done using the student t test.Results: Three thousand, six hundred and seventy patients were seen in the second quarter of 2019 while 1276 were attended to during the same period in 2020. This showed a 66% decrease in clinic attendance in the period under review with reduction of 86.99% and 26.28% in April and June of these years respectively. The reduction in the attendance in the second quarter of 2019compared to the second quarter of 2020 was statistically significant (p=0.002).Conclusion: The COVID-19 epidemic is still a major public health concern that may still persist for some time therefore preventative measures are necessary to curtail the spread of this viral disease. Dental practitioners have an important role in this global fight for preventing the transmission of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and must be trained ready for this role. It isrecommended that pragmatic approaches including standard infection prevention and control measures must be strictly adhered to in the oral health care settings to mitigate the spread of infection. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48541663","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":"COVID-19 Pandemic and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery","authors":"O. Akadiri, K. S. Yarhere","doi":"10.61172/ndj.v28i1.86","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61172/ndj.v28i1.86","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To present a brief overview of global adjustments to COVID-19 by oral and maxillofacial surgeons and to characterise the reactions and adaptations of the oral and maxillofacial surgery specialty in Nigeria.Materials and Methods: A review of the global literature was done to highlight available guidelines for oral and maxillofacial surgery under COVID-19 pandemic. Questionnaires were electronically sent to maxillofacial surgeons in Nigeria and, a telephone survey of the Nigerian oral and maxillofacial surgery centres was done to characterise the reactions and adaptations of local practitioners to the pandemic situation.Results: Out of the 822 questionnaires electronically delivered to maxillofacial surgeons across 156 centres worldwide, the response rate was only 20.2%. Twenty-eight (17.9%) centres were completely shut down while only 6 (3.8%) centres were functioning normally. Other centres scaled down services and/or number of personnel. Surgeons older than 60 years were made to stay away in some centres while some personnel were drafted to support the medical team at the frontline COVID-19 treatment centres.Conclusion: It concluded that the variability of practices is remarkable and this is largely due to unequitable resources and lack of uniform policies even among federal tertiary health institutions and the authors therefore proposed an algorithm to guide oral and maxillofacial patients' classification and management in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. \u0000  \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47922760","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":"Prosthetic Rehabilitation of a patient with partially amputated index finger","authors":"S. Agarwal, A. Chopra, R. Mittal, M. Sethi, S. Tripathi","doi":"10.61172/ndj.v27i1.94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61172/ndj.v27i1.94","url":null,"abstract":"Hands are capable of a wide variety of functions like touching, grasping, feeling, holding, manipulating, caressing, and more. It is a vital and important part of a person's identity and well being. Loss of part of the hands can affect esthetics; functions are undermined depending upon the severity of loss and it causes a great psychological disturbance. The prosthetic rehabilitation of a partially amputated finger presents a challenge to the Prosthodontist. This case report illustrates the procedure of fabrication of finger prosthesis using room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone and intrinsic staining with modern prosthetic design to improve the esthetics of a patient with partially amputated left index finger. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46839787","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":"Ethical Issues in the Publication of Scientific Articles","authors":"A. Fasola","doi":"10.61172/ndj.v27i1.92","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61172/ndj.v27i1.92","url":null,"abstract":"  \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42470216","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":"Pattern of Maxillofacial Trauma in the Nigerian Population","authors":"B. Badmos, F. Kolawole, A. Omo Lawal, I. Oni, O. Oso, A. Salawudeen, O. Talabi","doi":"10.61172/ndj.v27i1.93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61172/ndj.v27i1.93","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The pattern of trauma to the maxillofacial region differs in various parts of the world. Studies have shown that not only does it differ from one continent to the other, it differs from one country to another within the same continent and from one zone to another within the same country. These have been ascribed to the prevailing socioeconomic, cultural and environmental factors in the study area. It is important that patterns of maxillofacial injuries should be continuously evaluated so that efforts should be put in place to reduce the incidence. The aim of the present study is therefore to describe the patterns of maxillofacial injuries in the Nigerian literature.Methods: The MEDLINE was used to conduct a computerized literature search using for publications on maxillofacial trauma in Nigeria. For this search, the medical subject headings on \"maxillofacial fractures\" or \"mandible fractures\" or \"middle-third fractures\" or \"facial fractures\" or \"zygoma fractures\" were combined with \"Nigeria\". Also, the publications cited in these articles to look for additional important articles but were not found on MEDLINE were searched for.Results: Most of the studies were retrospective while the commonest geopolitical zone where studies were done was the South West region. The commonest cause of maxillofacial injuries was road traffic accident while the commonest age group was the 21-30 years.Conclusion: Road traffic accident is the commonest cause of maxillofacial injuries. It is therefore recommended that the appropriate authorities should enforce seat belt and helmet laws. The government should provide street lights, good roads, pedestrian bridges and traffic lights to reduce vehicular/vehicular and human/vehicular/human collisions. \u0000  \u0000  \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41680451","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":"Achieving Universal Health Coverage for Oral Health in Nigeria: Prospects, Barriers and Strategies","authors":"E. Otoh","doi":"10.61172/ndj.v26i1.96","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61172/ndj.v26i1.96","url":null,"abstract":"The United Nations instituted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to solve health problems by integrating the social determinants of health in the management of diseases. However, oral health is not one of the issues addressed by the Sustainable Development Goals despite the facts that orodental diseases are on the rise in Nigeria and the diseases are related toneglected lifestyles and socio-economic health determinant factors. The objective of the paper is to provide evidence based facts for the expansion of the scope of dental services in the National Health Insurance Scheme. The barriers to and the strategies to achieving Universal Oral Health Coverage in Nigeria are also discussed. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42627833","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":"Prevalence of Oral Impacts as Daily Performances among Adult Dental Patients in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital","authors":"B. Edetanlen, K.M. Ezigbo","doi":"10.61172/ndj.v26i1.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61172/ndj.v26i1.97","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Oral conditions do not only cause pain but affect the various aspects of individual's daily performances.Objective: To investigate the prevalence of oral health impact on daily performance in adult patients at a Southern Nigerian tertiary hospital. Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on dental patients that attended the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin-City, Nigeria. Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) questionnaire was used to evaluate the impact of oral health status on the daily performance. The data collected were analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics. P-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: A total of 110 patients (43 males and 67 females) participated in the study. The age range of the participants was 18-70 years and the mean age of the participants was 31.8±12.8 years. The mean ODIP score of the study participants was 1.58 ±2.77 with a range of 0 to 14. Sixty percent of all subjects had at least one daily performance affected by an oral impact in the previous six months. The ODIP indicators most commonly affected by oral health status were eating and enjoying food (31.8%), smiling and showing teeth (13.6%), and enjoying social contact with people (10.9%) and cleaning teeth (10.0%), The least commonly affected were maintaining usual emotional status (9.1%), sleeping and relaxing (9.1%), carrying out daily school task (8.20%), and speaking and pronouncing words clearly (7.30%).There were no statistically significant difference between ODIP score and age, gender, place of residence, level of education and oral/dental conditions.Conclusion: Oral health had an impact on daily performances of adult dental patients in southern Nigeria. The daily activities mostly affected was eating and enjoying food. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44722114","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":"Dental Students Educational Experiences and Knowledge in regard to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Experience in a Nigerian University in South Western Nigeria","authors":"OO Bankole, J. Eigbobo, B. Popoola","doi":"10.61172/ndj.v26i1.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61172/ndj.v26i1.98","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Child abuse is now established as an international issue. In recent times, many researchers have suggested the need to check the level of readiness of graduating dental students regarding how they can successfully handle child abuse cases.Objective: To determine the knowledge of child abuse among undergraduate dental students in a Nigerian university.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among undergraduate students in five classes of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Demographic information was collected through a self-administered structured questionnaire distributed among the dental students. Other information obtained included their educational experiences and level ofknowledge on child abuse and neglect. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 13 and the level of significance was set at p < 0.05.Results: One hundred and sixty one subjects consisting of 80 males and 81 females with a mean age of 22 (+2.4) years participated in the study. The majority (61.5%) had encountered the topic of child abuse and neglect during studies at the university. The subjects scored less than 50.0% regarding some aspects of knowledge of signs of physical abuse while they scored over 60.0 % on signs of emotional and sexual abuse and neglect. In their knowledge of signs of diagnostic indicators of abuse, a quarter of the subjects knew that child abuse and neglect was not basically associated with stress and poverty. Only 8.7 % knew correctly that dentists in Nigeria are not legally required to report child abuse. There were some statistically significant associations between respondents' knowledge of physical, emotional/sexual abuse and neglect and diagnostic indicators of abuse and their levels of study with respondents in the senior classes having higher scores.Conclusion: Knowledge gaps particularly with recognition of signs of child abuse exist among dental students. We recommend that a mandatory course that deals with child abuse and neglect issues should be included in the dental curriculum especially at the pre-clinical stage. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41495029","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":"Lymphoepitheloal-like carcinoma of the submandibular gland","authors":"A. Adisa, Olusanya Aa, B. Adeyemi, A. Lawal, B. Kolude, O. Ogun","doi":"10.4314/NDJ.V22I1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/NDJ.V22I1","url":null,"abstract":"Lymphoepithelial-like carcinoma (LELC) of the salivary gland is uncommon, with about 80% of these occurring In the parotid gland. Its occurrence In the submandibular gland is very rare. It has a higher Incidence In Eskimos and Orientals. Apart from a report about a North-African woman with LELC of the submandibular gland, to the best of the authors' knowledge, there are no other African reports In the English literature. We therefore report the case of a 3-year painless right submandibular swelling in a female Nigerian diagnosed as LELC. The patient was managed by submandibular salivary gland surgical excision with adjuvant chemotherapy and is currently disease free. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70576704","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":"An assessment of cross infection control practice in Nigerian oral health care workers","authors":"M. Gyang, O. Tokede, Oa Adeleke, Ga Chukwu, P. Jalo","doi":"10.4314/ndj.v21i2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ndj.v21i2","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study was aimed at assessing the cross infection control practices among dental health care practitioners in Nigeria.Method: Questionnaires were administered to 137 Dentists, 56 Dental Therapists and 62 Dental Surgery Assistants (DSAs) practicing in both government and private practices across the six geopolitical areas of the country. Each questionnaire comprised of questions on basic infection control procedures.Result: Results indicate that all the participants use gloves during treatment, 93.8% wear face mask, 48.5% wear eye protection, 95.5% clinical gown/coat. Furthermore 27.3% have had a puncture or laceration from a dental needle or instrument while only 41.4% have had Hepatitis B vaccination.Conclusion: Infection control practice by dental personnel in Nigeria has improved compared to previous studies, particularly in the use of gloves. However in the areas of sterilization, vaccination, there are needs for improvement. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":79241,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Dental Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70576646","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}