OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze traumatic dental injuries in children visiting the dental hospital emergency department in Samsun of Turkey, in the period from 2007 to 2011. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data of age, gender, causes of dental trauma, injured teeth, type of dental injuries, the application period, the dental treatments, and traumatic dental injuries according to the ...

Although the delayed exfoliation of primary teeth among children is a common dental problem, simultaneous presence of primary teeth and corresponding successors is a rare feature in adults. This paper reports an unusual case in which both permanent teeth (molars, premolars, and canines) and primary teeth were present simultaneously. This report describes questions concerning...

A study was completed in 1985/86 which examined the dental health of pre-school children from different ethnic groups and communities in South Africa: rural black, urban black, urban colored, urban Indian, and urban white. Enamel defects were recorded in primary teeth by use of the HHI, an index developed to measure hypocalcification and hypoplasia of enamel. The findings showed that colored ch...

Primary anterior teeth with proximal caries lesions can be restored with resin-based composite using a simplified bonding technique. This report describes Class III restoration of primary incisors in a preschooler, using a self-etching adhesive system and a modified-bonding procedure.

Aesthetic requirement of severely mutilated primary anterior teeth in the case of early childhood caries has been a challenge to pediatric dentist. Among restorative treatment options, prefabricated crown and biological and resin composite restoration either by means of direct or indirect technique are mentioned in the literature. This paper presents the clinical sequence of rehabilitation of m...

An 18-month-old Japanese boy with multiple natal teeth was examined. Fourteen hard structures were reported to have been present at birth at the regions of the anterior teeth and first primary molars in both jaws. The structures were excessively mobile and 11 of the structures had exfoliated successively since 5 months of age. The three structures remaining at the regions of the first primary m...