AIM To establish the effect of information received about dental care on the anxiety level of the child prior to receiving any form of dental treatment and on their behaviour during dental treatment. METHODS Eighty-four healthy child patients at their first dental visit, between the ages of 8 and 13 years attending a paediatric dental clinic in Nigeria participated in the study. Information o...

introduction: like other measures of human development, dental development is not in complete accordance to chronological age. investigations show that dental age can be affected by gender, race, systemic conditions, and some other factors and consequently, be different in people of the same chronological age. a correct estimation of dental age and its development in children is of great import...

BACKGROUND Anxiety related to dental treatment is a common phenomenon that has a significant impact on the provision of appropriate dental care. The aim of this case series was to examine the effect of acupuncture given prior to dental treatment on the level of anxiety. METHODS Eight dentists submitted 21 case reports regarding the treatment of dental anxiety. The level of anxiety was assesse...

BACKGROUND The objective of the present study was to examine the status of patients who had received dental treatment under intravenous (IV) sedation at Chungnam Dental Clinic for the Disabled in Korea from its inception to the present time, and to review the analysis results. METHODS Retrospective analysis was performed on 305 cases of patients who had received dental treatments under IV sed...

Background: Dental anxiety is a common problem that hinders patients from seeking timely dental treatment. The aims of this study were 1) To estimate the prevalence of dental phobia in a sample of Saudis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and 2) To identify behavioral consequences of moderate or high dental anxiety in Saudi adults. Materials and Methods: Multistage cluster random sampling was employed to...

Background This cross sectional study was performed to evaluate dental ages and incidence of dental anomalies in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Methods and materials A total of 25 ALL patient who passed at least 2 years of chemotherapy and 25 healthy sex and age matched children were evaluated. Dental age as well as dental anomalies in shape, size, number, and s...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the strength of the associations among income, dental insurance coverage and need for dental care (both urgent and nonurgent) in Canada. METHODS Multinomial logistic models were fit to data from the 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey to test unadjusted associations among household income, dental insurance coverage and the need for urgent and nonurgent dental care. Adju...

AIM To evaluate the attitudes of parents of 3 to 8 years old children with cleft lip and palate towards the provision of pediatric dental health care and assess the experience of dentistry in general dental practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire was distributed to parents of 100 children in the age group of 3 to 8 years old with cleft lip and palate who visited the cleft lip and pala...