OBJECTIVES Common carious lesions owing to vomiting are not widespread in children. In this case, we aimed to report an 11-years-old male patient with common carious lesions due to repeated vomitings, chewing and eating difficulty and retarded growth with Multiple Hereditary Osteochondromatosis (MHO). CASE REPORT An 11-years-old boy was referred to Department of Pediatric Dentistry in Faculty...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated how ambient light affects the diagnostic accuracy of dental carious lesions on monitors used in dental practice. Specifically, the aim was to evaluate whether a monitor hood for blocking excess ambient light increases practitioners' ability to accurately diagnose carious lesions on digital radiographs under bright ambient light conditions. METHODS 7 observer...

OBJECTIVES To comparatively evaluate the efficacy of photo-activated disinfection (PAD), calcium hydroxide (CH) and their combination on the treatment outcome of indirect pulp treatment (IPT). MATERIALS AND METHODS Institutional ethical clearance and informed consent of the patients were taken. The study was also registered with clinical registry of India. Sixty permanent molars exhibiting de...

AIM To report on the absence of carious lesions at margins of glass ionomer cement (GIC) and amalgam restorations. METHODS Six Anglophone and 1 Lusophone databases were searched for articles up to 5 January 2008. Inclusion criteria for articles were: (i) titles/abstracts relevant to topic; (ii) published in English, Portuguese or Spanish language; (iii) reporting on a randomised control trial...

Purpose: To investigate the effect of slurry abrasive levels and acidic challenges on development non-carious cervical lesions.

Abfraction or Theory of Abfraction is a theory explaining the non-carious cervical lesions (NCCL). It suggests that they are caused by flexural forces, usually from cyclic loading; the enamel, especially at the cementoenamel junction (CEJ), undergoes this pattern of destruction by separating the enamel rods. Clinical aspect importance of these ineart lesions are at most important to be detected...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM All dental caries needs must be addressed before orthodontic treatment in those deemed eligible for orthodontic treatment under HSE (Health Services Executive) guidelines.1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: To evaluate the prevalence of carious lesions in permanent teeth requiring restoration in patients from the North Cork area of HSE South taken off the Cork University Dental Sch...

BACKGROUND Current concepts in conservative dentistry advocate minimally invasive dentistry and pulp vitality preservation. Moreover, complete removal of carious dentin in deep carious lesions often leads to pulp exposure and root canal treatment, despite the absence of irreversible pulp inflammation. For years, partial caries removal has been performed on primary teeth, but little evidence sup...

The bacteria found in carious dentine were correlated with the tissue response of the dental pulps of 65 teeth extracted from patients with advanced caries and pulpitis. Standardized homogenates of carious dentine were plated onto selective and nonselective media under anaerobic and microaerophilic conditions. In addition, real-time PCR was used to quantify the recovery of anaerobic bacteria. P...

This blind and randomized study tested in vitro, using validated protocols, the anticaries potential of an experimental fluoride mouthrinse. One-hundred enamel slabs, half sound and half with caries-like lesions (carious), all with known surface microhardness (SMH), were submitted to 3 treatment groups: A) a placebo mouthrinse (negative control); B) a positive control mouthrinse containing 0.05...