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International Journal of Environmental... Jan 2022The objective was to determine whether trauma in primary dentition causes alterations in the development of permanent dentition. Searches were made in May 2020 using... (Review)
Review
The objective was to determine whether trauma in primary dentition causes alterations in the development of permanent dentition. Searches were made in May 2020 using PubMed, MEDLINE, MEDES, Scopus, Lilacs, and Embase. Papers in English, German, and Spanish, without restrictions in the year of publication, were included. The quality of the studies was analyzed using the NOS Scale. The search retrieved 537 references, and seven studies were included for a qualitative analysis. The results showed that trauma to a deciduous tooth can damage the bud of the permanent tooth. Enamel discoloration and/or hypoplasia were the most common sequelae in the permanent teeth after trauma to the primary predecessor. The type and severity of sequelae in the permanent tooth are associated with the development phase of the bud. Children with trauma of their primary teeth should receive checkups until the eruption of the permanent teeth for the early diagnosis and treatment of possible sequelae. Intrusion of the primary tooth was the trauma that caused the most damage and enamel alterations the most frequent sequelae.
Topics: Child; Humans; Dentition, Permanent; Tooth Avulsion; Tooth Eruption; Tooth, Deciduous; Spain; Tooth Injuries
PubMed: 35055575
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19020754 -
Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi = Huaxi... Apr 2020Primary tooth root canal therapy is a treatment performed on primary teeth diagnosed with pulpitis or periapical periodontitis. This procedure requires perfect... (Review)
Review
Primary tooth root canal therapy is a treatment performed on primary teeth diagnosed with pulpitis or periapical periodontitis. This procedure requires perfect instrumentation, disinfection, and filling of root canals to eliminate infection, control inflammation, relieve pain, prevent pathological effects on inherited permanent tooth, and prolong primary tooth preservation. This paper reviews the research history on primary tooth root canal treatment and summarizes the progress on primary tooth root canal treatment, including anatomical morphology, root canal preparation, root canal disinfection, root canal filling, and application of antibiotics.
Topics: Dental Pulp Cavity; Humans; Periapical Periodontitis; Root Canal Filling Materials; Root Canal Obturation; Root Canal Preparation; Root Canal Therapy; Tooth, Deciduous
PubMed: 32314896
DOI: 10.7518/hxkq.2020.02.016 -
Dental Traumatology : Official... Aug 2020Traumatic injuries to the primary dentition present special problems that often require far different management when compared to that used for the permanent dentition.... (Review)
Review
Traumatic injuries to the primary dentition present special problems that often require far different management when compared to that used for the permanent dentition. The International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT) has developed these Guidelines as a consensus statement after a comprehensive review of the dental literature and working group discussions. Experienced researchers and clinicians from various specialties and the general dentistry community were included in the working group. In cases where the published data did not appear conclusive, recommendations were based on the consensus opinions or majority decisions of the working group. They were then reviewed and approved by the members of the IADT Board of Directors. The primary goal of these Guidelines is to provide clinicians with an approach for the immediate or urgent care of primary teeth injuries based on the best evidence provided by the literature and expert opinions. The IADT cannot, and does not, guarantee favorable outcomes from strict adherence to the Guidelines; however, the IADT believes their application can maximize the probability of favorable outcomes.
Topics: Dentition, Permanent; Humans; Tooth Avulsion; Tooth Injuries; Tooth, Deciduous; Traumatology
PubMed: 32458553
DOI: 10.1111/edt.12576 -
Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene :... Oct 2021Dentigerous cysts are one of the most common developmental types of odontogenic cysts occurring in the oral cavity and often manifest as incidental findings on dental... (Review)
Review
Dentigerous cysts are one of the most common developmental types of odontogenic cysts occurring in the oral cavity and often manifest as incidental findings on dental radiographs and/or as asymptomatic swellings. These cysts develop from remnants of reduced enamel epithelium around the crown of an unerupted or impacted tooth, attached at the level of the cementoenamel junction. Most are considered developmental. However, in young clients they may be inflammatory in origin, the result of caries in the primary dentition. This short communication highlights a case of an asymptomatic dentigerous cyst identified in a 4-year-old child and subsequent enucleation under general anesthesia. A thorough clinical and radiographic assessment of the oral cavity in pediatric clients merits a review of dentigerous cysts by the dental hygienist.
Topics: Child; Child, Preschool; Dental Caries; Dentigerous Cyst; Humans; Odontogenic Cysts; Tooth, Deciduous; Tooth, Impacted
PubMed: 34925518
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PloS One 2015Understanding the role that breastfeeding and bottle feeding play in the development of dental caries during childhood is essential in helping dentists and parents and... (Meta-Analysis)
Meta-Analysis Review
Understanding the role that breastfeeding and bottle feeding play in the development of dental caries during childhood is essential in helping dentists and parents and care providers prevent the disease, and also for the development of effective public health policies. However, the issue is not yet fully understood. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to search for scientific evidence in response to the question: Do bottle fed children have more dental caries in primary dentition than breastfed children? Seven electronic databases and grey literature were used in the search. The protocol number of the study is PROSPERO CRD 42014006534. Two independent reviewers selected the studies, extracted data and evaluated risk of bias by quality assessment. A random effect model was used for meta-analysis, and the summary effect measure were calculated by odds ratio (OR) and 95% CI. Seven studies were included: five cross-sectional, one case-control and one cohort study. A meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies showed that breastfed children were less affected by dental caries than bottle fed children (OR: 0.43; 95%CI: 0.23-0.80). Four studies showed that bottle fed children had more dental caries (p<0.05), while three studies found no such association (p>0.05). The scientific evidence therefore indicated that breastfeeding can protect against dental caries in early childhood. The benefits of breastfeeding until age two is recommended by WHO/UNICEF guidelines. Further prospective observational cohort studies are needed to strengthen the evidence.
Topics: Bottle Feeding; Breast Feeding; Child, Preschool; DMF Index; Dental Caries; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Odds Ratio; Risk Factors; Tooth, Deciduous
PubMed: 26579710
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142922 -
European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry Jun 2018Early childhood caries (ECC) is the most common chronic infectious childhood disease. It is also a major public health problem worldwide [Gomez, 2013]. Although it is...
Early childhood caries (ECC) is the most common chronic infectious childhood disease. It is also a major public health problem worldwide [Gomez, 2013]. Although it is not life-threatening, early childhood caries impacts negatively the quality of life when associated with pain. It affects the function, social interactions and cognitive and neurodevelopment of affected children, whose parents also suffer financial and emotional stress [Folayan and Alade, 2018]. Early childhood caries is defined as the presence of one or more cavitated or non-cavitated lesion, missing or filled tooth due to caries in any primary tooth in a child 71 months of age or younger [AAPD, 2008]. The two key parameters here are the age of the child and involvement of the primary dentition. Here is a scenerio. How to classify a case of a child that has had symptoms of pain from a carious primary tooth at age 4 years but only came for treatment at age 6 years? Is this a case of early childhood caries because of the onset at age 4, or it cannot be considered early childhood caries because of late diagnosis? This highlights the challenges posed by the age-related definition of early childhood caries and the timing of diagnosis of this clinical entity. The age bracket used for the definition of early childhood caries entails the assumption that the majority of children of this age group will have only primary teeth in the oral cavity. However, there is growing evidence to suggest an increasing number of children erupt their first permanent teeth at a younger age due to improved nutrition: cases of eruption of the first permanent incisor by age 4 years had been reported [Ilieva, 2002]. Therefore, if a five-year-old child has a single caries lesion on a permanent tooth, what is the diagnosis for this child? Finally, it is difficult to develop a treatment plan for the lesion with the current definition of ECC. While caries can be divided into mild, moderate and severe with corresponding treatment protocol for each lesion, the age-related categorisation of early childhood caries - severe or non-severe [AAPD, 2008] - makes the development of a treatment protocol challenging and difficult. These scenarios highlight the diagnostic challenges that the current definition of early childhood caries poses. It also underscores the challenges associated with identifying early childhood caries as a distinct lesion from caries in general - it has no distinct diagnostic feature from caries. Defining a lesion by the age of the patient and including a diagnostic criteria that is not restrictive to the age group - caries in the primary dentition - encumbers the attempt to make early childhood caries a distinct clinical entity.
Topics: Child; Child, Preschool; Dental Caries; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Male; Tooth, Deciduous
PubMed: 30063145
DOI: 10.23804/ejpd.2018.19.02.00 -
International Journal of Environmental... Feb 2022The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the literature regarding the clinical performance of zirconia crowns for primary teeth. (Meta-Analysis)
Meta-Analysis Review
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the literature regarding the clinical performance of zirconia crowns for primary teeth.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Four electronic databases, Ovid, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched. Clinical, observational, and laboratory studies were included. Studies that assessed the performance of zirconia crowns for primary teeth using outcomes such as gingival and periodontal health, parental satisfaction, color stability, crown retention, contour, fracture resistance, marginal integrity, surface roughness, and recurrent caries were included. Risk of bias was assessed using different assessment tools depending on the type of the assessed study.
RESULTS
Out of the 2400 retrieved records, 73 full-text records were assessed for eligibility. Thirty-six studies were included for qualitative analysis. The included studies reported that zirconia crowns for primary teeth were associated with better gingival and periodontal health, good retention, high fracture resistance, color stability, high parental acceptance, good marginal adaptation, smooth cosmetic surface, and no recurrent caries.
CONCLUSION
Zirconia crowns are promising alternative to other restorative materials and crowns in the field of pediatric dentistry. They showed higher properties and performance in different clinical aspects and great parental satisfaction.
Topics: Child; Crowns; Gingiva; Humans; Tooth, Deciduous; Zirconium
PubMed: 35270531
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19052838 -
Stem Cells Translational Medicine Apr 2020Human pulp stem cells (PSCs) include dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) isolated from dental pulp tissues of human extracted permanent teeth and stem cells from human... (Review)
Review
Human pulp stem cells (PSCs) include dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) isolated from dental pulp tissues of human extracted permanent teeth and stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED). Depending on their multipotency and sensitivity to local paracrine activity, DPSCs and SHED exert therapeutic applications at multiple levels beyond the scope of the stomatognathic system. This review is specifically concentrated on PSC-updated biological characteristics and their promising therapeutic applications in (pre)clinical practice. Biologically, distinguished from conventional mesenchymal stem cell markers in vitro, NG2, Gli1, and Celsr1 have been evidenced as PSC markers in vivo. Both perivascular cells and glial cells account for PSC origin. Therapeutically, endodontic regeneration is where PSCs hold the most promises, attributable of PSCs' robust angiogenic, neurogenic, and odontogenic capabilities. More recently, the interplay between cell homing and liberated growth factors from dentin matrix has endowed a novel approach for pulp-dentin complex regeneration. In addition, PSC transplantation for extraoral tissue repair and regeneration has achieved immense progress, following their multipotential differentiation and paracrine mechanism. Accordingly, PSC banking is undergoing extensively with the intent of advancing tissue engineering, disease remodeling, and (pre)clinical treatments.
Topics: Animals; Biological Specimen Banks; Dental Pulp; Humans; Regeneration; Stem Cell Transplantation; Stem Cells; Tooth, Deciduous
PubMed: 31943813
DOI: 10.1002/sctm.19-0398 -
Australian Dental Journal Mar 2016Dental trauma is a significant public health problem because of its frequency, impact on economic productivity and quality of life. It is not a disease and no individual... (Review)
Review
Dental trauma is a significant public health problem because of its frequency, impact on economic productivity and quality of life. It is not a disease and no individual is ever at zero risk of sustaining these potentially life-changing injuries. The aim of this article was to review the literature on the prevalence, incidence, aetiology, prognosis and outcomes of dental trauma. The importance of standardized reporting, oral health policy, adjunctive research methods, prevention and education will also be discussed. A search for relevant articles appearing in databases such as Medline, Cochrane and SSCI formed the basis of this review. Epidemiological studies indicate the annual incidence of dental trauma globally is at about 4.5%. Approximately one-third of children and toddlers (primary teeth) and one-fifth of adolescents and adults (permanent teeth) sustained a traumatic dental injury. The majority involved the maxillary central incisors, mainly from falls in toddlers at home and contact sport in adolescents. Despite these trends, there is considerable variation between studies within and across jurisdictions. There is a need to standardize research with a consistent approach to reporting, classification and methodology. This will improve research and form a greater basis for predicting prognosis. This research basis will assist in consent and clinical management.
Topics: Accidental Falls; Age Factors; Athletic Injuries; Global Health; Humans; Incidence; Prevalence; Prognosis; Quality of Life; Tooth Injuries; Tooth, Deciduous; Treatment Outcome
PubMed: 26923445
DOI: 10.1111/adj.12395 -
International Journal of Environmental... Mar 2022Premature loss of primary teeth can occur as a consequence of dental trauma, neonatal tooth extraction, early childhood caries, or periodontal problems, or it can be a... (Review)
Review
BACKGROUND
Premature loss of primary teeth can occur as a consequence of dental trauma, neonatal tooth extraction, early childhood caries, or periodontal problems, or it can be a manifestation of systemic disease. This review aims to present systemic disorders that can lead to premature loss of deciduous teeth in children and to provide a comprehensive resource for clinical practice for both physicians and dentists.
METHODS
This study is a narrative review of original studies and case reports published in English and Polish between 1957 and 2021 that was conducted by searching electronic scientific resources: PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Science Direct. The schema of the qualification process is represented by a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). In total, 196 articles were identified; after provisional assessment of the titles and abstracts by two reviewers, 46 were found to be relevant to the topic, including 1 review, 16 original papers, and 27 case reports regarding systemic disease resulting in premature tooth loss.
RESULTS
In this study, 16 systemic diseases were linked to premature primary tooth loss in children: Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome, mucocutaneous dyskeratosis, Coffin-Lowry syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, cherubism, hypophosphatasia, acatalasia, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, cyclic neutropenia, erythromelalgia, Down syndrome, Hajdu-Cheney syndrome, short bowel syndrome, leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 (LAD-1), and Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WSS).
Topics: Child; Child, Preschool; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome; Neutropenia; Papillon-Lefevre Disease; Tooth Loss; Tooth, Deciduous
PubMed: 35329073
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19063386