Oral Health Services Research Strategy

s of Papers Included in the Report Algali, Fenton and Convery (1996): Reimplantation of traumatically avulsed permanent incisors in children attending Dublin Dental Hospital. Journal of Dental Research 75 1242 Abstract Forty-two teeth in 35 patients who were treated between 1988-90 were evaluated. Only those with a minimum of one-year follow-up were included. More boys (22) than girls (13) were affected. Most injuries occurred in the 6-8 year-old group. Upper left centrals (50%) were the most commonly affected teeth. Falls from bicycles or onto the ground were the main incidents reported. None of the teeth which were re-implanted within 30 minutes were ultimately lost. Fourteen of the 27 teeth which were a success were reimplanted within 1 hour. The extra alveolar period for 13 of the 15 teeth which failed was more than one hour. Milk was the most frequently used storage medium for transport of the tooth and together with saliva approached significance in relation to success when compared with all other media. Twenty-seven teeth were retained satisfactorily. Six had definitive root canal treatment and one was vital. Twenty teeth were being maintained with calcium hydroxide in the canal. Failure was recorded for 15. Root resorption affected 10. Three had further trauma and two were remove as they were very extruded. Al-Khateeb, O'Mullane and Whelton (1990): Comparison of the need for periodontal care amongst 15 year old children in Ireland and Saudi Arabia as assessed by CPITN. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 18 55 Abstract A total of 2454 Irish children and 480 Saudi children were examined by trained and calibrated examiners using CPITN. Of the Irish children, 43% were regarded as healthy, 21% had bleeding on probing and 35% had calculus. The corresponding figures for the Saudi Arabian children were similar. Pocketing was rare for both groups. However, the number of sextant affected per child by bleeding and calculus was considerably higher in Saudi Arabia. In comparison with data from 54 studies in different countries, periodontal disease as assessed by the CPITN in both Ireland and Saudi Arabia is at the lower end of the international scale. Attwood, Blinkhorn, O'Hickey and Gavin (1992): Incidence of enamel defects of children resident in Dublin. Journal of Dental Research 71 543 Water fluoridation in Dublin is a minor cause of enamel defects in 12-year-olds. Abstract The Public Water supply of Dublin has been fluoridated at 1 ppm for more than 25 years. As there have been a number of reports that dental fluorosis is increasing in communities with optimally fluoridated water, a study was planned to investigate the incidence of enamel defects in 12-year-old children in Dublin. 600 children were randomly sampled from a random sample of schools in Dublin. Examinations were carried out by two calibrated examiners using a standard light source. The children were examined for