Especially in the treatment of children the intraligamentary anesthesia as primary method of local pain elimination has proven to be beneficial. The anesthetising effect after intraligamental injection virtually begins without latency and is not associated with an extensive numbness, which children often find hard to tolerate(1). Combined with a short and confined duration of action of about 30...

The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of self-tests as a component of web-based self-instruction in predoctoral orthodontics and pediatric dentistry. To this end, the usage patterns of online teaching modules and self-tests by students enrolled in three courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry were monitored and correlated to final exam...

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PURPOSES The purposes of this study were to: (1) investigate the current clinical practice regarding the use of antibiotic prophylaxis by pediatric dentistry residency program directors and pediatric hematologists for children with sickle cell disease (SCD) requiring dental treatment; and (2) evaluate the perceived relative risk of bacteremia following specific dental procedures, as defined by ...

Many investigators have reported attempts to develop reliable laboratory and clinic evaluation systems. However, few studies, regardless of level of success, have used an analytic procedure to identify those components of the evaluation system that, if refined further, could improve reliability. The purpose of this study was to compare intra- and inter-examiner variability in two evaluation met...

Clinic of Diagnostics and Prevention of Developmental Anomalies of Masticatory Apparatus in Children, Department of Oral Surgery of Poznan University of Medical Sciences Head: Aneta Olszewska M.D., PhD Laboratory of Developmental Facial Anomalies, Department of Oral Surgery of Poznan University of Medical Sciences Head: Barbara Biedziak, M.D., PhD Department of Oral Surgery of Poznan University...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor of Orthodontics, UNICID, São Paulo, Brazil; Research Fellow, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA. 2DDS. MSc, PhD, Department of Pedodontics, FOB/USP, São Paulo; Dentist of Health Municipal Secretary of Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. 3DDS, MScD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvar...

To evaluate the effect of CBL mode to making diagnosis and treatment plan for resident doctor who were being trained for pediatric dentistry. Methods: With Completely randomized way, 54 resident doctors were divided into two groups, which were taught with CBL mode and traditional teaching mode separately. Examination paper test and questionnaire survey were accomplished after the teaching. Rese...

AIM Aim of the present study is to demonstrate which words are widely used by children and a paediatric dentist during different dental procedures in conjunction with behaviour shaping in paediatric dentistry. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty children aged between 3.5 and 10.5 (10 F, 10 M) visiting the clinic of Yeditepe University were enrolled for the study. An audio recorder was hidden in the ...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether dental students' perceptions regarding six communication patterns for use in pediatric dentistry differed depending on whether they were taught by lecturing or by video-based teaching. Prior to the introduction of interpersonal skills in a clinical course in pediatric dentistry, four consecutive cohorts of students (n=107) in a German dental sc...