PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate whether there are increased levels of the inflammatory cytokines IL-1beta, IL-8, and TNFalpha in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of erupting primary teeth. This increase could explain such clinical manifestations as fever, diarrhea, increased crying, and sleeping and eating disturbances that occur at this time. METHODS Sixteen healthy child...

The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between the time when an infant's first incisor teething occurred, the infant's state of health and selected environmental and living conditions. 483 infants participated in this research and their health development was monitored monthly in a local hospital in Wroclaw. The teething of the infants was studied from the time of thei...

Teething as a disease entity has been diminished from its 19th century status as the major cause of infant mortality to its modest position today as a "waste basket" diagnosis. If past proves to be prologue, it will diminish further as more credible causes for undifferentiated fevers and other complaints are found. The 21st century may find teething consigned to the shelf along with miasma, hum...

Objectives:The aim of the study was to evaluate quality information provided by YouTube™ for parents searching about teething symptoms. Material-Methods:To simulate access from parents’ perspective, terms "teething symptoms and signs" were searched on YouTube™. To obtain a total 60 acceptable videos, 100 videos screened. Irrelevant advertisements, non-English duplicates, lasted greater than 15 ...

cut their teeth at a later age than that given in books. Out of 100 infants of varying ages, from 8 months to 2 years, 30, nearly one-third, had cut no teeth ; and out of 14 infants, S months' old, more than half, 8, had not commenced teething ; out of 27 infants one year old, 7 had not cut any tooth, 7 had cut 4, 6 had cut 6 teeth, and only one had 9. Though the statistics speak comparatively ...

AIM The aim of the present study was to perform a histological analysis of the gingival mucosa in infant rats undergoing the teething process. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen Wistar rats between 8 and 15 days of life were distributed among three groups: group A--without teething; group B--eruption of incisors; and group C--eruption of incisors and molars. The samples included teeth and periodo...

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between primary tooth eruption and the manifestation of signs and symptoms of teething in infants. METHODS An 8-month, longitudinal study was conducted with 47 noninstitutionalized infants (ie, receiving care at home) between 5 and 15 months of age in the city of Diamantina, Brazil. The nonrandomized convenience sample was based on the registry of infants i...