Nursing caries is a specific form of rampant decay of the primary teeth of infants. The distinguishing features of rampant caries are: (1) many teeth are involved; (2) lesion development is rapid; and (3) carious lesions occur on surfaces generally considered to be at low risk to decay, such as proximal surfaces of mandibular anterior teeth, facial surfaces of maxillary anterior teeth, and ling...

T he literature has few articles on primary anterior teeth replantation and splinting. Reports in the literature on avulsion and replantation primarily address the permanent dentition, perhaps because most complete avulsions occur between the ages of 7 and 11 yearso1 Recently a case was reported on the avulsion and successful replantation of two primary mandibular incisors in a 2-year-old patie...

Very few modalities can be used for restoring missing primary anterior teeth, although the impact of missing anterior teeth during early childhood can be harmful. In the permanent dentition the use of glass-fibers ribbon and composite materials are frequently used for restoring missing teeth with no or minimal preparation. The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility to use the glas...

This paper describes an appliance to replace prematurely lost maxillary anterior teeth. A review of the literature is given. The prosthesis is different from previous appliances in its use of intraorally placed composite-filled celluloid crown forms. This allows for superior control of both esthetics and functional occlusal relationships. A case presentation is given describing laboratory and o...

introduction: this study investigated the sealing ability of three different adhesives in primary bovine teeth. methods: facial and lingual class v cavities were prepared half in enamel and half in cementum, in 48 bovine primary mandibular incisors and randomly divided into three groups and each group divided to two subgroups. the tested adhesives were xpbond (xp), clearfils3 bond (s3), and xen...

objectives: this study sought to compare the push-out bond strength of two bulk-fill and one conventional composite to intracanal dentin in primary anterior teeth. materials and methods: this in vitro, experimental study was conducted on 39 primary anterior teeth, which were randomly divided into three groups. after cleaning and shaping, the root canals were filled with metapex in such a way th...

laser irradiation has been suggested as an adjunct to traditional caries prevention methods. but little is known about the cariostatic effect of diode laser and most studies available are on permanent teeth.the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of diode laser irradiation combined with topical fluoride on enamel surface microhardness.forty-five primary teeth were used in...