1Naveen Manuja, 2Rajni Nagpal, 3Mousumi Singh, 4Seema Chaudhary 1Reader, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 3Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 4Professor, Dep...

The leukemias are the most common form of childhood malignancy. The pediatric dental professional plays a major role in the prevention, stabilization and treatment of the oral and dental problems that can compromise the child’s health and quality of life before, during and after the cancer treatment. This manuscript highlights the incidence of oral complications in leukemic children receiving o...

epidermolysis bullosa (eb) is a group of rare inherited skin and mucous membrane disorders in which blister formation may arise spontaneously or following a minor friction. various patterns of inheritance are explicated for the disease. the disease has a profound effect on oral mucosa and may result in high prevalence of dental caries. general anesthesia is sometimes the only choice for dental ...

background: achieving proper clinical outcomes relies on patient cooperation and patient cooperation relies on their satisfaction; thus patient satisfaction is essential for health care improvement; the aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction of patients referred to pediatric department of babol dental school in 2011-2012. methods: in this cross-sectional study, questionnaires contai...

PhD, Assistant professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical UniversitySofia, Bulgaria E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +359888363012 Children suffer often from dental traumas. The clinical cases in traumatology can be an object of the different fields of dental medicine. In the last years laser technologies have been proposed and approved for using in dental pra...

Mastocytosis is a heterogeneous group of clinical disorders characterized by an excessive number of normal mast cells in a variety of tissues (skin, bone marrow, liver, spleen and lymph nodes). It is most often seen in the skin in pediatric-onset mastocytosis presenting as urticaria pigmentosa. Children with this disorder are on a strict avoidance protocol of triggering factors to decrease the ...

This study compares the efficacy of two drug regimens used for oral sedation in pediatric dental patients: chloral hydrate (50 mg/kg)/promethazine (1 mg/kg) and meperidine (1 mg/kg)/promethazine (1 mg/kg). Twenty-four pediatric dental patients, ASA Class I, were evaluated in this double-blind, randomized study. The patients ranged in age from 18 to 48 months. Each dental procedure under sedatio...

Dental anxiety is one of the major problems affecting children, which impairs the rendering of dental care, leading to impaired quality of life. It often leads to occupational stress in dental personnel and conflict between parents/caregivers. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials done in children, to synthesize evidence...