PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare long-term outcomes of ferric sulfate pulpotomy (FS) and primary tooth root canal therapy (RCT) in vital pulps of deciduous molars exposed to caries lesions. METHODS A total of 291 molars were treated in 130 children. One hundred and eighty-two molars received FS and 109 received RCT by random selection. RESULTS At 3-year re-assessment, 29 mol...

BACKGROUND The success of pit and fissure sealants is directly related to their retention. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the retention of pit and fissure sealants placed using acid etch alone and a combination of air abrasion and acid etch techniques. MATERIAL AND METHODS 50 subjects aged 6-8 years were included in the study. Primary second molars and permanent first mol...

The finding of conjoined teeth has long been recognized: with widespread disagreement over the most appropriate descriptive term for this anomaly. Recently, Yuen et a12 contended that when the etiology was not established, the term “double tooth was more appropriate than terms such as fusion and gemination. The anomaly has been reported to occur more frequently in the primary than in the perman...

OBJECTIVE This retrospective study was conducted to analyze changes in the maxillary permanent molars after monobloc advancement with rigid external distraction (RED). SETTING University hospital-based craniofacial center. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen patients, three in primary, eight in mixed, and three in permanent dentition underwent monobloc advancement with RED. After a latency perio...

incomplete adaptation of stainless steel crown margins leads to microleakage. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of tooth preparation on microleakage of stainless steel crowns (sscs) placed on mesiodistally reduced primary mandibular first molars.in this in vitro study, 60 primary mandibular first molars with reduced mesiodistal dimension were selected. pulp cavities were filled w...

The purpose of this report is to describe the histopathology of radiolucent lesions associated with pulp necrosis in primary molars. Twenty-one carious, previously untreated, primary molars with radiolucent lesions were extracted with forceps under local anesthesia. If a lesion remained attached to the root, the specimen was transferred to 10% neutral buffered formalin. The sockets were gently ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of and relationship between hypomineralized second primary molars (HSPM) and hypomineralized primary canines (HPC) with molar-incisor hypomineralization (MIH) in 1,963 schoolchildren. METHODS The European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (EAPD) criterion was used for scoring HSPM/HPC and MIH. Only children with four permanent fir...