Health authorities in several European countries, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands have recommended a ban on soft PVC toys, such as teething rings and bath toys. The Spanish government requested action by the European Union (EU) in March, 1998. PVC, or polyvinyl chloride (also known as vinyl), is a common plastic that frequently contains toxic additives. Despite...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate a group Turkish dentists' attitudes and level knowledge about teething gels. MATERIAL AND METHODS: For this cross-sectional study, questionnaire consisting three parts twenty questions sent dentists (n=1829) whose contact information could be reached. Separate categories were created for ingredients, dosage, side effects each prescribed gel. perce...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to present data as responded by parents on teething manifestation during eruption of primary teeth and the occurrence of objective manifestations in children ages 4 months to 36 months. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Hospital based face-to-face questionnaire study. STUDY DESIGN One thousand and one hundred children ages four to 36 months who had at least one eruptin...

The influence of speech production on speech perception is well established in adults. However, because adults have a long history of both perceiving and producing speech, the extent to which the perception-production linkage is due to experience is unknown. We addressed this issue by asking whether articulatory configurations can influence infants' speech perception performance. To eliminate i...