OBJECTIVES This paper describes the occurrence of dental caries in children and adolescents in Greenland and the disease pattern is analysed across districts and over time. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional population surveys of children aged 6, 12 and 15 years. METHODS Data were stored in the oral health information system established for the Greenland Public Dental Health Services, recording t...

Growth rate is dependent on genetic and environmental factors and varies between the sexes, between individuals of the same population and between populations themselves. There is strong concern over the dental and bone testing procedures conducted to determine the age of young individuals for legal reasons. Inaccurate results would lead authorities to imprison some children in adult prisons, w...

BACKGROUND A method for assessing dental maturity in different populations was first developed in 1973 by Demirjian and has been widely used and accepted since then. While the accuracy for evaluating dental age using Demirjian's method compared to children's chronological age has been extensively studied in recent years, the results currently available remain controversial and ambiguous. METH...

PURPOSE This cross-sectional study examined whether referrals from nondental health professionals impacted utilization of dental services by low-income populations. METHODS A sample of 309 mothers enrolled in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) clinic in Jackson County, Missouri, completed a self-administered, 32-item questionnaire to assess the mother and child's oral health behavior and p...

Child temperament has been studied in various researches and may be useful to predict how a child responds to dental treatment, especially very young children. The purpose of the present longitudinal study was to evaluate the behavioral manifestation of children aged 0 to 3 years, considering different types of dental situation. A total of 169 children were selected and the following data were ...

Dental maturity or dental age was determined in 44 children with hematological malignancies treated with chemotherapy. No significant difference was observed between the chronological and dental age in children treated with chemotherapy compared to healthy controls. With regard to the number of erupted permanent teeth, no significant differences could be found between the two groups. The result...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the body mass index (bmi) and dental development. methods: the dental ages of 196 children were calculated according to demirjian’s method. the chronological age, weight, and height were recorded. dental development was defined as dental age minus chronological age. children were classified into three groups accord...