Fluoride Content of Bottled Drinking Water in Chennai, Tamilnadu

Open bite is the absence of vertical overlap of lower incisors by upper incisors when posterior teeth are in occlusion. An anterior open bite can cause periodontal damage which leads to gingivitis and periodontitis. To assess the gingival health status in patients with anterior open bite and also compares with patients without an anterior open bite. Retrospective data collected from 89,000 case records from June 2019 to March 2020. The present study consisted of 76 patients divided into two groups: patients with anterior open bite and patients without an anterior open bite. In both groups, the following parameters were recorded - Oral Hygiene Index - Simplified (OHI-S) and Plaque Index (Silness and Loe). OHI-S index and plaque index was similar in patients with and without an anterior open bite. Mean Plaque Index for case group (patients with anterior open bite) is 0.76, and Mean Plaque Index for control group (patients without the anterior open bite) is 0.78. Mean OHI-S Index for case group (patients with anterior open bite) is 0.51, and Mean OHI-S Index for the control group (patients without the anterior open bite) is 0.53. The difference was not statistically significant (P-value > 0.05). In this study, gingival health status in patients with and without an anterior open bite is low.

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Gingival health status in patients with and without anterior open bite: A case-control study

Kuzhalvaimozhi

Ravindran

Subhashini

2020

“…If the bristles splay sooner, the toothbrush replacement must be done to improve cleaning ef icacy and avoid gum damage (Mcwhorter and Townsend, 2014). India has less than the optimal level of luoride in drinking water (Somasundaram, 2015;Ramakrishnan and Shukri, 2018). They are, therefore increasing the caries susceptibility.…”

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Assessment of brushing techniques taught by dental students to children in mixed dentition stage - A retrospective study

Bharathi¹,

Ravindran²,

P³

2020

Dentists play an important role in the primary prevention of dental problems in young through preventive treatments, risk assessment and anticipatory guidance for parents regarding oval development, caries prevention and overall oral health, including brushing techniques, fluoride toothpaste, brushing twice a day. The aim of this study was to evaluate the commonly used brushing technique by dental students during the mixed dentition stage. Data were retrieved from the dental records. Data of brushing techniques used in pediatric dentistry was collected from the patient management records of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry. Patients of 6–12 years with mixed dentition were shortlisted. Data obtained was tabulated in excel and analyzed using statistical software. Age distribution of this study was 6 years (6.2%), 7 years (15%), 8 years (19%), 9 years(16.4%), 10 years(15.3%), 11 years(13.6%), 12 years (14.2%). Gender distribution of this study was males (57%) and females (43%). Most commonly taught brushing technique by dental students during the mixed dentition stage was Fones brushing technique (73.5%) followed by the Modified Bass technique (19.1%) (p<0.05- significant). We can conclude by saying that the Fones brushing technique was the most commonly taught brushing technique by dental students during the mixed dentition stage with male predominance, and it was statistically significant.

“…It has a multifactorial aetiology which leads to initiation and progression of a lesion. Early childhood caries is one arising prevalent disease which can be a cause of premature loss of primary teeth (Ravikumar et al, 2017;Subramanyam, 2018) Pulpectomy procedure is performed in primary teeth to avoid extraction and to maintain its form and function (Govindaraju et al, 2017b,a,c) Fluoride is known to prevent caries by deposition of calcium luoride crystals (Jeevanandan, 2017;Jeevanandan and Govindaraju, 2018) which is more resistant to demineralisation (Nair, 2018;Panchal, 2019) of the tooth (Somasundaram, 2015;Ramakrishnan, 2017) Dental age estimation is based upon the rate of the development and calci ication of the tooth buds and the progressive sequence of their emission within the oral cavity (Sachan et al, 2013) Dental age is of speci ic intrigued to the pediatric dental practitioner and the orthodontist in arranging the treatment of distinctive sorts of malocclusion in connection to maxillofacial growth (Demirjian et al, 1973).…”

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Radiographic evaluation of permanent second molar development based on nollas stage of tooth development in 9-11-year-old male children

G¹,

T²,

Prabhu³

2020

The aim of this study is to radiographically evaluate the second molar development based on the NOLLAS stage of tooth development in 9-11-year-old male children. For this, a total of 400 orthopantomography (OPG) images were collected from the database record of Saveetha dental college. Of these 40 OPGs were selected based on the age group between 9 to 11 years old male children. The dental age of the 2nd molar was calculated based on the NOLLAS loss stage of tooth development. After data collection, statistical analysis was done in the SPSS software. Among the study population, 33.90% were nine years old, 33.90% was ten years old, and 32.20% were 11 years old. Considering the distribution of teeth assessed majority were lower left second molar - 37 (32.20%) and least were upper left second molar-27(16.95%). Majority of the teeth attained maximum development at stage 9 (pink)-25.42%, least maturation assessed at stage 7-6.78%. The association between nollas stage and age was statistically significant (P-value of 0.000, p < 0.05). The association between nollas stage and tooth number was statistically not significant (P value of 0.106, p > 0.05). Majority of the children in the age group of 9 years had 'crown almost completed' in second molar (Stage 5), majority of 10-year-old children had 'two-third root completed' in second molar (Stage 8) and majority of 11-year-old children had ' root completed with open apex' in second molar (Stage 9).