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Objective: the purpose of this study was to assess the frequency, characteristics and other factors affecting dental pain in 11-14 years old school children in Islamabad, Pakistan
Methods: a cross sectional survey was carried out in May 2015 to assess the frequency of dental pain in 11-14 years old school children attending government and private schools in Islamabad, Pakistan. Total samples consisted of 526 school children from 9 randomly selected government and 9 from private schools. Two hundred and seventy three children from government schools and 253 children from private schools participated in the study. Response rate was 83.65%. A standardised questionnaire comprised of 15 questions related to demographics and pain experience was completed by the children
Results: the frequency of dental pain in 11-14 years old school children was 29.1% in Islamabad, Pakistan. The frequency of dental pain in males was 30.2% and in females it was 27.6%. In this study, dental pain in the last six months was not significantly associated with gender in children [p=0.618]. Similarly dental pain was not statistically significantly associated with the type of school in which the child was studying [p=0.302]. However dental pain was significantly related to occupation of father [p=0.027]. The children, whose fathers had jobs as labourers, had a higher frequency of dental pain than fathers with white-collar jobs. Almost 36.7% of the children reporting dental pain described the intensity of pain as discomforting and 28.1% of children had mild pain. The pain did not radiate to the surrounding area in 36.7% of the children. The pain radiated to surrounding area to mild and moderate extent in 41.4% and 13.3% of children respectively. It was found that eating from the side of mouth with dental pain had no effect on the severity of pain in 15.6% of children. Almost 13.3% of children claimed that eating made the pain moderately more severe
Conclusion: overall the frequency of dental pain in children was 29%. Dental pain was not associated with gender of the school child. Efforts should be directed to determine the cause of dental pain in school children. Prevention of dental pain can be done by promoting oral health in children to reduce the impact of dental pain on quality of life
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Objective: Specific objective of this study was to determine the Prevalence and type of oral mucosal lesions in subjects with orthodontic appliances during first month of treatment
Study Design: Observation / Descriptive / Cross sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at Islam Dental College Sialkot for a period of 8 months
Materials and Methods: Oral lesions can develop as a result of irritation due to intra oral orthodontic appliances but their prevalence is unknown
This study comprised of 200 subjects wearers of orthodontic appliances [age between 10 and 25 years]
The presence and types of intra oral mucosal lesions were determined by using different clinical indices
Results: Oral mucosal lesions such as desquamations, erosion, ulceration, and contusion were present in subjects with orthodontic appliances
Conclusion: Fixed orthodontic appliance treatment had a higher risk of soft tissue lesions in oral cavity
Thus gentle instrumentation, vigilant banding, bonding and manipulation of the appliances needed to keep away from traumatic lesions
The careful handling is important in patient's motivation, successful treatment planning and outcome
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The purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the apical sealing ability of mineral trioxide aggregate and glass ionomer cement by a dye penetration test. It was carried out at Queen Marry and Westfield College, University of London during 2010-2011 session. Time duration was 6 months. A total of 16 samples of elephant tusk dentine [ivory] were prepared and finished for dye penetration test. Mineral trioxide aggregate and glass ionomer cement were mixed and placed in the prepared samples and were left overnight to set. Then two coats of nail varnish was applied onto the set material and allowed to dry. The samples were then suspended in methylene blue dye for 72 hours. Once dyed the samples were sectioned longitudinally and assessed microscopically with a stereomicro-scope. The dye penetration in the samples was assessed for two endodontic sealers. It was found that mineral trioxide aggregate showed a mean dye penetration value of 7.625mm as compared to mean dye penetration value of glass ionomer cement 3.875mm