frequency of use of dental amalgam in pediatric dental clinics in Jordan

The aim of the study was to assess the frequency of the use of dental amalgam fillings in pediatric dental clinics in Jordan. Retrospective file data for 500 Pediatric dental patients visiting Pediatric Dental Clinic in Prince Hashem Bin Abdullah in Aqaba in the South of Jordan in 2017 for routine dental visits, were collected. The types of dental fillings used were recorded. The patients had 865 different dental fillings in their teeth. Dental amalgam fillings formed 126/865 [15%] of the total fillings. Dental amalgam fillings are still used frequently in Pediatric Dental practice in Jordan

Morphology and positional characteristics of maxillary labial frenum in Jordanian children

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of the different morphological variants and anatomical location variations and characteristics of maxillary labial frenum in Jordanian children

Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on randomly selected patients who attended the pediatric dental clinic at Prince Rashid Bin Al Hassan military hospital in the north of Jordan for dental treatment during July and August 2016. Collected data included gender, age, morphology and attachment location of the maxillary labial frenum. The morphology were classified using Sewer in classification and attachment location using Mirkoclassification

Results: Three hundred Jordanian patients were included in the study. Males [153] slightly outnumbered females [147]. The age ranged between 1.33 and 13.25 years with an average of 7.8 +/- 2.41 SD. Gingival attachment of maxillary labial frenum was the most common in both males and females [58%] followed by mucosal [27%], papillary [9.67%] and papillary penetrating type [5.33%]. Morphologically, simple variant was the most common [54.67%] followed by simple with module [25.67%], simple with appendix [9.67%], persistent tectolabial [4.33%], and other variants [less than 6%]. There was a significant correlation between the position of the maxillary labial frenum and the age of the child [-0.233]

Conclusion: Gingival frenal attachment was the most common and there was a significant statistical correlation between the age of the patient and the location of the maxillary labial frenum. The diversity of morphology of the maxillary labial frenum in healthy children urges the physicians to differentiate the normal from abnormal variant in order to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgical intervention

Frequency of extractions of primary molars due to caries in children in southern Jordan

The main aim of this study was to assess the frequency of extraction of primary molars because of caries in children in the south of Jordan. 260 children [135 female, 125 male] living in Aqaba and Ma'an in the south of Jordan visited pediatric dental clinic in Princess Haya Military Hospital. They formed the study group. They were examined for primary molar previously extracted because of caries and the age at extraction time were recorded. 45% of the examined children had at least one primary molar extracted because of caries. 56.4% of them were female, 43.6%were male. Primary lower first molar was the tooth most commonly extracted. The prevalence of extraction of primary molars due to caries was high in comparison with other studies in other countries

awareness of parents of the time of eruption of first permanent molar and caries prevalence in this tooth in children in the south of Jordan

The main aim of this study was to assess the awareness of parents of the time of eruption of First Permanent Molar and the prevalence of caries in this tooth in children in the south of Jordan. 150 patients [85 females, 65 males] aged between 5-12 years, with mean age [7.6] years formed the study group. Each of them had at least one first permanent molar erupted. They were examined oraly and their parents were interviewed and asked whether they know at what age First Permanent Molar erupts. 82% of the interviewed parents were unaware about the time of eruption of first permanent molar. 54% of the examined children had one or more unsound first permanent molar. 44% of the examined first permanent molars were unsound. DMFT for the First Permanent Molar was [0.17], [0.64], [1.85], and [2.63] at 6, 7, 8 and 9 year old respectively. Parents had little knowledge about the time of eruption of first permanent molar, and, hence, its importance. And there was high caries prevalence in these teeth