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AIM: The aim of the present study was to compare the dental characteristics and the oral health care needs of patients with Cerebral Paralysis (CP) and Down Syndrome (DS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The selected sample consisted of 28 patients of both sexes between 10 and 20 years of age. STUDY DESIGN: observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. STATISTICS: The statistical analysis was carried out with the SPSS 19.0 program for Windows. The frequency distribution and contingency tables were analysed, as was interobserver concordance. non mi è chiaro cosa intendono qui. RESULTS: Fifty percent of the patients with CP presented dental traumas, compared to 15% of the patients with DS. Dental prophylaxis was the most prevalent treatment in both groups (77% in CP compared to 86.7% in DS). The most frequent habit was oral breathing, which was found in 69.2% of the patients with CP and 80% of those with DS. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with CP and DS require early dental care in order to prevent and limit the severity of the pathologies observed.
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Cerebral Palsy/complications , Dental Care for Children/methods , Dental Care for Disabled/methods , Down Syndrome/complications , Oral Health , Adolescent , Child , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Health Services Needs and Demand , Humans , Male , Spain , Young AdultABSTRACT
AIM: To assess the degree of jawbone asymmetry by drawing vertical lines on digital panoramic radiographs of paediatric patients with right or left unilateral cross-bite. STUDY DESIGN: The sample consisted of 217 paediatric patients of both genders, aged 6-9 years. A set of vertical lines was drawn on the side of the mandible with the cross-bite and on the side without the cross-bite, using software program tpsDigs version 2. Subsequently, the differences in the measurements of the two sides were determined through statistical analysis. RESULTS: Analysis of the vertical jaw lines on the radiographic bite indices indicated, in every case, quantifiable differences between the side with the cross-bite and the side without the cross-bite. The differences between vertical variables, related to the heights of the mandible body and the condyle, were statistically significant (p>0.005) for the whole sample and both genders. Statistically significant differences in the heights of the mandible body were found for all the age groups (6 to 9 years old), except for the 9-year-old group, which registered differences in the variables of condylar height. CONCLUSION: Throughout the sample and regardless of the side affected by cross-bite, the vertical variables corresponding to the total height of the ramus were always smaller on the side with the cross-bite. Gender did not affect the results obtained and age influenced some of the mandible's vertical heights.
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Jaw/diagnostic imaging , Child , Female , Humans , Jaw/anatomy & histology , Male , Radiography, PanoramicABSTRACT
AIM: The aim of this study is to determine the timing of primary teeth eruption in Spanish children, and to distinguish gender and arch differences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed on primary teeth eruption in a sample of 1,250 children (623 girls and 627 boys) from the Region of Madrid aged between 3 and 42 months. The clinical emergence of teeth was taken to estimate the mean ages of primary teeth eruption. The t test was used to analyse gender and arch differences. RESULTS: The process of primary dentition lasted 22.28 months, and statistically significant differences were found in the eruption of homologous contralateral teeth. The first molars and maxillary lateral incisors erupted earlier in girls than in boys, with no statistically significant chronological differences. The central incisors and second molars erupted first in the mandibular arch, while the lateral incisors, canines and first molars erupted first in the maxilla. A greater chronological difference was found between the lateral incisors, which erupted more than 8 months earlier in the maxilla than in the mandible. CONCLUSIONS: In the overall sample, the first tooth to erupt was the lower right central incisor at 10.96 ± 1.88 months, and the last was the upper left second molar, at 33.24 ± 4.35 months, symmetry was found in the eruption of the deciduous teeth. The greatest chronological difference was observed in the lateral incisors, with the upper ones erupting more than 8 months before the lower ones. Although statistically significant gender differences were found, they were considered clinically irrelevant.
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Tooth Eruption , Tooth, Deciduous/physiology , Child, Preschool , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , SpainABSTRACT
AIM: This was to investigate permanent teeth emergence in children and teenagers of Madrid (Spain) and to compare the data with those reported in the literature. STUDY DESIGN: cross-sectional descriptive study. This study comprises data from 752 children and adolescents in Madrid (Spain). Sex, age and present permanent teeth were recorded. RESULTS: In our study permanent teeth eruption occurred between 6.99 and 12.45 years in girls and between 7.06 and 12.81 years in boys. Overall we found no statistically significant differences in the timing of emergence between homologous contralateral teeth, however we noted that the lower arch teeth erupt before those of the upper arch and the eruption of permanent teeth occurs earlier in girls than in boys. The sequence of tooth eruption differed in both jaws but was the same in both sexes. CONCLUSION: Clinical examination of teeth is a simple tool to calculate tooth eruption intervals. These findings in a Spanish population are relevant for different dental setting and should be periodically reconfirmed.
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Tooth Eruption/physiology , Adolescent , Age Factors , Bicuspid/physiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Cross-Sectional Studies , Cuspid/physiology , Female , Humans , Incisor/physiology , Male , Mandible , Maxilla , Molar/physiology , Sex Factors , SpainABSTRACT
Se midió el perímetro de las arcadas dentarias de 539 niños, de los cuales 285 eran niños y 254 niñas de edades comprendidas entre los 6 y los 14 años de edad, realizándose un estudio transversal. El propósito de esta investigación es determinar la evolución del perímetro de las arcadas dentarias en una población española basándonos en la edad cronológica
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Dental Arch/growth & development , Odontometry , Chronology , Cross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT
Se midió el perímetro de las arcadas dentarias de 539 niños, de los cuales 285 eran niños y 254 niñas de edades comprendidas entre los 6 y los 14 años de edad, realizándose un estudio transversal. El propósito de esta investigación es determinar la evolución del perímetro de las arcadas dentarias en una población española basándonos en la edad cronológica (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Dental Arch/growth & development , Odontometry/methods , Cross-Sectional Studies , ChronologyABSTRACT
The authors aim to study the relation existing between the chronology of tooth eruption and delayed growth, whether this is delayed growth with or without low genetic height or delayed growth caused by growth hormone deficit. The 50 children included in the sample were studied from the endocrine and dental points of view and it was found that children whose delayed growth is accompanied by a low genetic height or growth hormone deficit presented retardation in dentition and retardation in bone age. However, a retardation in bone age does not necessarily imply a retardation in dentition.
