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L A Nielsen

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PubMed1991

[Indications and use of fissure sealants in public dental health care in Denmark. A questionnaire-investigation].

During the past decade usage of the fissure sealant technique for occlusal caries prevention has been increasingly recommended. This study explores variations in indications and usage of this technique in Denmark. A questionnaire was sent to 205 chief dental officers in the Danish Public Child Dental Health Service (PDHS) covering 90% of Danish children and to municipalities, where dental health to children is provided by private practitioners. More than half of the respondents did not use firmly defined criteria for fissure sealant application. Oral hygiene and previous caries experience were most often stated as indications. Actual usage of the sealant technique differed significantly from the PDHS and private clinics. Thus, 33% of the chief dental officers in the PDHS said that sealants were routinely applied to 8- and 13-year-olds, 43% to 30-80% of the children, and 15% used sealants to less than 10% of 8- and 13-year-olds. In contrast, only 5% of the private clinics reported routinely use of sealing technique, 22% used application to 30-80% of the children, while more than one third of the private practitioners used sealants to less than 10% of the 8- and 13-year-olds. In spite of the significant difference in sealant usage between PDHS and private practitioners, it was not possible to see a corresponding difference neither in caries prevalence nor in occlusal filling incidence. Moreover, analysis of PDHS caries prevalence data revealed that PDHS variations could not be explained by variations of risk in terms of social classes and caries incidence.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

[Plaque and gingivitis in children with cerebral palsy: relation to CP-diagnosis, mental and motor handicap].

UNLABELLED: A total of 105 children with cerebral palsy aged 14 and 15 years born in the eastern Denmark comprised the study group. The children were classified according to CP-diagnosis, mental handicap, motor handicap and information on plaque index, gingivitis index, and toothbrushing habits were collected. The analysis showed that the values for plaque and gingivitis indices were significantly higher than those of the control group. The specific CP-diagnosis, the mental handicap and the motor handicap did not seem to have definite influence on the child's plaque and gingivitis indices. Children with the mildest mental and motor handicap seemed to have lower plaque and gingivitis indices than those of the severely handicapped children. The highest gingival scores (5.2) were seen when the child and the parents together were responsible for the child's toothbrushing. The gingival index was 4.0, when the parents brushed the child's teeth and 3.7 when the children brushed their teeth on their own. Only 7 children used an electric toothbrush. The average gingival index in this group was 3.0, which was nearly the same as that of the control group. CONCLUSION: 1. Oral hygiene planning of the CP-child can only be made when an individual evaluation has been performed. 2. CP-children's oral hygiene has to be controlled frequently.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

[Intrusion of primary teeth: case reports].

Three cases of intrusion of primary teeth are described. In all cases the intruded primary tooth was left without treatment and the tooth did not re-erupt. After eruption of the succedaneous permanent tooth the primary tooth was surgically removed. There was damage to the permanent tooth in two of the three cases.

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