Paediatric Dentistry

Pre-eruptive diagnosis and management of occlusal dens evaginatus in premolar teeth

Dens evaginatus is much more common in the East Asian ethnic group populations, such as the Chinese, Thai, Japanese and Indian populations (Neo-Asiatics group) and the Indonesian-Malay populations...

Hybrid child-friendly biological primary molar restorative alternatives to general anaesthesia

The atraumatic/alternative restorative technique (ART) has been endorsed by the World Health Organization as a means of restoring and preventing caries in populations with little access to traditional...

Lichen planus in children

Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease. It commonly involves the oral mucosa but other extra-oral sites may be affected including the skin, scalp, genital area and the nails....

Management of an incidental radiographic finding of a severely infraoccluded primary molar

Infraocclusion, or submergence as it is commonly referred to, occurs when a tooth is no longer able to maintain its position adjacent to other teeth in the developing dentition. It usually occurs in...

Hypophosphatasia: Diagnostic Clues for the Dental Practitioner

The cases described in this report exhibited similar characteristics, namely, premature exfoliation of unresorbed primary teeth, elevated levels of urine phosphoethanolamine, and lower levels of serum...

Serendipity on bitewing radiographs

A six-year-old boy was referred to the paediatric dental clinic for management of multiple carious lesions in his primary teeth. He had been diagnosed with high-functioning autism and was otherwise...

Low level light therapy in the management of paediatric oral and oropharyngeal mucositis

Oral and oropharyngeal mucositis occurs in 52–80% of children undergoing treatment for cancer.1 Mucositis is a debilitating condition which can be so severe that it can delay or stop oncology...

How to minimize repeat dental general anaesthetics

The cost of hospital admissions for the treatment of caries in children in England in 2012/13 was £30 million7 and this increased to £35 million for tooth extractions in 2014/15.8 The rate of tooth...

Early tooth loss in children: a warning sign of childhood hypophosphatasia

A 4-year-old boy (JJ) was referred to the Unit of Paediatric Dentistry at the University Dental Hospital, Cardiff by a consultant paediatrician regarding premature exfoliation of his primary teeth....

Facial palsy masquerading as an acute dental abscess

A 6-year-old female presented in the Emergency Department at Nottingham Queen's Medical Centre (QMC). Her mother reported a 2-week history of a persistent left facial swelling, which started as...

What's new in molar incisor hypomineralization?

MIH is unique amongst developmental defects of systemic origin in that only the first permanent molars (FPMs), and sometimes the incisors, are affected. However, this definition has recently been the...

Could video glasses contribute to behaviour management in the 21st century?

The dental team play a pivotal role in making a child's visit to the dentist a positive experience. It is often necessary to adapt communication and behaviour management techniques in order to ensure...

A mouthful of anomalies

A medically fit 14-year-old boy was referred by his general dental practitioner to the Paediatric Dental Department at King's College Hospital, for the management of his unerupted LL5. No history of...

The prosthetic management of an infra-occluded first permanent molar: case report

While the condition may be clinically apparent, diagnosis can be confirmed by referral to a paediatric dentist or orthodontist. Multidisciplinary management is aimed to stimulate the periodontal...

Materials for paediatric dentistry part 1: background to the treatment of carious primary teeth

An electronic search of Ovid MEDLINE® (1946 to August 2014) and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews was carried out, using the key words: amalgam, composite resin, glass-ionomer cement,...