Age-appropriate orthodontic treatment and orthodontic risk management concerns for the pediatric dentist and orthodontist

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-132
Author(s):  
Laurance Jerrold
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Pediatric Dentist ◽  
Age Appropriate

scholarly journals Orthodontics - during and after COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-264
Author(s):  
Ajit J Kalia ◽  
Kinjal Ramesh Kale ◽  
Hareem Mohd. Husain Kashmiri ◽  
Salil Nene ◽  
Ashwith Hegde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Emergency Care ◽  
Emergency Treatment ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
International Community ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Spread Of Infection

The rapid outbreak of coronavirus syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has engulfed the entire international community and triggered serious public health issues. Orthodontists may encounter patients with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and may need to work vigilantly to avoid the spread of infection, consecutively provide care and emergency treatment. The objective of this review is to provide a brief overview of the effects of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 on orthodontic treatment, and to address risk management and the facilitation of orthodontic emergency care and post-pandemic orthodontic practice, using data and literature currently available.

Free-end Space Maintainers: Design, Utilization and Advantages

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Barbería ◽  
Tania Lucavechi ◽  
Dora Cárdenas ◽  
Myriam Maroto
Keyword(s):  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Primary Molar ◽  
Restorative Treatment ◽  
Permanent Molar ◽  
Pediatric Dentist ◽  
Space Maintainer ◽  
Space Maintenance ◽  
End Space ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
Selection Of

Primary molars are a determining factor in the development of occlusion. Given their importance, when restorative treatment is not feasible and a primary molar must be extracted, the practitioner should keep in mind the risk of losing space, and the consequent malocclusion. Preservation of the space can eliminate or reduce the need for prolonged orthodontic treatment. For that reason, there are various kinds of space maintainers and the pediatric dentist must decide which one to utilize, on the basis of general and local factors related to the child. In the selection of a treatment option for space maintenance, the greatest complications occur when the first permanent molar has not yet erupted. A large variety of appliances have been devised to deal with this situation. This article proposes the use of a removable space maintainer that is open on one end and can be employed to guide the first permanent molar, maintaining the integrity of the mucous membrane and serving as a prosthetic appliance, preventing the complications and contraindications often caused by sub-gingival maintainers.

scholarly journals Composite odontoma with 23 denticles in a pediatric patient: A case report

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
Paôla Caroline da Silva Mira ◽  
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Jéssica Silva Peixoto Bem ◽  
Andresa Vieira da Silva ◽  
Marcio Santos de Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Panoramic Radiograph ◽  
Anterior Region ◽  
Cone Beam ◽  
Central Incisor ◽  
Pediatric Dentist ◽  
School Of Dentistry ◽  
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeon ◽  
Compound Odontoma

Compound odontoma is an odontogenic tumor of ectomesenchymal origin containing tooth-like structures. Occasionally, this lesion may trigger occlusal, phonetic, and aesthetic disorders. The aim is to report a case of a compound odontoma containing 23 denticles in the anterior region of the maxilla of an infant patient. A 12-year-old male patient was referred for orthodontic treatment at Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) complaining of a large diastema between the upper central incisors. Panoramic radiograph revealed the presence of a radiopaque lesion with tooth-like structures surrounded by a radiolucent rim in the anterior region of the maxilla, associated with distal displacement of the left central incisor. Surgical approach under general anesthesia revealed and extracted 23 denticles. Post-operative Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) confirmed removal of all denticles, and further orthodontic treatment could be planned. Multidisciplinary involvement of pediatric dentist, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and orthodontist was essential to achieve full functional, aesthetic, and psychosocial success.

Reliability of Clinician Judgments of Severity of Phonological Impairment

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan K. Rafaat ◽  
Susan Rvachew ◽  
Rebecca S. C. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Conversational Speech ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Citation Form ◽  
Phonological Abilities ◽  
Preschool Aged Children

Pairs of speech-language pathologists independently rated severity of phonological impairment for 45 preschoolers, aged 30 to 65 months. Children were rated along a continuum from normal to profound. In addition to judging overall severity of impairment, the clinicians provided separate ratings based on citation form and conversational samples. A judgment of intelligibility of conversational speech was also required. Results indicated that interclinician reliability was adequate (80% agreement) for older preschool-aged children (4-1/2 years and above) but that judgments by speechlanguage pathologists were not sufficiently reliable for children under 3-1/2 years of age 40% agreement). Children judged to have age appropriate phonological abilities were not clearly distinguishable from children judged to have a mild delay. Educating speech-language pathologists regarding the normative phonological data that are available with respect to young preschoolers, and ensuring that such data are readily accessible for assessment purposes, is required.

Effects of Fundamental Frequency Contours on Sentence Recognition in Mandarin-Speaking Children With Cochlear Implants

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 3855-3864
Author(s):  
Wanting Huang ◽  
Lena L. N. Wong ◽  
Fei Chen ◽  
Haihong Liu ◽  
Wei Liang
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Fundamental Frequency ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Lexical Tone ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Sentence Recognition ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
F0 Contour ◽  
Appropriate Sentences

Purpose Fundamental frequency (F0) is the primary acoustic cue for lexical tone perception in tonal languages but is processed in a limited way in cochlear implant (CI) systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of F0 contours in sentence recognition in Mandarin-speaking children with CIs and find out whether it is similar to/different from that in age-matched normal-hearing (NH) peers. Method Age-appropriate sentences, with F0 contours manipulated to be either natural or flattened, were randomly presented to preschool children with CIs and their age-matched peers with NH under three test conditions: in quiet, in white noise, and with competing sentences at 0 dB signal-to-noise ratio. Results The neutralization of F0 contours resulted in a significant reduction in sentence recognition. While this was seen only in noise conditions among NH children, it was observed throughout all test conditions among children with CIs. Moreover, the F0 contour-induced accuracy reduction ratios (i.e., the reduction in sentence recognition resulting from the neutralization of F0 contours compared to the normal F0 condition) were significantly greater in children with CIs than in NH children in all test conditions. Conclusions F0 contours play a major role in sentence recognition in both quiet and noise among pediatric implantees, and the contribution of the F0 contour is even more salient than that in age-matched NH children. These results also suggest that there may be differences between children with CIs and NH children in how F0 contours are processed.

After Dismissal: Examining the Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Skills of Children With Remediated Speech Sound Disorders

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Farquharson
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Speech Production ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Speech Sound ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Speech Sound Disorders ◽  
Academic Difficulties ◽  
The Public ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Language Literacy

Speech sound disorders are a complex and often persistent disorder in young children. For many children, therapy results in successful remediation of the errored productions as well as age-appropriate literacy and academic progress. However, for some children, while they may attain age-appropriate speech production skills, they later have academic difficulties. For SLPs in the public schools, these children present as challenging in terms of both continuing treatment as well as in terms of caseload management. What happens after dismissal? Have these children truly acquired adequate speech production skills? Do they have lingering language, literacy, and cognitive deficits? The purpose of this article is to describe the language, literacy, and cognitive features of a small group of children with remediated speech sound disorders compared to their typically developing peers.

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