FEAR ASSESSMENT WITH THE ‘DRAW A PERSON’ TEST OF THE DENTAL TREATMENT IN SPARING ENZYME-BASED EXCAVATION OF CARIES IN CHILDREN BETWEEN 4 AND 6 YEARS OF AGE

Aim The aim of the study is to assess fear with the ‘Draw a Person’ test in sparing enzyme-based excavation with Brix 3000 and conventional excavation when treating carious lesions in primary teeth. Materials and Methods The study involves 72 children aged 4-6. The enzyme-based excavation was used at 42 of the children and for the remaining 30 – conventional excavation with a bur. Each child has to complete the ‘Draw a Person’ Test: at home, before and after dental treatment in the dental office. The height of each figure is measured in centimeters using a ruler. Results and Conclusions Immediately prior to the dental treatment, a double reduction in the size of the figure in both groups could be observed, as compared to the figure drawn at home, which refers to an increase in the fear level. After the end of the treatment, in both groups, an increase could be observed as to the height of the figure drawn, and there is the impression that the height of the figures, drawn by children, where the carious lesions were excavated with Brix 3000 are closer to the figures drawn at home, compared to children treated using the conventional method.

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Effect of Short- and Long-term Use of Home and In-Office Bleaching with Carbamide Peroxide and Hydrogen Peroxide on Bleaching with Carbamide Peroxide and Hydrogen Peroxide on Enamel Microhardness Enamel Microhardness

Journal of Dentistry Indonesia ◽

10.14693/jdi.v27i2.1118 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Nazila Ameli ◽

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Niloofar Kianvash Rad ◽

Farzane Nikpour ◽

Raheb Ghorbani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hydrogen Peroxide ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Artificial Saliva ◽

Tooth Bleaching ◽

Control Group ◽

Bleaching Agent ◽

Carbamide Peroxide ◽

Dental Procedures ◽

Before And After ◽

At Home

Bleaching is a well-known esthetic dental treatment performed to lighten the tooth shade. Among different cosmetic dental procedures, including direct and indirect tooth-colored restorations, bleaching is likely the most conservative approach. Bleaching has been accepted well by patients and proven as a safe and effective approach. Objective: Tooth bleaching can be conducted at home or in offices. This study was performed to compare the enamel microhardness before bleaching and one and eight weeks after the application of different bleaching agents. Methods: Forty human premolars were randomly divided into four groups, and their buccal surface underwent a Vickers microhardness test before and after bleaching. Bleaching was performed with 40% hydrogen peroxide (HP) in-office bleaching agent (n = 10), 15% HP at-home bleaching agent (n = 10), and 15% carbamide peroxide (CP) at-home bleaching agent (n = 10) for two weeks. Ten samples were stored in artificial saliva and set as the control group. The microhardness of the samples was measured again one and eight weeks after bleaching. Results: The microhardness significantly decreased in the four groups one week after bleaching. Conclusion: The enamel microhardness was temporarily decreased by in-office bleaching. However, the microhardness increased with time and returned to the baseline value. Although the enamel microhardness initially reduced, it increased eight weeks after 15% CP at-home bleaching agent was applied.

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BIOSUGGESTIVE THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF DENTAL PHOBIA

Medical Science of Ukraine (MSU) ◽

10.32345/2664-4738.1-2.2017.10 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (1-2) ◽

pp. 74-81

Author(s):

O.I. Osokina ◽

А.А. Udod ◽

В.В. Ivnev ◽

S.G. Ushenin ◽

G.G. Putyatin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emotional State ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Objective Assessment ◽

Pain Syndrome ◽

Self Medication ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Dental Office ◽

Before And After ◽

Clinically Significant

Relevance. Fear of dental treatment - dentofobia - is an obsessive fear of visiting a dental office, a fear of the personality of the dentist and dental equipment. The fear of treatment at the dentist is the main reason that patients delay visits to a dentist, refuse treatment or self-medication using. Many people with dentofobia seek help only in urgent cases, for example, with severe pain syndrome or with an abscess. Objective: the estimation of influence of the method of biosuggestive therapy on the emotional state of patients in the dental profile by a dynamic evaluation of neurotic symptoms before and after a visit to the dentist. Material and methods. 92 respondents were examined: 43 men (46,7 %) and 49 women (53,3 %), aged from 25 to 62 years, who applied for dental care. Modification scale of the dental anxiety (MDAS) was used for self-assessment of anxiety level. The Hamilton scale (HAM-A) was used for an objective assessment of the severity of anxiety symptoms and the level of anxiety. The method of biosuggestive therapy was used for the psychocorrection of anxiety. This method based on a combination of verbal and non-verbal suggestion in a light trance state. We used not only suggestion, but also other techniques: the contact of the palm of the therapist with the respondent's body, induction, the corresponding setting of the voice, etc. The results were statistically processed. Results. According MDAS scale, clinically significant anxiety before a visit to the dentist was found in 82,6±4,0 % of patients. The anxious-hypochondriacal (38,1±7,5 %) and anxious-depressive (33,3±7,3 %) syndromes dominated. According the HAM-A scale, anxiety-phobic symptoms, sleep disorders, autonomic disorders and somatoform dysfunctions predominated in the structure of neurotic symptoms with the primary involvement of the digestive system and the urinary system. The level of neurotic symptoms in women was more than in men (according the scale of HAM-A, 50±0,5 points and 38±0,8 points, respectively, p<0,05). After biosuggestion therapy, 92,9±4,0 % of patients noted subjective improvement in their emotional state and decrease of anxiety’s level. According to the scale of HAM-A, in the main group showed a significant decrease in the severity of neurotic symptoms by 57,7±7,5 % of the baseline, while in the comparison group it was only 29,1±7,4 %, p<0,001. Conclusion. The method of biosuggestion therapy is effective and expedient for the normalization of emotional state of patients before a visit to a dentist.

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Esthetic Concerns and Acceptability of Treatment Modalities in Primary Teeth: A Comparison between Children and Their Parents

International Journal of Dentistry ◽

10.1155/2016/3163904 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sharat Chandra Pani ◽

Abdulrahman Al Saffan ◽

Sultan AlHobail ◽

Fares Bin Salem ◽

AlBara AlFuraih ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dental Caries ◽

Primary Teeth ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Point Of View ◽

Treatment Modalities ◽

Full Coverage ◽

Anterior Teeth ◽

Carious Lesions ◽

Zirconia Crowns ◽

Materials Used

Background and Aim. Esthetic concerns in primary teeth have been studied mainly from the point of view of parents. The aim of this study was to study compare the opinions of children aged 5–8 years to have an opinion regarding the changes in appearance of their teeth due to dental caries and the materials used to restore those teeth.Methodology. A total of 107 children and both of their parents (n=321), who were seeking dental treatment, were included in this study. A tool comprising a questionnaire and pictures of carious lesions and their treatment arranged in the form of a presentation was validated and tested on 20 children and their parents. The validated tool was then tested on all participants.Results.Children had acceptable validity statistics for the tool suggesting that they were able to make informed decisions regarding esthetic restorations. There was no difference between the responses of the children and their parents on most points. Zirconia crowns appeared to be the most acceptable full coverage restoration for primary anterior teeth among both children and their parents.Conclusion.Within the limitations of the study it can be concluded that children in their sixth year of life are capable of appreciating the esthetics of the restorations for their anterior teeth.

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Acquiring variable commands at home and abroad: Examining optatives and imperatives in L1 and L2 Spanish

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics ◽

10.1515/shll-2020-2025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 79-113

Author(s):

Farrah Neumann ◽

Matthew Kanwit

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Second Language Acquisition ◽

Study Abroad ◽

Language Teaching ◽

Applied Linguistics ◽

Future Research ◽

Control Group ◽

Before And After ◽

The Individual ◽

At Home

AbstractSince many linguistic structures are variable (i. e. conveyed by multiple forms), building a second-language grammar critically involves developing sociolinguistic competence (Canale and Swain. 1980. Theoretical bases of communicative approaches to second language teaching and testing. Applied Linguistics 1(1). 1–47), including knowledge of contexts in which to use one form over another (Bayley and Langman. 2004. Variation in the group and the individual: Evidence from second language acquisition. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching 42(4). 303–318). Consequently, researchers interested in such competence have increasingly analyzed the study-abroad context to gauge learners’ ability to approximate local norms following a stay abroad, due to the quality and quantity of input to which learners may gain access (Lafford. 2006. The effects of study abroad vs. classroom contexts on Spanish SLA: Old assumptions, new insights and future research directions. In Carol Klee & Timothy Face (eds.), Selected proceedings of the 7th conference on the acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as first and second languages, 1–25. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project). Nevertheless, the present study is the first to examine native or learner variation between imperative (e. g. ven ‘come’) and optative Spanish commands (e. g. que vengas ‘come’). We first performed a corpus analysis to determine the linguistic factors to manipulate in a contextualized task, which elicited commands from learners before and after four weeks abroad in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Their overall rates of selection and predictive factors were compared to local native speakers (NSs) and a control group of at-home learners.Results revealed that the abroad learners more closely approached NS rates of selection following the stay abroad. Nonetheless, for both learner groups conditioning by independent variables only partially approximated the NS system, which was more complex than previously suggested.

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SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASE AS A MEASURE OF ANXIETY BEFORE AND AFTER DENTAL TREATMENT FOR VISUALLY AND HEARING-IMPAIRED CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHERS

International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics ◽

10.22159/ijap.2017.v9s2.32 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 128

Author(s):

Eka S Shofiyah ◽

Margaretha Sovaria ◽

Mochamad F Rizal ◽

Sarworini B Budiardjo

Keyword(s):

Dental Treatment ◽

Post Treatment ◽

Hearing Impaired ◽

Alpha Amylase ◽

Hearing Impairments ◽

Waiting Room ◽

Salivary Alpha Amylase ◽

Before And After ◽

Impaired Children ◽

Hearing Impaired Children

Objective: Visual and hearing impairments are known to profoundly affect children’s psychological development, including their anxiety. However, strong emotional relationship with their mother found in these children may help them cope. Measuring salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) in saliva samples is widely used in clinical settings as a reliable, non-invasive biomarker of anxiety level.Methods: Our objective was to evaluate sAA levels in visually and hearing-impaired children and their mothers before and after dental treatment. This study included 60 children with visual and hearing impairments and their mothers. sAA level of both children and mothers was sampled while they were together in the waiting room before treatment. The children then underwent dental prophylaxis in a separate room, and their post-treatment sAA was measured immediately afterward. At that time, their mother’s post-treatment sAA was sampled in the waiting room. Data were analyzed using a Wilcoxon test.Results: sAA levels were found to differ significantly between pre- and post-dental treatment (p<0.05).Conclusion: This difference indicates that reducing maternal anxiety would be of great benefit in reducing anxiety in visually and hearing-impaired children. Practical implications: Appropriately managing anxiety in this group of children can be of great benefit to dentists in daily practice, helping them provide the care that these children need.

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Chronic pain relief after the exposure of nitrous oxide during dental treatment: longitudinal retrospective study

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria ◽

10.1590/0004-282x20150061 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 73 (7) ◽

pp. 578-581 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Francisco Moreira Mattos Júnior ◽

Rafael Villanova Mattos ◽

Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira ◽

Silvia Regina Dowgan Tesseroli de Siqueira ◽

Jose Tadeu Tesseroli de Siqueira

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Nitrous Oxide ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Chronic Pain Patients ◽

Before And After ◽

Nitrous Oxide Oxygen ◽

Oxygen Nitrous Oxide ◽

Prevalence Of Pain ◽

Underlying Mechanisms ◽

Pain Patients

The objective was to investigate the effect of nitrous/oxygen in chronic pain. Seventy-seven chronic pain patients referred to dental treatment with conscious sedation with nitrous oxide/oxygen had their records included in this research. Data were collected regarding the location and intensity of pain by the visual analogue scale before and after the treatment. Statistical analysis was performed comparing pre- and post-treatment findings. It was observed a remarkable decrease in the prevalence of pain in this sample (only 18 patients still had chronic pain, p < 0.001) and in its intensity (p < 0.001). Patients that needed fewer sessions received higher proportions of nitrous oxide/oxygen. Nitrous oxide may be a tool to be used in the treatment of chronic pain, and future prospective studies are necessary to understand the underlying mechanisms and the effect of nitrous oxide/oxygen in patients according to the pain diagnosis and other characteristics.

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MOTHERS' KNOWLEDGE TOWARDS ORAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AGED UP TO 3 YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

Journal of IMAB - Annual Proceeding (Scientific Papers) ◽

10.5272/jimab.2021274.4052 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 4052-4059

Author(s):

Ralitsa Bogovska-Gigova ◽

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Rositza Kabaktchieva ◽

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Health Education ◽

Educational Program ◽

Bottle Feeding ◽

Oral Health Education ◽

Dental Office ◽

Before And After ◽

Health Related ◽

Long Time ◽

E Learning

Purpose: To comparatively analyze the oral health-related knowledge of mothers of children aged up to 3 years before and after the "Dental Home for Children" educational program (www.dentalendom.bg) Material/methods: The study involved a group of 90 mothers of children aged up to 3 years who visited the special educational and motivational website www.dentalendom.bg and completed our survey. We compared and processed the results of the survey using 90 control questionnaires, which were completed by parents who had visited the dental office without having attended an oral health education and motivation session in advance. Results: The results obtained from the survey completed by mothers of children aged up to 3 years show that their knowledge of the importance of fluoride prevention, the risks of nighttime bottle feeding with baby formula for a long time, mistakes in feeding, and the early transmission of cariogenic bacteria increased substantially compared to the mothers who did not visit the educational website. Conclusion: The obtained positive results give us reason to believe that e-learning health education programs are useful for both mothers and children aged up to 3 years.

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PENGARUH TERAPI BEKAM TERHADAP PENURUNAN KADAR KOLESTEROL PADA PASIEN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA DI RUMAH SEHAT AL-HIJAMAAH TAHUN 2014/2015

Al-Iqra Medical Journal : Jurnal Berkala Ilmiah Kedokteran ◽

10.26618/aimj.v1i1.2769 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 41-47

Author(s):

Sitti Aulia Hidayat ◽

Salsa Anggeraini ◽

TaufiQul Hidayat

Keyword(s):

Sampling Method ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cupping Therapy ◽

T Test ◽

Primary Data ◽

Probability Sampling ◽

Cholesterol Levels ◽

Before And After ◽

Paired T Test ◽

At Home

To know the effect of cupping therapy to decrease cholesterol levels in patients at Home Healthy hiperkolestrolemia Al-hijamaah in the year 2014/2015. Research observational analytic-numerical categorical pairs. Samples were hypercholesterolemic patients at Home Healthy Al-hijamaah in 2014/2015. Taken by using non-probability sampling technique with purposive sampling method. The primary data obtained directly from respondents, and analyzed by paired T test. The number of samples involved in this study were 45 respondents. Most of the samples were aged 20-45 years were 28 respondents (62.2%), female 27 respondents (60%), and average cholesterol levels before cupping therapy of 262.84 mg / dl and the average after cupping therapy 239.53 mg / dl. In this study, the results of Test Independent t test t test = 2.64 with p = 0,010 (p 0.05) which means that there are significant differences in cholesterol levels before and after cupping therapy

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Acupuncture in the Management of Anxiety Related to Dental Treatment: A Case Series

Acupuncture in Medicine ◽

10.1136/aim.2009.001933 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 3-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Palle Rosted ◽

Mads Bundgaard ◽

Sian Gordon ◽

Anne Marie Lynge Pedersen

Keyword(s):

Acupuncture Treatment ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Case Reports ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Case Series ◽

Randomised Clinical Trial ◽

Common Phenomenon ◽

Inexpensive Method ◽

Before And After ◽

Severe Anxiety

Background Anxiety related to dental treatment is a common phenomenon that has a significant impact on the provision of appropriate dental care. The aim of this case series was to examine the effect of acupuncture given prior to dental treatment on the level of anxiety. Methods Eight dentists submitted 21 case reports regarding the treatment of dental anxiety. The level of anxiety was assessed by the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Only patients with moderate to severe anxiety (BAI score ≥16) were included. The remaining 20 patients, 16 women and 4 men, with a mean age of 40.3 years, had a median BAI score of 26.5 at baseline. The BAI score was assessed before and after the acupuncture treatment. All patients received acupuncture treatment for 5 min prior to the planned dental treatment using the points GV20 and EX6. Results There was a significant reduction in median value of BAI scores after treatment with acupuncture (26.5 reduced to 11.5; p<0.01), and it was possible to carry out the planned dental treatment in all 20 cases after acupuncture treatment. Previously this had only been possible in six cases. Conclusion Acupuncture prior to dental treatment has a beneficial effect on the level of anxiety in patients with dental anxiety and may offer a simple and inexpensive method of treatment. However, the present results need to be tested in a larger randomised clinical trial in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the acupuncture treatment in patients with dental anxiety.

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