Rivista italiana di odontoiatria infantile : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di odontoiatria infantile最新文献

With the purpose of analyzing the influence of background factors such as socio-economic matters, educational and behavior on the dental status, an epidemiological study was carried out in the town of Verona, Italy. Hundred and hundred 8-9 years old children were examined and the dental-status described in detail. On the basis of an interview, information on parents' education, occupation and the children dental and dietary habits were obtained. It could be concluded that the dental health was highly related to the socio-economic level, to the level of mothers' education, the frequency of dental visits and the dietary habits. It is suggested that the differences could be reduced through the establishment of a systematic prophylactic program making school personal and local private dentists.

Space maintainers are very important in the prevention of malocclusions. Their indications and limits are described.

The Authors study the prevalence of the caries in the first permanent molar teeth by using DMF6 and consider the possibility of using such parameter instead of DMFT in order to reduce the time of observation in future researches.

The Authors evaluate some parameters relative to the concentration of fluoride in the potable water and in that bottled available in the territory of the Ussl no. 19. The integration of these parameters with the data that regard some life habits (frequency of assumption of the fluoride compresses, beverages of common use) in a target group, underlines the importance of the educational aspects of a preventive program in a community environment aiming to obtain the benefits of such method.

Juvenile chronic arthritis (j.c.a) often affects the maxillo-facial complex over all in relation to jaw and temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ). In this work 35 j.c.a. patients (aged 6 to 16 years) have been selected and studied in order to detect functional and morphostructural involvement of stomatognathic apparatus and TMJ. The involvement of these structures is appeared significantly increased during j.c.a. also in patients without clinic symptoms referable to a stomatognathic apparatus pathology. Therefore an early diagnosis as well as a preventive orthognatodontic treatment are necessary to reduce long term effects on the stomatognathic apparatus multifunctions.

The anomalies of dental structure are quite common in pediatric dentistry; these anomalies can involve separately or in the same time enamel, dentin or cementum and they are due to many factors acting during odontogenesis and istogenesis. The Authors analyse these abnormalities and describe a personal case.

40 patients with talassemia major treated with blood transfusions were studied by the Authors. The aim of this study was to evaluate tmj signs and symptoms, according to Helkimo questionnaire. From the data collected in this investigation it comes out that clinical signs are more frequent in older subjects, in fact 27% of young patients aged from 9 to 13 years showed at least one clinical sign of dysfunction; on the other hand in the younger patients (aged from 6 to 9 years) dysfunctions were found only in 16% of subjects.

Extrusive luxations of both, upper and lower incisors, represent a frequent event in dental traumatology. The Authors present some cases in which elastic splints have been used. In fact recent researches show that, even soon after a traumatic event, is not indicated to immobilize teeth with rigid fixed splints because they don't allow any dental function. It is therefore preferable the use of elastic splints for 2-4 weeks, instead of rigid splints for long periods. The Authors then describe the techniques, the methods and the radiographic controls and pulp tests used in this kind of traumatic pathology, showing the positive long term results obtained by using elastic splints instead of rigid splints which often present as result root resorptions or pulp necrosis. In fact with elastic splints is possible to replace and maintain luxated teeth, allowing at the same time a certain function of teeth and their support tissues.

The Authors present a review of the reports about methods developed in the latest years for screening high caries risk-subjects. They discuss some basic concepts necessary to assess limits and further possibilities of development of such diagnostic methods.

The relationship among cervical vertebral maturation and skeletal, dental and chronological ages were assessed by the Authors in lateral cephalometric, hand and orthopantomographic x-rays on 72 italian young subjects from 10 to 15 years of age. Statistically significant correlations were found between cervical vertebral maturation and skeletal age both in males and females, while vertebrae age was correlated with dental and chronological ages only in the females.