Traumatic dental injury associated with overweight/obese children?
Traumatic dental injuries (TDI) are relatively common affecting between 20-30% of children and adolescents. Increased overjet has been shown to increase the risk and while a link between...
View ArticleOral health of professional footballers is poor
187 UK professional footballers were examined in this cross-sectional survey. Their oral health was poorer than the average for a group of UK adults sampled for the most recent Adult Dental Health...
View ArticleHeadgear treatment for Class II malocclusions?
Only 5 of the 18 trials included in this review of headgear for the treatment of class II malocclusions were randomised while a short-term reduction of the SNA angle was noted the quality of the...
View ArticleIntrusive luxation in permanent teeth
This review of treatments for teeth with intrusive luxation included 8 studies. The studies were all considered to be at high risk of bias and suggested that spontaneous re-eruption should be the...
View ArticleOrthodontic treatment for class II division I malocclusion
27 RCTs were identified for this Cochrane review update early v late orthodontic treatment for class II div 1 malocclusion. The main advantage of early treatment was a reduction of incisal trauma. The...
View ArticleTraumatic dental injuries affect around 1 billion people
This review of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) included 152 observational studies providing an estimate of global prevalence of TDIs in permanent teeth of 15.2% (95%CI, 13.0%-17.4%) The post Traumatic...
View ArticleTooth fragment reattachment techniques?
This review of tooth fragment reattachment techniques included only 5 small observational studies involving a total of 246 teeth providing limited evidence for these techniques. The post Tooth fragment...
View ArticleMouthguards: Do they affect athletic performance?
This review of the effect of mouthguards on performance in athletes identified 15 small low quality studies. The findings suggest that made mouthguards does not interfere with sport performance but...
View ArticleMouthguards: Do they reduce dental trauma in contact sports?
This review of whether mouthguard use reduces dental trauma included 14 cross-sectional studies demonstrating an association between the prevalence of dental trauma and mouthguard use. The post...
View ArticleOverjet and dental trauma risk
This review of different overjet sizes that present an increased risk for developing dental trauma across different ages and dentition stages included 41 cross-sectional studies showing a a significant...
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