ASDC journal of dentistry for children
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The Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma is an inflammatory lesion which most often appears in twenty-five to thirty-four-year-old females. It averages 1.0 cm at its greatest dimension. This case reports a seven-year-eight-month-old female who presented with a peripheral ossifying fibroma lesion which measured 2.7 cm by 1.5 cm by 1.0 cm. A review of peripheral ossifying fibroma, and the management and postsurgical sequelae of this child are discussed.
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Details are provided from a series of government and private agency reports on the accidents and related deaths of children and the effectiveness of efforts being made to reduce the incidence of these tragedies. In 1992 there were 83,000 accidental deaths and more than 17 million disabling injuries in the United States costing $399 billion. The death rate was down 10 percent from 1991, and also the lowest recorded in recent years. ⋯ The number of accidental deaths of children, ages five to nine years, almost equalled the number of deaths from natural causes. For children ten to fourteen years old, the number of accidental deaths was one third greater than the number from natural causes. Statistics regarding death and injury from motor vehicles, firearms, consumer products, and poison are presented.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain management during cavity preparations in pediatric patients.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in pain reduction during cavity preparations in pediatric patients. Twenty patients, ages eight to fourteen years, were treated for Class I amalgam restorations in mandibular first permanent molars using TENS in a double blind protocol. ⋯ Using the visual analogue scale, the ANOVA test indicated a significant decrease (p < 0.01) in patient ratings between the TENS experimental and the control group. It can be concluded there was a statistically significant decrease in the pain perceptions of pediatric patients during Class I amalgam cavity preparations in mandibular first permanent molars.
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
The intraoral use of EMLA cream in children: a clinical investigation.
The use of 5 percent EMLA (an eutectic mixture of local anesthetics comprised of a mixture of prilocaine and lidocaine) as an intraoral topical anesthetic in children has been assessed in a clinical investigation. In a split-mouth study in twenty children there was no difference in the efficacy of EMLA and 5 percent lidocaine ointment in alleviating the pain of maxillary buccal infiltration injections of local anesthetics. EMLA did not differ significantly from placebo in the changes in pulpal responses of maxillary primary teeth to electrical stimulation before and after application in a double-blind split-mouth study in twenty children.