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Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, Section of Orthodontics, University Polyclinic Hospital “G. Martino”, 98125 Messina, Italy
Interests: orthodontics; oral pathology; pathologies of the Oro-Maxillofacial district with inflammatory, autoimmune, or malformative characteristics
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Dear Colleagues,

The oro-maxillofacial district, in its hard and soft tissue components, can be the site of numerous pathological features characterized by various etiopathogenetic mechanisms and different clinical manifestations that can affect also pediatric patients. It is possible to distinguish pathologies with inflammatory, autoimmune character in addition to numerous different malformative syndromes. The differential diagnosis of these pathologies is not always very easy, and therapeutic approaches can be significantly different depending on the specific features of the pathology. In recent times, significant developments have been made in both the diagnosis and therapy of numerous pathologies of the oro-maxillofacial district. In this Special Issue, we welcome authors to submit papers on the recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of Oro-Maxillofacial district pathologies in paediatric patients, with an emphasis on experimental studies with high levels of scientific evidence, or even clinical cases related to uncommon but particularly interesting diseases.

Dr. Marco Portelli
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Keywords

oral pathology
inflammatory syndromes
potential malignant disorders
oral cancer
autoimmune diseases
TMJ disorders
malocclusions
malformation syndromes

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Eating Behaviours, Oral Hygiene, and Caries in a Population of Spanish Children with Divorced Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study

by María Moya-López, Rafael Gómez-De Diego, María Carrillo-Díaz, Martín Romero-Maroto and Ana Ruiz-Guillén

J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(19), 6189; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196189 - 25 Sep 2023

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Dental caries are a public health problem that is influenced by dietary habits. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the feeding and hygiene habits that divorced parents exercise over their children compared to non-divorced parents, and how this may influence the rate of caries in their children. The data of participants (n = 174) with an average age of 12.17 ± 2.04 years were examined to assess the mean decayed/missing/filled teeth (DMFT) index, and they were asked questions about their oral hygiene habits. At the same time, their parents answered the parental feeding style questionnaire. A moderation analysis was conducted with family control of oral hygiene habit levels as an independent variable, decayed teeth as a dependent variable, and feeding control as a moderating variable. Results showed that divorced parents were found to have more problems in controlling their children’s hygiene and dietary habits, have less control over their children’s feeding, and make more use of instrumental feeding, which led to children of divorced parents having more caries. Despite the limitations linked to the cross-sectional design of the study and considering both the convenience sample and the impossibility of controlling for all aetiological factors linked to the development of caries, it can be concluded that children of divorced parents have an increased risk of tooth decay. However, parental controlled feeding interferes with the effect of family controlled oral hygiene habits on the decayed tooth, decreasing the rate of caries. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Clinical Research in Pediatric Dentistry)

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