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Pediatric Dentistry: Clinical Advances and Practice Updates
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Pediatric Dentistry: Clinical Advances and Practice Updates

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 455

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Sigalit Blumer

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Guest Editor
School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Interests: pediatric dentistry; dental anxiety; deciduous tooth; oral health
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Peretz

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Guest Editor
School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Interests: pediatric dental health

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Pediatric dentistry is a branch of dentistry that deals with children from birth to adolescence. Pediatric dentists promote children's dental health and provide educational resources to parents. Doctors recommend a dental exam after your child's first tooth appears or before their first birthday. This is because early oral examinations can help detect early cavities. Early detection is crucial to maintaining oral health, changing abnormal habits, and making treatment needed as simple as possible. Pediatric dentistry focuses on preventing oral and dental injuries in children by focusing on dental care; caries risk assessment; and habits related to fingers, thumbs, and pacifiers. Pediatric dentistry as an art and science is constantly evolving, and with new developments and advances in the theory and practice of pediatric dentistry, the goal of providing quality dental care to all pediatric patients from birth to adolescence is achievable.

This Special Issue of JCM aims to collect contributions from all aspects related to "Pediatric Dentistry: Clinical Advances and Practice Updates". Original research articles and reviews will be included.

Dr. Sigalit Blumer
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Peretz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Clinical Medicine is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • pediatric dentistry
  • dental anxiety
  • deciduous teeth
  • oral health
  • prevention

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Dental Abnormalities in Pediatric Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
by Tatsuya Akitomo, Masashi Ogawa, Ami Kaneki, Taku Nishimura, Momoko Usuda, Mariko Kametani, Satoru Kusaka, Yuria Asao, Yuko Iwamoto, Meiko Tachikake, Chieko Mitsuhata and Ryota Nomura
J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(10), 2877; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13102877 - 13 May 2024
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Background: Chemotherapy is a common treatment for pediatric cancer. Although life prognosis is improving because of advances in medical science, it is important to deal with late effects such as dental abnormalities. We investigated the association between dental abnormalities and chemotherapy by age [...] Read more.
Background: Chemotherapy is a common treatment for pediatric cancer. Although life prognosis is improving because of advances in medical science, it is important to deal with late effects such as dental abnormalities. We investigated the association between dental abnormalities and chemotherapy by age and tooth type. Methods: Among the 568 patients referred to the pediatric dentistry department of our hospital, we selected 32 patients (21 male and 11 female) who received chemotherapy between the ages of 0 and 6 and underwent panoramic examination after the age of 7. We recorded the age of chemotherapy commencement, diagnosis of systemic disease, and dental abnormalities such as congenital absence, microdonts, and short-rooted teeth. Results: Almost half of the patients had dental abnormalities such as congenital absence, microdonts, and short-rooted teeth, but there were no significant differences in the incidence of these abnormalities by age. When we analyzed the incidence of abnormal teeth by tooth type, the incidence of congenital absence was significantly higher in premolars (5.5%) and second molars (3.9%) than in incisor or canine or 1st molar (0.4%) (p < 0.01). The incidence of microdonts was significantly higher in premolars (3.9%) than in incisor or canine or 1st molar (0.2%) and second molars (0.0%) (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Patients who received chemotherapy had a high prevalence of dental abnormalities, and the incidence of abnormalities varied by tooth type. It is important to maintain long-term oral care for patients who have undergone chemotherapy even after the treatment is completed. Full article
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