Day 2 :
- Poster Session
Location: Meeting Hall
Session Introduction
Hollie Hawrot
Floating Doctors, Panama
Title: The DMFT of 12-year-olds in the indigenous Ngobe-Bugle population compared to the DMFT of 12-year-olds in Panama
Biography:
Hollie Hawrot is a Lead dental provider in Floating Doctors which aims to promote Oral and dental health care delivery worldwide.
Abstract:
Statement of the Problem: The Ngobe-Bugle populations, who are indigenous to Panama, are the largest of the three indigenous groups. Historically, they have had limited contact with dental professionals and therefore, have received minimal oral health education. Over recent years, refined sugar and sugar-containing products have become much more easily accessible to these populations. There is very limited research on the oral health of the Ngobe-Bugle populations and therefore the DMFT (decayed, missing and filled teeth) of the paediatric population is unknown.
Aim: The purpose of this study is to calculate a DMFT rate for the paediatric patient’s in the Ngobe-Bugle population, and compare it to the DMFT rate of children in Panama as a whole.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: Using standard WHO methodology, examinations for missing teeth and caries were completed by three dental professionals who calculated a DMFT rate. Data was collected retrospectively and patients from the age of 5-18 were included in the study. Unerupted teeth, congenitally missing teeth, supernumerary teeth and third molars were not included in the study. An average DMFT score was calculated for 12 year-olds and as an average for 5-18 year olds, and was compared to the DMFT rate of 12 year olds in Panama.
Findings: The DMFT rate of 12 year-olds in the Ngobe Bugle population was higher than the DMFT rate of 12 year-olds in Panama.
Biography:
Ilham Ben Yelles is passionate about Dentistry and Biological Sciences. She has obtained her first Graduate Diploma in Dentistry at Tlemcen University of Algeria in 2004. In 2012 she has joined the National Laboratory for Research in Applied Molecular Biology and Immunology at the University of Tlemcen, under the direction of Professor Mourad ARIBI In 2015. She enrolled in the Doctoral program in medical sciences where, she learned about the therapeutic effects of metallo proteinases responsible for carious disease in children. After completing additional training, she obtained a Diploma of Sub-specialization in Clinical Health Research at the University of Oran, and in June 2018, a certificate in E-learning in specialized endodontics.
Abstract:
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases in children. However, several studies have shown that unbalanced diabetes is often associated with changes in the oral environment namely altered buffering capacity, xerostomia, high numbers of Streptococci and Lactobacilli which increases the risk of dental caries.
Aim: To reduce the appearance of Streptococcus sanguinis involved in dental caries.
Materials & Methods: After recruiting diabetic children, two young patients responding to informed consent, underwent salivary sampling for isolation and identification of the bacterium, microbial activity of the extracted oil was evaluated by the disc diffusion method, then a minimal inhibitory concentration was sought, then antioxidant activity was achieved by the free radical trapping method DPPH
Results: Carious disease is present in 80% of diabetic children, 72% had unbalanced diabetes with an average HbA1C level of 8.1+/-1.6%. The disc diffusion method has shown that essential oil of cumin has intermediate activity on Streptococci sanguinis. The inhibition diameter is 14mm. This oil also has a more interesting antioxidant activity (CI50=0.02) than ascorbic acid (CI50=0.048) All experiments were performed in triplicate. Data were analyzed using SPSS software 21.0 (Chicago, IL, USA). The data are expressed as the mean±standard deviation values. The statistical analysis was done using Student's t-test. Values of p<0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Conclusion: Given the high prevalence of carious disease in diabetic children. The essential oil of cumin revealed an interesting intermediate activity on S. sanguinis, to prevent the installation of the lesion.
Dalal Mohammed Al-Kahtani
Prince Sultan Medical and Military City, Saudi Arabia
Title: What’s the story with gagger? No problem any more
Biography:
Dalal Mohammed Al-Kahtani has completed her Graduation at King Saud University. She is an Endodontic Consultant at Prince Sultan Military Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since 2011 where, she has successfully completed her Saudi Board of Endodontics with degree of honor. She is also certified with Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) at the University of South California in association with PSMMC at 2001. She maintains a full-time endodontic practice in PSMMC and has been involved in teaching and supervision sessions for endodontic and restorative residents, especially interested in trauma and difficult cases from endodontic aspect. She is an active Member of Saudi Endodontic Society and she is holding the position of Deputy of the Head Section of Endodontic Department at PSMMC.
Abstract:
The gag reflex is a complex physiologic phenomenon that compromises quality of dental treatment and is a barrier to optimal patient care. This phenomenon is protective in nature and presents a bewildering and frustrating problem in various dental procedures, resulting in compromised treatment. Behavioral approaches, complementary medicine therapies and pharmacological techniques are methods used for the treatment of patients with problematic gagging. The aim of this review is to describe problematic gagging and to give information about the management of such cases and includes various strategies to assist clinicians.
Gagandeep Kaur
Punjab Government Dental College, India
Title: Child’s oral health-A hand in hand approach
Biography:
Abstract:
Dental care is the most unmet care need of children which places more than 52% of children at risk of untreated oral disease. Those at increased risk include poor or minority families or children with special health care needs. Children and RSQUO`S oral health care can be predicted from their development changes and their position in life span and the deficiency, in the context of environment and current demographic changes. It is always said that “Prevention is better than cure”. So we should try to prevent oral diseases in a child rather than curing it at later stages as it will be more time taking and costly. Now a days special gap in education include training of general dentist to care for infants and young children as well as pediatric providers and other professionals caring for child in oral health promotion and disease prevention. Education should focus on technical aspects of interdisciplinary approach as child and RSQUO`S oral health care can be improved by integration of dentistry with medicine and other health care professionals. Child`s oral health should be a hand in hand approach. Oral health is shared moral responsibility of dental and other medical professionals working with children, parents and society.
Jinesh Shailesh Thakrar
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, UK
Title: Study of wisdom teeth referrals into Birmingham Dental Hospital, UK
Biography:
Jinesh Shailesh Thakrar has completed his Graduation at Birmingham Dental School in 2015 and is currently working as a Dental Officer at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. He has also spent time working in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as a Senior House Officer. During his time at University he noticed a number of patients having their wisdom teeth and a secondary molar removed due to caries and was interested to investigate further.
Abstract:
Third molar surgery is one of the most common procedures performed in oral surgery. There is no controversy when it comes to removing third molars which show signs of pathology or present with symptoms but prophylactic removal of third molars has caused lots of debates for a number of years. Before the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) created the guidelines for third molar extractions, wisdom teeth extraction was a very common procedure costing the NHS around £30 million per year and roughly £20 million was spent privately. From 27th March 2000 NICE published guidelines on wisdom teeth removal resulting in a decrease in 30% of wisdom teeth extractions. It does not however include distal decay in the second molar as a reason for removal. My research project looked at wisdom teeth referrals into Birmingham Dental Hospital, UK and assessed which NICE guidance category they fell under as well as if there was any radiographic evidence of distal decay in the second molar. A total of 69 cases were assessed, 45 female and 22 male. The most common age group of referrals was between 24 and 30 with 61% of all cases presenting with a vertical impaction. Caries was the most common reason for referral (39%) with 22% of all cases having radiographic evidence of caries in the lower second molars. Of those that presented with caries in the lower second molars only 33% had it mentioned in their referral letter and this was most commonly in mesially impacted lower wisdom teeth. There is relatively low proportion of those with evidence of caries in the second molar and so I would not consider it to be a necessary change for NICE guidelines. I would however put more emphasis providing oral hygiene advice to patients with mesially impacted wisdom teeth.