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Oral Health in Children: New Methods and Materials
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Oral Health in Children: New Methods and Materials

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Dentistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 December 2023) | Viewed by 1883

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Rocco Franco

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Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
Interests: pediatric dentistry; TMD; oral surgery
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Dr. Valentina Belli

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Medical Oncology, Department of Precision Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: biomaterials; cell biology; cancer cells; cancer cell biology; genetics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the last few years, dentistry has increased its aspects of research and its cooperation with other disciplines.

The dental approach to the pediatric patient is always in complete evolution both as methods and materials.

This Special Issue aims to disseminate new techniques and technologies in the treatment of the pediatric patient. The pediatric approach coevolves all branches of dentistry, including conservative, endodontics, periodontics, oral surgery, and dental trauma. In addition, articles that focus on pediatric treatment of patients with rare diseases are accepted.

Authors conducting studies on these themes are welcome to submit original research articles, reviews, short communications, case series, and case reports.

Dr. Rocco Franco
Dr. Valentina Belli
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. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly 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 2400 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
  • caries management
  • sedation
  • ECC
  • new materials
  • oral surgery

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Managing Dental Phobia in Children with the Use of Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature
by Alessio Rosa, Alberto Maria Pujia, Raffaella Docimo and Claudio Arcuri
Children 2023, 10(11), 1763; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10111763 - 30 Oct 2023
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Background: It is common today to encounter anxiety in patients facing dental treatment. Virtual reality (VR) is presented as a high-performing and innovative procedure because it can distract patients undergoing dental procedures or prepare them for such treatments. In addition, this meta-analysis has [...] Read more.
Background: It is common today to encounter anxiety in patients facing dental treatment. Virtual reality (VR) is presented as a high-performing and innovative procedure because it can distract patients undergoing dental procedures or prepare them for such treatments. In addition, this meta-analysis has gathered evidence on VR and its ability to reduce dental anxiety in pediatric patients undergoing different treatments. Methods: The major Scopus, PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science databases were searched for scientific articles published up to 2023. Studies in which VR was used for children and adults as a measure against anxiety during dental treatments were included. VR was defined as a three-dimensional place where patients experience a sense of immersion as they find themselves in attractive and interactive environments that detach them from reality. Anxiety and pain were examined and measured during dental treatments in which VR was used by comparing them with standard care situations. Results: Twenty-five studies were identified, of which eleven met the inclusion criteria. The effect of VR was studied mainly in the pediatric population as a distractive method. Only two studies (not significant) on an adult population were considered. Conclusions: this review shows that VR is an excellent distraction method that is effective in reducing anxiety before dental treatment; however, due to the few studies in this area, further research on VR as a tool to prepare patients for dental treatment is needed. Full article
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