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Director of the Master of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Dental Clinical Specialties, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: pediatric dentistry; special needs dental care; osteogenesis imperfecta; rare diseases; oral genetics
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Pediatric Dentistry/Special Care Dentistry, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Santiago de Compostela University, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interests: special care dentistry; autims; caries prevention; down syndrome; cerebral palsy; general anesthesia

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Dear Colleagues,

Current pediatric dentistry, made up of multidisciplinary teams, follows the concept of “Evidence-Based Dentistry”, integrating the most current scientific knowledge into daily clinical practice. Undoubtedly, the most prevalent disease in pediatric patients continues to be dental caries, however, periodontal disease, dental trauma and malocclusions affect a large number of pediatric patients.

During the last decades, the progress in pediatric dentistry and changes in the dentist–patient–caregiver triangular relationship as a result of scientific and social changes have led to the adaptation of clinical professional activity and the emergence of multiple new materials, therapeutic techniques, and approaches. The latest medical advances have also managed to improve dental care for smaller and more vulnerable groups such as those with "rare diseases" or patients with special needs.

All these changes are what led us to create "new approaches to old problems". Our objective in this Special Issue is to announce the advances in pediatric dentistry, enabling us to share information among professionals from all over the world.

Prof. Dr. Manuel Joaquín De Nova-García
Prof. Dr. Jacobo Limeres Posse
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pediatric dentistry
pediatrics biomaterials
evidence-based dentistry
dental care for children
child behavior
dental research
biological caries treatment
advances in dentistry
dental care for children with special needs

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Influence of the Severity of Osteogenesis Imperfecta on Cranial Measurements

Manuel Joaquín De Nova-García

Rafael G. Sola

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Laura Burgueño-Torres

Children 2023, 10(6), 1029; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10061029 - 08 Jun 2023

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Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a disease that causes bone fragility and deformities, affecting both the cranial base and the craniocervical junction, and may lead to other neurological disorders. A retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out based on cephalometric analysis of the cranial base in a sample of patients with OI, in lateral skull radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), comparing them with a sample of age-matched controls. When the different variables of the craniocervical junction were analyzed, significance was found in comparisons with the different age groups. All measurements of the variables studied stabilized as growth progressed. For most of the variables, the severity of the disease influences the measurements of the skull base, with statistically significant differences. Both age and severity of the disease are factors that directly influence the anatomy of the craniocervical junction in these patients and may serve as indicators in the early detection and prevention of other derived alterations. Full article

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Evaluation of Intraligamentous and Intraosseous Computer-Controlled Anesthetic Delivery Systems in Pediatric Dentistry: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Mercedes Outumuro Rial

María Teresa Abeleira Pazos

Berta Rivas Mundiña

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Jacobo Limeres Posse

Children 2023, 10(1), 79; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10010079 - 30 Dec 2022

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Computer-controlled local anesthetic delivery systems (CDS) represent one of the resources that have progressed the most in recent years, but their efficacy and applicability in pediatric dentistry is still the subject of certain controversies. This randomized, controlled, split-mouth clinical trial assessed two CDS in children (n = 100) with deep caries in the temporary dentition that required invasive therapeutic procedures, using inferior alveolar nerve block as the gold standard. Half of the patients (n = 50) underwent the intraligamentary technique (Wand STA^®) on one side of the mouth and conventional inferior alveolar nerve block on the contralateral side, while the other half (n = 50) underwent the intraosseous technique (QuickSleeper^®) on one side of the mouth and conventional inferior alveolar nerve block on the contralateral side. The following were considered covariates: age, sex, type of dental procedure and the applied local anesthesia system. The outcome variables were the pain caused by the anesthesia injection, the physical reaction during the anesthesia injection, the need for anesthetic reinforcement, pain during the therapeutic procedure, the overall behavior during the visit, the postoperative morbidity and, lastly, the patient’s preference. In conclusion, we confirmed the efficacy of intraligamentary and intraosseous techniques administered using a CDS for conducting invasive dental treatments in children, their advantages compared with inferior alveolar nerve block in terms of less pain generated by the anesthesia injection and less postoperative morbidity, as well as the pediatric patients’ preference for CDS versus conventional techniques. Full article

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