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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CC9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="044005a0dwnjzk.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DentalFlavor.com "><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>DentalFlavor.com </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Reviews</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Potpourri"><U><B>Potpourri</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dental Journals"><U><B>Dental Journals</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dental Associations"><U><B>Dental Associations</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search engines"><U><B>Search engines</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Leisure"><U><B>Leisure</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site info"><U><B>Site info</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Legal"><U><B>Legal</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Reviews</div> <bR> <div> <B>Click below for</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id30_archives.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Archives"><U><B>Archives</B></U></A><B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <U> <A NAME="reviews"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>November - 2007</U></div> <bR> <div> <B>Unilateral posterior crossbite is not a risk factor for temporomandibular joint clicking in young adolescents</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Italian schoolchildren with a mean age of 12 years were selected for this cross-sectional study.  There were 1291 children who underwent orthodontic and temporomandibular joint functional examination performed independently by two dentists.  “Posterior crossbite was diagnosed when the participant had one or more teeth of the posterior group (from canine to second molar) in an irregular (at least one cusp wide) bucco-lingual or bucco-palatal relationship, with one or more opposing teeth.  TMJ disk displacement with reduction was diagnosed according to Axis I - Group II of the Research and Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders.” </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Twelve percent of the study sample had unilateral posterior crossbite while 4% of the sample had disk displacement with reduction of the temporomandibular joint.  Logistic regression analysis did not show a significant association between unilateral posterior crossbite and disk displacement with reduction.  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">In conclusion, the authors “suggest that unilateral posterior crossbite is not a risk factor for TMJ disk displacement in young adolescents.” </div> <div>       (<A HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17251512&dopt=Abstract" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query"><U>J Dent Res 2007; 86:137-141</U></A>)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>October - 2007</U></div> <bR> <div> <B>Post-eruptive enamel maturation in the occlusal surface of permanent first molars is not completed for even 66 months following tooth eruption</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Six-to-seven-year-old children with exposure to topical fluoride in the form of fluoride mouth rinsing were selected.  Enamel maturation process of sound permanent first molars (n = 99) in 34 children was evaluated at six-month intervals using the Electronic Caries Monitor to measure their electrical conductance (resistance), for a maximum of 66 months.       </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The authors found that “electrical resistance increased during the post-eruptive period.”  They noted “that post-eruptive enamel maturation was not completed, even 66 months after tooth eruption.” </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Reviewer's note:  This study indicates that diagnosis of incipient pit-and-fissure caries in newly erupted permanent molars must be done prudently with cautious use of sharp explorers.   </div> <div>       (<A HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17284919&dopt=Abstract" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query"><U>Caries Res 2007; 41:161-164</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> N.B. Only the previous two issues of the coverpage are available here. Abstracts from earlier issues can be viewed in <A HREF="id30_archives.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Archives"><U>Archives</U></A>. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>