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This is a very rare case report describing a 22-year-old male patient with a soft palate embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma stage 1. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a childhood tissue sarcoma that is believed to be derived from primitive mesenchymal cells and can be found in a number of organs and tissues, with very few cases involving the oral cavity. To add to the current status of knowledge we report this patient..... ReadMore

An observational, descriptive correlational, retrospective and cross-sectional study was carried out, between March 2020 and September 2021. The study population was made up of all children enrolled in the second and third year of life in three Nursery Schools belonging to the Vedado Teaching Polyclinic in the Plaza de la Revolución Municipality, which constituted the universe of this study. The sample consisted of those who attended from November to December 2020. All children were reviewed only once. The data was collected in a form created and validated for this purpose. Variables such as dental eruption, tooth bud gap, weight, height, head circumference at birth were studied...... ReadMore

Aims: Visual support of the TEACCH program has been reported to be effective in communicating new tasks in dentistry in ASD (ASD), but the need for routine activity remains unclear. Patients with ASD were investigated for their need for visual support in routine activity of regular dental check-ups. Methods: Altogether, 36 patients with ASD were investigated in terms of sex, age, visual support in daily life, developmental age, severe behavioral disorder, and dental experience by interviewing caregivers or parents. The need for visual support was confirmed in three steps: “ lying down on the dental chair”, ”opening their mouth”, and ” using a rotary brush.” A decision tree analysis was performed to explore factors requiring visual support in regular dental check-ups.Results: Of the patients, 80.6% did not always require visual..... ReadMore

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TBC) is usually a chronic pulmonary disease with a high prevalence in developing countries, which carries a significant mortality rate. Lymph node involvement remains the most common extrapulmonary involvement of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, the clinical picture of TBC in the head and neck area can be varied and often misleading. Case report: We present a 13-year-old female with diffuse hard painful submandibular swelling with intact skin that develops gradually over a week. She presented with misdiagnosis and poor initial dental treatment. The patient was diagnosed with right submandibular TBC lymphadenitis based on histopathological report and confirmed by a positive QuantiFERON TB test. Conclusion: TBC of the head and neck is not such a rare disease. Although it has harmful local and ..... ReadMore

Objective: This study analyzes the infection control procedures and performance status for dental medical institutions regarding infection control measures within dental clinics. It investigates by dental position, gender, and career those in contact with COVID-19 confirmed patients and identifies the level of infection control. This study aims to provide basic data for preventing coronavirus, suggesting monitoring dental workers in contact with COVID-19 patients should be managed by safety procedures, and blocking infections by air passageways in clinics, as well as managing facilities and dental workers’ safety.Methods: In order to understand the general characteristics of the subjects of this study, the mean and standard deviation were obtained, and technical statistics by occup..... ReadMore

Objective: This study analyzes the importance and performance of dental hygienists for Covid infection management. It is intended to increase the clinical performance for Covid infection management by dental hygienists and to provide basic data for blocking coronavirus. Methods: In order to understand the general characteristics of the subjects in this study, mean and standard deviation were obtained, and a variance analysis of job type and covid importance was performed, and an anova-test of covid importance and performance, and multiple regression analysis was analyzed at a significance level of 0.05. Results: There were 172 subjects for this study; their general characteristics were gender, age, education level, position, number of patients cared for per day, training to treat covid infected patient..... ReadMore

Vincent’s angina is an acute infection of the gum (gingiva) of oral cavity, caused by bacteria mainly belonging to the genus Borrelia, as also other genera. It can be a deadly infection. Infections were reportedly more during second world war but are rare now. Care should be taken for prompt diagnosis and treatment of these cases. Dentists and Laboratory people should work together for prompt diagnosis and treatment of these cases...... ReadMore

Cleft lip and palate (CLP) are the most common craniofacial anomaly worldwide. In most children, it is an isolated malformation. However, according to Shprintzen, 50% have one or more major abnormalities and 22% are syndromic...... ReadMore