Search for dissertations about: "Dental pediatric"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Dental pediatric.
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1. A dental perspective on child maltreatment
Abstract : Children who are exposed to child maltreatment are at risk of developing physical and mental ill-health and of expressing risk-taking behaviors. International studies describe associations of child maltreatment with caries, head and neck injuries and intra- oral injuries. Similar studies in a Swedish context are scarce, and little is known. READ MORE
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2. Pediatric dentistry meets clinical child psychology. Studying groups of uncooperative child dental patients
Abstract : This thesis investigated child dental patients, referred for specialist treatment because of dental behaviour management problems (DBMP). The primary aims were to explore personality characteristics and concomitant factors, and to investigate a hypothesis of heterogeneity within this group of children. READ MORE
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3. Salivary function after pediatric bone marrow transplantation
Abstract : Salivary gland dysfunction is one of the oral long-term complications that most affect the quality of life among long-term survivors after treatment for malignant diseases. The aims of the studies in this thesis were to examine the effect of pediatric bone marrow transplantation (BMT) conditioning regimens on salivary function, caries-associated microflora, and development of dental caries; define risk factors of salivary dysfunction; evaluate subjective xerostomia; and study functional disturbances in the major salivary glands using salivary gland scintigraphy (SGS). READ MORE
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4. Cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with dental phobia
Abstract : Background: Dental phobia is a disabling and clinically significant fear that interferes with the dental care necessary for a child’s or adolescent’s well-being. In fact, the definition of oral health in children and adolescents stresses, not only sound and well-functioning dental and oral structures, but also an absence of dental fear and anxiety. READ MORE
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5. Prevalence of dentinogenesis imperfecta and dental aberrations related to genetic findings in osteogenesis imperfecta
Abstract : Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous connective tissue disorder, mainly caused by mutations in COL1A1 and COL1A2, the genes encoding collagen type I. The cardinal symptoms include bone fragility and varying degrees of growth retardation. READ MORE
