Browsing Research Publications by Subject "Paediatric dentistry"

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    • Dental needs of intellectually disabled children attending six special educational facilities in Cape Town 

      Roberts, T; Chetty, M; Kimmie-Dhansay, F; Fieggen, K; Stephen, Lawrence X.G.S (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
      OBJECTIVE. To assess the dental needs of a group of children with intellectual disability (ID) attending six special educational facilities in Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS. This was a cross-sectional study based on ...

    • Lasers in paediatric dentistry 

      Mulder, Riaan; Karic, Vesna; Melman, Geoffrey (South African Dental Association, 2016)
      Many clinicians will be faced with the un-cooperative paediatric patient presenting at their practices with a “fear of the unknown”. Establishing trust with these patients is essential in order to achieve a productive ...

    • Maxillo-facial radiology case 128 

      Nortje, Christoffel (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      The lower clinical picture and radiographs represents a condition where the general growth is retarded, the children are pale due to anaemia and the most noticeable change of the oral structures is enlargement of the ...

    • Taking and making decisions for children in dentistry 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      In dentistry one rarely deals with life-or-death decisionmaking, however important human values are at stake during the course of any dental treatment. These include preventing pain, preserving and restoring oral function ...