Australian Dental Journal

March 2000 - Volume 45 Number 1

REVIEWS

Epidemiology of dental trauma: A review of the literature This article reviews recent reports describing the aetiology of dental trauma from national and international studies as well as the different classifications currently used to report dental injuries. It also discusses possible preventive measures to reduce the increasing frequency of dental trauma.	EB Bastone TJ Freer JR McNamara
Assessing caries risk in children With the dramatic improvements in the oral health of children in Australia that have occurred over the past two decades, the option of, and the need for, targeted prevention of dental caries for those at high risk has become apparent.	L Brearley Messer
Indigenous Australian dental health: A brief review of caries experience The indigenous community in Australia is an at risk population for oral diseases such as dental caries. The majority of communities are isolated and dental services in these areas are limited. Oral hygiene standards are poor and this combined with a diet rich in refined carbohydrates has led to high incidences of dental caries.	N Martin-Iverson T Pacza A Phatouros M Tennant

ADRF RESEARCH REPORT

The effect on energy absorption of hard inserts in laminated EVA mouthguards One of the suggestions for using laminated mouthguards is the inclusion of hard inserts to improve mouthguard performance. However, there is a paucity of published material on the use of such inserts and this study was designed to investigate this theory.

B Westerman PM Stringfellow JA Eccleston

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Studies of dental root surface caries. 1: Comparison of natural and artificial root caries lesions Qualitative polarized light microscopy and crosssectional microhardness testing profiles were used to compare artificial root caries lesions with those naturally present in extracted human teeth.	JM McIntyre JDB Featherstone J Fu
A prospective study of cantilever resin-bonded bridges: An intial report A prospective study was undertaken in a dental teaching hospital to compare the clinical performance of cantilever resin-bonded bridges with a fixed-fixed design for the replacement of a maxillary permanent incisor.	AWK Chan IE Barnes
Caries experience among publicly-funded dental patients in Australia, 1995-96: Type of care and geographic location Health card holders are a financially disadvantaged group and are the target population eligible for publicly-funded dental care. While their health status is generally worse compared with other Australians, there is also considerable variation among card holders. The aims of this study were to describe the oral health status of publicly-funded dental patients by type of care, geographic location and age, and to compare trends over time against other Australian studies.	DS Brennan AJ Spencer GD Slade
Maximizing response rates to a sur vey of dentists: A randomized trial Dentists currently practising within the Central Sydney Area were surveyed (n=179). A randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of an advance telephone prompt (intervention group) compared with an advance letter prompt only (control group) in maximizing the response rate to a self-administered questionnaire.	G Rikard-Bell J Ward

CLINICAL STUDY

Facial and perioral molluscum contagiosum as a manifestation of HIV infection Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a self-limiting viral disease of the skin and the mucous membranes. Facial and perioral MC is seen with increasing frequency in human immunodeficiency (HIV) infection, particularly in HIV infected homosexual men. The purpose of this study was to describe clinical observations of facial and perioral MC in HIV infected patients.

A Kolokotronis D Antoniades E Katsoulidis V Kioses

CASE REPORTS

A cautionary tale A healthy 26 year old female underwent unsuccessful surgery for an incorrectly diagnosed sebaceous cyst in the cheek.	PN Fatouris
Surgery combined with copper wire implantation in the management of cavernous orofacial haemangiomas This paper describes the management of a case of an extensive orofacial haemangioma by surgery combined with copper wire implantation. This technique of copper wire implantation in the management of orofacial haemangiomas was carried out for the first time in Jamaica by the authors.	C Ogunsalu D Fray A Lewis