Impact of COVID-19 on emergency oral health care in New Jersey
CONCLUSIONS: The lockdown affected emergency dental clinic services at RSDM. Teledentistry visits played a key role in screening patients and in facilitating the delivery of oral health care and timely follow-ups to patients who needed urgent in-person emergency visits.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Data gathered will lead to a better understanding of patients seen in the emergency clinic and can help with long-term planning for both institutional and smaller outpatient clinics during public health emergencies.PMID:38069962 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.11.002 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - December 9, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Shyam A Shah Zhi Chao Feng Vincent B Ziccardi Source Type: research

Gingival pigmentation in a 15-year-old female patient
J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Dec 8:S0002-8177(23)00677-3. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.012. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38069963 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.012 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - December 9, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Brittany Klein James Ubertalli Sook-Bin Woo Source Type: research

The most common types of nontraumatic dental conditions among emergency department visits in North Carolina before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
CONCLUSIONS: The proportion of NTDCs seen at the ED was lower during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 than in 2019. The common NTDCs varied by age group but were similar in rural and urban areas. The most common NTDCs were related to toothache, oral infection, and caries.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: More efforts are needed to reduce ED visits for NTDCs.PMID:38069961 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.006 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - December 9, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Huabin Luo Mark E Moss Michael D Webb Nancy L Winterbauer Mary Tucker-McLaughlin R Andrew Yockey Aimee W Smith Wanda G Wright Source Type: research

Impact of COVID-19 on emergency oral health care in New Jersey
CONCLUSIONS: The lockdown affected emergency dental clinic services at RSDM. Teledentistry visits played a key role in screening patients and in facilitating the delivery of oral health care and timely follow-ups to patients who needed urgent in-person emergency visits.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Data gathered will lead to a better understanding of patients seen in the emergency clinic and can help with long-term planning for both institutional and smaller outpatient clinics during public health emergencies.PMID:38069962 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.11.002 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - December 9, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Shyam A Shah Zhi Chao Feng Vincent B Ziccardi Source Type: research

Gingival pigmentation in a 15-year-old female patient
J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Dec 8:S0002-8177(23)00677-3. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.012. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38069963 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.012 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - December 9, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Brittany Klein James Ubertalli Sook-Bin Woo Source Type: research

Risk factors associated with the survival of endodontically treated teeth: A retrospective chart review
CONCLUSIONS: This investigation revealed that the tooth retention rate of endodontically treated teeth was 96.2% after initial root canal treatment, 92.4% for nonsurgical re-treatment, and 97.8% for surgical re-treatment.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The tooth retention of the endodontic treatment was associated with healthy periodontium, tooth structure, tooth position, tooth restoration, and the patient's overall health.PMID:38054916 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.09.022 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - December 6, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Yucheng Chang Minyoung Choi Yu-Bo Wang Su-Min Lee Min Yang Brian H Wu Joseph Fiorellini Source Type: research

Multiple painful oral ulcers of 1-week onset
J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Dec 3:S0002-8177(23)00664-5. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.008. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38043053 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.008 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - December 3, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Gisele N Mainville Adel Kauzman Caroline Bissonnette Source Type: research

Authors' Response
J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Nov 29:S0002-8177(23)00679-7. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.014. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38032591 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.014 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - November 30, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Bunmi Tokede Henal Alpesh Gandhi Muhammad Walji Elsbeth Kalenderian Greg Olson Source Type: research

Letters
J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Nov 29:S0002-8177(23)00678-5. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.013. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38032592 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.013 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - November 30, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Leonard Naftalin Mark Saxen Source Type: research

A rare case of vestibular schwannoma manifesting as trigeminal neuralgia
J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Nov 29:S0002-8177(23)00621-9. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: In this case report, the authors reviewed a rare case of a vestibular schwannoma manifesting as trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Intracranial tumors can have a variety of orofacial pain symptoms. Among benign cerebellopontine angle tumors, vestibular schwannoma is the most common cause of a TN-like manifestation. Although the most common symptoms of a vestibular schwannoma are hearing loss and vestibulopathy, the unique feature of this case was the manifestation of symptoms consistent with TN.CASE DESCRI...
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - November 30, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Sowmya Ananthan Upasana Kumar Stephen Johnson Source Type: research