Microdentistry with Lasers.

Treating infants and young children is a rewarding experience, especially when we guide parents and children down the path of prevention and interception of oral disease. The pediatric dentist has to be updated about the new technologies to treating patients along with basic principles. This article gives a brief discussion on the types, applications, advantages, and limitations of the use of lasers in pediatric dentistry.

Articaine for surgical removal of impacted third molar; a comparison with lignocaine.

AIM: Articaine is an amide local anesthetic that differs from other agents of its group due to the presence of thiophene ring instead of a benzene ring. Some researchers claim that articaine is superior to lidocaine in its biologic profile. The aim of the study is to compare the efficacy of articaine with that of lidocaine which has proven efficacy. MATERIALS AND METHOD: This study was done on 50 subjects; 25 of them received 4 % articaine HCl with 1:100000 epinephrine and the next 25 received 2% lignocaine HCl with 1:100000 epinephrine. Time of injection, onset of anesthesia, amount of anesthetic injected were recorded. Efficacy was determined using visual analog scale. The values were statistically analyzed. RESULTS: The mean onset time of anesthesia in study group was 2.07 ± 0.22 and 2.18 ± 0.26 minutes in comparison group. A mean duration of 4.28 +0.78 hours was seen with articaine group and 3.51 + 0.45 hours with the lignocaine group. No statistical difference between the two groups with regard to pain experience. CONCLUSION: Articaine has similar efficacy as that of lignocaine with slightly longer duration and can be used as an alternative to lignocaine in third molar surgeries. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Increased availability of local anesthetics has improved interest in research about dental pain control. a quest for new methods of pain reduction is always justified. How to cite this article: R Shruthi, S N Kedarnath, S Mamatha N, Rajaram P, Dinesh B. Articaine For Surgical Removal of Impacted Third Molar; A Comparison With Lignocaine. J Int Oral Health 2013; 5(1):48-53.

A rare case of mucopolysaccharidosis: Hunter syndrome.

We report a rare case of Hunter syndrome-mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) with atypical presentation of mild mental retardation, acrocephalic head without corneal clouding, and multiple skin eruptions along with oral, dental, and radiographic findings. It is a rare syndrome with a very low prevalence of 1:100,000 births and as such the clinician should be aware of this syndrome.