Faisal Fares Y Alahmari
Department of General Dentistry, Ministry of Health, Aseer, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Molar-Incisor-Hypomineralization: Prevalence, Severity and Clinical Characteristics in 8-13 Year Old Saudi Children
Author(s): Meer Zakirulla*, Faisal Fares Y Alahmari, Sewylm Ali M Alqahtani, Jayashankar DN, Tahani Abdullah Y Alqahtani, Abdullah Mushabbab A Hunbus, Mohammed Dhafer A Alqahtani, Moferh Hassan M Asiri, Abdullah Dhafer AlShahrani, Mohammed Dhafer M Al-shamrani, Ibrahim Hassan I Alqaysi, Ayed Abdulrahman A Al-shehri and Sami Yahya M Alamri
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the Prevalence, severity and clinical characteristics of MIH in 8-13 year old Saudi Children. Materials and Methods: A total number of 596 children (Male=346; Female=250) was participated in the study with age ranges from 8- to 13-year-old was screened for MIH in Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry. Children who fulfilled the required inclusion criteria were examined by experienced clinicians. Dental examinations were carried out by using a standard mouth mirror and dental probe. For the MIH, the teeth were examined on wet and will record on a specially designed patient research datasheet. All the participating children were instructed to brush their teeth before the examination. After thorough brushing, the four permanent first molars and eight permanent incisors was examined on wet for demarcated opacities and atypical r.. Read More»