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    Perception about tooth colour and appearance among patients seen in a tertiary hospital, SouthWest, Nigeria
    (2021) Ajayi, D.M.,; Gbadebo, S.O.; Adebayo, G.E.
    Introduction: patients´ satisfaction with their dental appearance and tooth colour is often influenced by certain factors which need to be addressed periodically among different populations. Methods: a self-administered questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic data, questions on patients´ satisfaction with tooth colour, perceived malalignment of teeth, nonaesthetic anterior tooth-coloured restoration and presence of tooth fracture were distributed. Data collected was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM, SPSS version 20). Chi square was used to test the statistical differences at a significance of p> 0.05. Results: a total of 410 patients (M=147, F=263) participated in the study. About 73% had tertiary education while 36.3% were within the modified ISCO-08 Group 2. The respondents that were satisfied with the general dental appearance and tooth shade were 66.3% and 63.5% respectively. More males (65.1%) than females (62.7%) were satisfied with tooth colour while more females (69.1%) were satisfied with dental appearance. The older age group were more satisfied with dental appearance and tooth colour. Awareness of tooth whitening (Over 80%) and the desire to undergo tooth whitening was more among the post-secondary individuals. More of dental patients (73.1%) than medical (59.2%) were satisfied with teeth appearance (p=0.003). Conclusion: patients are increasingly aware of their dental appearance/tooth colour and the need to improve it with tooth bleaching and/or orthodontic treatment. Female were more dissatisfied with their tooth colour but more satisfied with their dental appearance than the male. Older people were more satisfied with their dental appearance and tooth colour compared to younger age group
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    Predisposing factor of cracked teeth among adult patients in a Nigerian teaching Hospital
    (2020) Ogundare, T.O.,; Ajayi, D.M.,; Idon, P.I.,; Bamise, C.T.,; Oginni, A.O.; Esan, T.A.
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    Restorative Dental Care and CO V ID -19 Pandemic: Reviewing the Treatment Guidelines and Evaluating Patients' Opinion Qualitatively in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.
    (2020) Ajayi, D.M.,; Ogunrinde,T.J.; Gbadebo, S.O.,; Sulaiman, A.O.; Ogundare, T.
    Objectives: The study aimed at reviewing the different measures and strategies put in place globally to ensure successful management of restorative dental patients during the COVID-19 era and to evaluate the knowledge and information on patients' opinion on the impact of the pandemic on their restorative care through a qualitative study design. Methodology: Search for articles on guidelines for restorative care through PUBMED using the keywords COVID-19, guidelines, protocols and restorative care was done. About 42 related articles were downloaded and appraised for necessary information as regards standard protocols in restorative care. The qualitative study involved individual interview of randomly selected 15 patients seeking restorative care that consented to participate in the study. The audiotaped interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematic analysis of data generated was done. Four themes were identified from the data and these included knowledge about COVID-19, view about the infection and infection control, the effects of the lockdown on treatment as well as the fear about contracting the disease. Result: Standard guidelines for different phases (pre, intra and post treatment) were carefully outlined. Fifteen patients, 8 females and 7 males between ages 19 and 72 years with mean age of 39.6 ±17.53 years were interviewed. All the patients had knowledge about COVID-19 infection but the majority were not familiar with the relationship between dentistry and spread of the infection. Repeated visits to dental clinic without being attended to, during the lockdown resulted in patients using self-medication. The fear of contracting the infection in dental clinic was low among the participants and the few that had the fear were those that showed good knowledge about the risk of contracting COVID-19 infection through restorative care. Conclusion: Strict adherence to standard protocols and guidelines should always be followed even after COVID-19 pandemic to ensure continual confidence of patients in the clinicians.