Nicholas L McKenzie, Sarah Vaughen, Erik Black, Yi Shao, H Barrett Fromme
A Multisite Survey of Pediatric Hospitalists' Practices in Soliciting Feedback From Trainees
Hospital pediatrics
objectives study aimed assess prevalence distribution dental pulp stones evaluated possible associations local systemic factors makkah population saudi arabia materials methods archived conebeam computed tomography cbct images 390 patients electronic health records ehr dental teaching hospital umm alqura university used images examined planes coronal sagittal axial discrete radiopaque mass pulp teeth arches teeth conditions presence caries restoration periodontal condition presence pulp stones recorded additional patient information including age gender medical condition obtained patients archived files collected data statistically analyzed using statistical package social sciences spss ibm spss statistics armonk ny software pvalue 005 considered statistically significant results pulp stone prevalence 7897 subjects 308 390 1592 examined teeth 1644 10326 statistically significant differences regarding nationality p0043 age p0023 significant difference males females p0876 maxillary mandibular teeth p0392 right left sides p0222 pulp stone prevalence significant differences found pulp stone prevalence sound versus carious restored teeth periodontally affected teeth periodontally healthy teeth p0031 conclusion prevalence pulp stones makkah population high positive association found nationality age tooth restorations caries periodontal diseases pulp stone prevalence correlation found patients health gender molars affected teeth incisors least