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Rønneberg, Anne; Wigen, Tove Irene; Strøm, Kjetil; Jacobsen, Arne Eldor Tvedt & Willumsen, Tiril
(2023).
Dental treatment under Nitrous oxide sedation.
Aktuell Nordisk odontologi.
ISSN 1902-3545.
48(1),
p. 186–201.
doi:
10.18261/ano.48.1.13.
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Nitrous oxide is a safe and effective sedative to decrease fear and anxiety associated with dental procedures. The onset of nitrous oxide is rapid and provides a reliable sedation. Individual titration is possible, and recovery is fast with inhalation of pure oxygen. Sedation with nitrous oxide should be practiced in combination with psychological techniques, with focus on patient participation, control, and good communication as well as adequate pain control. Nitrous oxide relieves restlessness, provides soft tissue analgesia, and is an invaluable tool in current dental practice focused on painless dental treatment as well as prevention and treatment of dental fear, anxiety, and phobia. Nitrous oxide sedation is also a useful tool in the prevention of anxiety-induced experiences, involuntary muscle contractions, and when treating multimorbid patients at risk of drug interactions.
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Afzal, Sadaf Haque; Wigen, Tove Irene; Skaare, Anne B & Brusevold, Ingvild Johnsen
(2023).
Molar incisor hypomineralization in Norwegian children: Distribution, severity and hypersensitivity.
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Östenson, Pernilla Odile Malin; Clasen, Anne Beate Sønju & Wigen, Tove Irene
(2022).
Characteristics of patients in need of dental treatment under general anesthesia.
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Dental treatment under general anesthesia (GA) is an option when conventional treatment cannot be accomplished due to un-cooperation and systemic or intellectual disabilities.
Aim:
The aim of this retrospective study was to describe characteristics of and dental treatment needs in patients referred for dental treatment under GA in the Public Dental Services in Oslo.
Methods:
All patients receiving dental treatment under GA in 2016 were included. Data was extracted from dental records and included: age, health conditions, reason for referral, recorded symptoms, dmft/DMFT and received treatment. Data was analyzed using SPSS. The study was performed as part of quality assurance system required by law in the dental services, and did not require ethical approval. Anonymized data was recorded.
Results:
In total 173 patients aged 2-71 years were included. Half, 95 patients (55%), were children and adolescents. The majority, 141 patients (82%), had one or more medical disorders, whereas 32 patients (18%) were medically healthy. The most common medical disorder was intellectual disability followed by epilepsy, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), genetic syndromes and cerebral palsy. Sixteen genetic syndromes were registered; Downs syndrome was most common. Barriers for conventional treatment were dental behavior management problems, anxiety, immaturity, spasm and gagging. The most frequent dental reason for referral was caries (97 patients (56%)). In 55 patients (32%), patients or caregivers reported oral symptoms. Mean dmft for preschool children (≤5 years) was 8.5 (SD 5.9), for children and adolescents 3.1 (SD 3.3) and for adults (>18 years) 12.5 (SD 11.9). Restorative treatment was performed in 141 patients (82%) and extractions in 107 (62%). Other dental treatments were endodontic, periodontal, prosthodontic, surgical, orthodontic and prophylactic treatments.
Conclusion:
Treatment in GA was received by a heterogenic group with varied and extensive treatment needs. The majority of patients treated under GA had intellectual disability.
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Anjum, Faiza Sarwar; Brusevold, Ingvild Johnsen & Wigen, Tove Irene
(2022).
Prognosis of non-vital anterior teeth treated with apexification using bioceramic apical plug.
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Afzal, Sadaf Haque; Wigen, Tove Irene; Skaare, Anne B & Brusevold, Ingvild Johnsen
(2022).
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization in Norwegian children: Prevalence and associated factors.
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Brusevold, Ingvild Johnsen; Wigen, Tove Irene; Afzal, Sadaf Haque & Skaare, Anne B
(2021).
Why do children have enamel defects?
Aktuell Nordisk odontologi.
ISSN 1902-3545.
46(1),
p. 148–161.
doi:
10.18261/.
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Enamel defects can be seen as localised or general discolorations due to qualitative defects or quantitative defects appearing as thin, missing, pitted or grooved enamel. Etiologic factors can be local or general, acquired or genetic. Local factors such as dental trauma in the primary dentition often give enamel defects in the permanent dentition. General factors such as illness during enamel formation, vitamin D deficiency and toxic substances can cause enamel defects. Mutations in enamel specific genes or other embryonic genes can influence enamel development. Even though many mechanisms and etiologic factors are well known, several MIH-type enamel defects cannot be explained. Therefore, these mechanisms are still under research.
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Sæthre-Sundli, Helene Borghild; Wang, Nina Johanne & Wigen, Tove Irene
(2018).
Caries development in Norwegian Children aged 5 to 12 years.
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Children in Norway are offered all dental services free of charge. Aim: To describe caries prevalence in children aged 5 and 12 years and to explore caries development from 5 to 12 years. Methods: All 7002 children born in 2002 in one Norwegian county were invited to attend for a dental examination when they were 5 years old and were offered a re-examination at 12 years of age. Data were collected by clinical examinations and extracted from dental records. Caries was recorded as enamel caries (grades d1 and d2) and dentine caries (grades d3 to d5). At age 5 years, caries was registered in primary teeth, and at 12 years, only caries in permanent teeth was registered. A dentist and dental hygienists in the community dental services performed the examinations. Inter- and intra-examiner agreements were assessed by Cohen’s kappa and showed substantial to almost perfect agreements. Informed consent was obtained from parents and the study approved by an ethics committee (notification 2013/1881). Results: 5623 children were examined at 5 years of age of whom 3282 were re-examined at 12 years of age. At age 5 years, 510 (15%) of the children had dentine caries, and at age 12 years 1060 (32%) of the children had dentine caries. Enamel caries was registered in 689 (21%) of the children at age 5 years and 1542 (47%) at age 12 years. The longitudinal results showed that 1998 (61%) of the children had no caries at both ages. Of children that were caries free at age 5 years, 774 (24%) developed caries from 5 to 12 years of age. Children with caries at both ages had more surfaces with caries 3.1 (SD 2.6) than other children 2.2 (SD 1.8) at age 12 years (p<0.05). Conclusions: In the population studied, the majority had no caries. Children with caries at 5 years developed more caries between 5 and 12 years of age than other children. The results indicate that the dental care offered to children in this period failed to prevent these children from developing caries.
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Løken, Sonja Yr; Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2018).
Do child characteristics influence recall intervals for Norwegian children?
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Background: Children in Norway are offered regular dental services free of charge. Aim: To explore changes in recall intervals for children aged 5 to 12 years, and study associations with caries experience, parents’ national background and education and recall intervals. Methods: This longitudinal study included 2960 children in one county in Norway monitored from 5 to 12 years of age. Data were collected at clinical examinations, from dental records and by parental questionnaires. Dentists and dental hygienists performed the examinations. Intra- and interexaminer agreements were tested and calculated using Cohen’s kappa showing substantial to almost perfect agreements. Length of recall intervals was dichotomised into short (shorter than 18 months) and long (18 months and longer). Data were analysed using Chi-square statistics and logistic regression (SPSS, version 24). Informed consent was obtained from parents and the study was approved by an ethics committee (REC/2013/1881). Results: Recall intervals varied from 4 to 24 months, mean 18.2 (SD 4.2) at 5 years of age, and mean 17.2 (SD 3.8) at 12 years of age. Among the 704 children with short recall intervals at 5 years of age half (366) still had short intervals at age 12 years. Among the 2256 children with long recall intervals at age 5 years, the majority (1613) had long intervals at 12 years of age. Multivariate logistic regression analyses controlled for caries experience and characteristics of children showed that the probability of having short interval was higher in children having caries experience than in caries-free children at both 5 years (OR 12.6 CI 9.9-16.0) and 12 years (OR 2.7 CI 2.3-3.1). In addition, at 5 years of age, length of recall intervals was associated with parents’ national background (OR 1.8 CI 1.4-2.4) and parents’ education (OR 1.3 CI 1.0-1.5). Conclusions: In the population studied, the majority of children had long recall intervals at both ages. The results indicated that recall intervals were associated with caries prevalence and that family characteristics influenced recall intervals in preschool children more strongly than in older children.
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Baumgartner, Christine Sophie; Wang, Nina Johanne & Wigen, Tove Irene
(2018).
Oral health behaviour and background characteristics in Norwegian 12-year-olds.
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Children in Norway are offered oral health care free of charge from birth. Aim: To explore oral health behaviour in 12-year-old children and to study association between oral health behaviour and family characteristics. Methods: All children (7595) in one Norwegian county were in 2014 invited to participate in the study as part of the routine dental visit at 12 years of age. The included children (4779) completed a questionnaire regarding family characteristics; parental background, parental education, family status and gender. Oral health behaviour included tooth brushing frequency, use of dental floss, use of fluoride supplements and sugar snacking. Data were analysed using Chi square statistics and logistic regression. Informed consent was obtained from parents, and the investigation was approved by an ethics committee (2013/1881/REK sør-øst). Results: Of the children included in the study, 3867 (81%) brushed twice daily, 1726 (36%) used dental floss once a week or more often, 1842 (39%) used fluoride supplements daily and 2292 (48%) reported consuming sugar between meals once a week or less often. Children who brushed twice daily more often used dental floss regularly, used fluoride supplements daily and consumed sugar between meals less frequently than other children (p<0.05). Girls and children having parents with a high level of education more often had favourable oral health behaviour than other children, brushed more frequently, more often used dental floss and fluoride supplements and sugar snacked less often than boys (p<0.05). Conclusions: In the population studied, associations between favourable oral health behaviours were found. Oral health behaviour was associated with family characteristics.
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Løken, Sonja Yr; Wang, Nina Johanne & Wigen, Tove Irene
(2017).
Response to letter to editor 'Caries preventive self-care for children. Consistent oral health messages to the public?'.
International Journal of Dental Hygiene.
ISSN 1601-5029.
15(3),
p. 257–257.
doi:
10.1111/idh.12218.
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Løken, Sonja Yr; Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2017).
Recall intervals and caries experience in children.
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Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2017).
Dental flossing behavior and approximal caries in teenagers.
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Hansen, Christine Kristoffersen; Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2016).
Hvor ofte bør du gå til tannlegen?
[Internet].
lommelegen.no.
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Løken, Sonja Yr; Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2015).
Public Health Nurses and Oral Health Promotion for Preschool Children.
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Baumgartner, Christine Sophie & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2015).
Caries Development from 2 to 5 years of Age.
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Wang, Nina Johanne; Wigen, Tove Irene & Angell, Mona-Lisa
(2014).
Barnet som ble kastet ut med badevannet.
[Business/trade/industry journal].
Barnehagefolk.
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Das, Runa; Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2014).
Association between weight and caries in children? A review and a study of Norwegian 5-year-olds.
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Løken, Sonja Yr; Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2014).
Public health nurses' opinions on collaboration between public health centres and dental services.
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Næss, Elisabeth R.; Moan, Karoline A.; Wang, Nina Johanne & Wigen, Tove Irene
(2014).
Parents and oral health information.
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Veka, Camilla & Wigen, Tove Irene
(2014).
Unngå at barnet ditt gjør dette.
[Internet].
nrk.no\livsstil.
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Færø, Marthe Kaasa; Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2013).
Gap opp! Ja, melketenner faller ut etter hvert. Men det er viktig å ta godt vare på dem likevel.
[Business/trade/industry journal].
Foreldre og barn.
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Hauge, Charlote & Wigen, Tove Irene
(2013).
Barn og tannhelse. Begynn tidlig med tannpussen.
[Internet].
klikk.no.
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Løken, Sonja Yr; Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2013).
Preventive oral care for children. Information sources and opinions of dental personnel and public health nurses.
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Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2013).
Are public health nurses able to identify children with caries risk?
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Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2013).
Early establishment of oral health behaviours and dental caries development.
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Aas, Anne-Lise Maseng & Wigen, Tove Irene
(2012).
Re-eruption of two severely intruded incisors. A case report.
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Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2012).
Oral hygiene and fluoride supplements in children aged 1.5-5 years.
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Wigen, Tove Irene
(2011).
Karies og risikoutvelgelse.
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Wigen, Tove Irene
(2011).
Født med karies?
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Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2011).
Mother's health and lifestyle in pregnancy and early life as risk indicator for caries in preschool children.
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Espelid, Ivar; Skaare, Anne B & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2010).
Family characteristics in early life and caries in 5-year-olds.
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Espelid, Ivar; Skaare, Anne B & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2010).
Family characteristics and caries experience in preschool children. A longitudinal study from pregnancy to five years of age.
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Wigen, Tove Irene
(2010).
Autisme og tannbehandling.
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Agnalt, Reidun & Jacobsen, Ingeborg
(2009).
Invalid results because of inappropriate statistical analyses. Treatment recommendations still in question - Response from the authors.
Dental Traumatology.
ISSN 1600-4469.
25(3),
p. 352–352.
doi:
10.1111/j.1600-9657.2009.00775_2.x.
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Wigen, Tove Irene
(2009).
Autisme og tannbehandling - Utfordringer og muligheter i klinikken.
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Wigen, Tove Irene
(2009).
Utviklingsforstyrrelser i tannemalje.
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Skaret, Erik & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2009).
Dental avoidance behaviour as risk indicator for caries in 5-year-old children.
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Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2009).
Recall intervals and dental health in 5-year-old children.
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Wigen, Tove Irene
(2008).
Karies hos 5-åringer.
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Wigen, Tove Irene
(2008).
Utviklingsforstyrrelser i tannemalje.
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Wigen, Tove & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2008).
Dental caries in 5-year-olds and parent-related factors.
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Wigen, Tove & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2008).
Dental caries and parent-related factors in 5-year old children.
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Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2007).
Caries risk indicators in five-year-olds.
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Wigen, Tove Irene & Sundnes, Sissel Koller
(2005).
Tannhelse og cerebral parese.
CP bladet.
ISSN 0801-4752.
p. 16–19.
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Wigen, Tove Irene
(2005).
Utfordringer i spesialistens hverdag.
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Wigen, Tove; Agnalt, Reidun & Jacobsen, Ingeborg
(2005).
Intrusive luxation of permanent incisors: a retrospective study of treatment and outcome.
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Isene, Bibbi & Wigen, Tove Irene
(1995).
Munnstimulering - en utfordring for tannhelsepersonell.
Tannstikka : tidsskrift for Norsk tannpleierforening.
ISSN 1501-8636.
p. 11–12.
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Wigen, Tove Irene & Wang, Nina Johanne
(2011).
Caries risk indicators in preschool children. Maternal and family conditions in pregnancy and early childhood and dental caries development in preschool children.
Unipub forlag.
ISSN 978-82-91757-72-8.