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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and training of pediatric dental residents and faculty on the management of patients who belong to the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community. Methods: This cross-sectional survey included a 16-item questionnaire to assess the attitudes and training regarding the LGBTQ population, separately for pediatric dental residents and faculty across the United States. Statistical significance was set at the level of five percent, and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon rank-sum, and Fisher’s exact tests. Results: In total, 132 residents and 40 faculty members completed the survey (response rates equal 14.4 percent and 16.9 percent, respectively). Residents were significantly more likely to respond that requiring LGBTQ training should be in the curriculum and that they have acquired skills to provide equal service to both LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ patients and families (faculty equals 35 percent, residents equals 57.6 percent; P<0.001). Residents were significantly more likely than faculty to respond that the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry should publish an exclusive policy statement regarding LGBTQ oral health disparities (faculty equals 40 percent, residents equal 62.1 percent; P=0.01). Conclusions: The resident and faculty of pediatric dentistry programs in the United States have adequate awareness of managing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) patients in the dental office and are willing to treat these patients, and most respondents have an interest in further education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dental tissues follow a systematic pattern of development and several radiological methods have been developed and validated. This study aims to develop and validate a reference data set (RDS) for dental development of Hispanic children and to compare the mean age using the Demirjian and Moorrees tooth developmental stage (TDS) systems. A total of 600 Dental Panoramic Tomographs (DPTs) of Hispanic children aged 6 to 17 years were obtained and reference datasets (RDS) were developed by scoring all the maxillary and mandibular teeth in the left side of the arch according to the Demirjian (8 stage) and Moorrees (14 stage) scoring systems. To validate the RDS, 120 (DPTs) separate from the RDS were randomly selected, and dental ages were calculated from the RDS using unweighted and five weighted mean average methods. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05, and a paired t-test was conducted to compare the difference between Chronological Age (CA) and Dental Age (DA) for each weighting method. For the 8-stage system, the mean (sd, se) difference between CA and DA for the unweighted method was 0.04 (0.51, 0.065) years for males, and 0.07 (0.41, 0.053) years for females. The difference was not statistically significant for all five weighting methods (p > 0.05). For the 14-stage system, CA-DA for the unweighted method was 0.17 (0.33, 0.042) years for males, and 0.13 (0.41, 0.053) years for females. The difference was statistically significant for most of the Moorrees methods (p < 0.05). Dental age derived from the unweighted average method using the reference dataset derived from Demirjian's 8-stage system is recommended for dental age estimation in Hispanic children and adolescents., (Published by Elsevier B.V.)