Disputas – Paula Frid

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her.

The doctoral thesis.

På grunn av koronautbruddet er auditoriet stengt for publikum. Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i en måned.

The auditorium will be closed to the public because of the corona outbreak.  A recording of the disputation will be available for one month.

De som ønsker å opponere ex auditorio kan sende e-post til leder av disputasen, Professor Tor Ingebrigtsen. 

Opponents ex auditorio should sign up to leader of defense by e-mail to Professor Tor Ingebrigtsen. 

Prøveforelesning starter kl. 10.15

Prøveforelesningen har følgende tittel: «Orthodontic treatment options in growing children with JIA to diminish the severity of the developing malocclusion”

Prøveforelesningen strømmes her.

The trial lecture will be streamed. 

Disputas starter kl 12.15

Disputasen strømmes her.

The defence will be streamed.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

Arthritis of the jaw with pain or no symptoms, reduced mouth opening and abnormal growth is common in chronic childhood arthritis (juvenile idiopathic arthritis, JIA). In this thesis new knowledge was obtained from cross-sectional, observational multicenter studies and a systematic literature review. We found that arthritis in the jaw was associated with reduced quality of life, higher disability and disease activity. Clinicians should pay special attention to the jaw in children with cervical spine involvement, a polyarticular course or longer disease duration. Bacteria associated with chronic inflammation are more common in saliva in JIA compared to healthy, and is associated with increased disease activity. Single steroid injection in jaw arthritis reduced joint inflammation without side effects and may supplement systemic treatment in older children. Finally, existing literature although with low evidence, supports surgical corrections of jaw deformities in patients with JIA.

Hovedveileder

Førsteamanuensis Ellen Berit Nordal, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitetet

Biveiledere

Professor emeritus Tore Arne Larheim

Professor Annika Rosen, Institutt for klinisk odontologi, Universitetet i Bergen

Førsteamanuensis Mohammed Al-Haroni, Institutt for klinisk odontologi, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Sven Erik Nørholt

Bedømmelseskomité

Dosent Patricia M Stoor, Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) - 1.opponent

Dr. Stefan Berg, Gothenburg University Hospital, Sweden – 2. opponent

Professor Elin Hadler-Olsen, Institutt for medisinsk biologi, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité

Disputasleder: Professor Tor Ingebrigtsen, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet