Does the Modality of Dental Treatment Affect the Treatment Prognosis and the Necessity of Re-Treatments?

Background: The utilization of evidence-based approaches is crucial to achieving long-term positive outcomes for treatment performed chairside or under general anesthesia. The study aimed to evaluate if treatment modality (at the chairside or under general anesthesia) affects prognosis and the need for re-treatment.

Methods: Oral-hygiene, gingival, and plaque indexes were recorded during the control appointment.

An artificial intelligence study: automatic description of anatomic landmarks on panoramic radiographs in the pediatric population.

Background: Panoramic radiographs, in which anatomic landmarks can be observed, are used to detect cases closely related to pediatric dentistry. The purpose of the study is to investigate the success and reliability of the detection of maxillary and mandibular anatomic structures observed on panoramic radiographs in children using artificial intelligence.

Methods: A total of 981 mixed images of pediatric patients for 9 different pediatric anatomic landmarks including maxillary sinus, orbita, mandibular canal, mental foramen, foramen mandible, incisura mandible, articular eminence, condylar and coronoid processes were labelled, the training was carried out using 2D convolutional neural networks (CNN) architectures, by giving 500 training epochs and Pytorch-implemented YOLO-v5 models were produced.

Effect of avulsion storage media on periodontal ligament fibroblast differentiation.

Background/aim: An avulsed tooth must be stored in a solution which maintains periodontal ligament (PDL) cell viability. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of Hank's balanced salt solution (HBSS) and milk on the differentiation of PDL fibroblasts.

Materials And Methods: Eighteen extracted third molars, (n = 3 for each group), were immersed in HBSS, milk, and Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium-Ham's F12 (DMEM-F12) at 4°C for 30- to 60 minutes or 12 hours.