Selective removal to soft dentine or selective removal to firm dentine for deep caries lesions ın permanent posterior teeth: a randomized controlled clinical trial up to 2 years.

Objectives: The aim of this randomized clinical trial was to compare selective removal to soft dentin (SRSD) and selective removal to firm dentin (SRFD) in permanent teeth. The primary outcome of the study was to compare the success rates of the two caries removal techniques. The secondary outcome of the study was to investigate whether or not calcium silicate-based material (CS) had an effect on the success rate of the treatment.

Relationship between the prevalence of soft tissue radiopacities on panoramic radiographs and medical conditions.

Background: This study aimed to describe radiographic characteristics and the prevalence of selected anatomical structures and soft tissue radiopacities on panoramic radiographs and their relationship to medical conditions.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted with 814 consecutive patients aged 35-88 years and their panoramic radiographs. Soft tissue calcifications found in the mandibular angle area were recorded according to gender, age, and bilaterally.

Comparative determination of skeletal maturity by hand-wrist radiograph, cephalometric radiograph and cone beam computed tomography.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to assess the stages of skeletal maturity in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), hand-wrist radiography (HWR) and cephalometric radiography (CR) techniques of orthodontic patients, and associate skeletal maturity stages with chronological age, in a Turkish subpopulation.

Methods: Hand-wrist radiographs, cephalometric radiographs and CBCT of 105 patients were evaluated. For evaluation of HWR, the "Hand Bone Age A Digital Atlas of Skeletal Maturity" of Vicente Gilsanz and Osman Ratib (2005) was used.