Prospective cohort study to evaluate narrow diameter implants for the restoration of a missing maxillary lateral incisor in patients with a cleft palate: Five-year results.

Statement Of Problem: The maxillary lateral incisor is often congenitally missing in patients with a cleft palate. The congenital cleft presents the practitioner with challenges including quantity and quality of bone, a surgically managed cleft correction, and limited clinical space.

Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to calculate the 5-year success and survival rate of narrow-diameter implants used to restore a missing lateral incisor in patients with a cleft palate.

Central giant-cell granuloma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: 7 years of follow-up.

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomally dominant tumor suppressor syndrome and multisystem disease. Central giant-cell granulomas (CGCGs) can be seen in patients with NF1. A 21-year-old female was diagnosed with two CGCGs, one in the mandible and then one in the maxilla, in a 7-year period.

Maxillary Sinusitis Induced by Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw.

The involvement of maxillary sinuses in patients taking bone-related medications has not been comprehensively considered in the literature, mostly dental. Considering the fact that paranasal sinuses are often captured in dental radiographs, it is incumbent upon dental practitioners to recognize abnormal presentations in the paranasal sinuses to ensure the appropriate management of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). We present a case of a giant cell tumor (GCT) with atypical chronic sinusitis manifestation leading to MRONJ.

Patient shielding during dentomaxillofacial radiography: Recommendations from the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.

Background: The American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology established an ad hoc committee to draft evidence-based recommendations and clinical guidance for the application of patient contact shielding during dentomaxillofacial imaging.

Types Of Studies Reviewed: The committee reviewed monographs and reports from radiation protection organizations and studies that reported radiation dose to gonads, breasts, and thyroid gland from dentomaxillofacial imaging.

Results: Considering the absence of radiation-induced heritable effects in humans and the negligible dose to the gonads and fetus from dentomaxillofacial imaging, the committee recommends discontinuing shielding of the gonads, pelvic structures, and fetuses during all dentomaxillofacial radiographic imaging procedures.

Idiopathic lingual mandibular sequestration and its relationship to medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (MRONJ): mini review.

Objective: Idiopathic lingual mandibular sequestration is an uncommon condition that affects the lingual aspect of the mandible and may result in a necrosis of the jaw that is clinically indistinguishable from medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw. This condition, however, is not associated with the intake of antiresorptive medication and may not require the same safeguards for extended periods of time. The etiology of idiopathic lingual mandibular sequestration is still unknown although trauma has been shown to play an important role.

Prospective cohort study to evaluate narrow diameter implants for restoration of a missing lateral incisor in patients with a cleft palate: One-year results.

Statement Of Problem: Patients diagnosed with a cleft palate often have a congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisor. The congenital cleft presents the practitioner with challenges including the quantity and quality of bone, a surgically managed cleft correction, and limited clinical space.

Purpose: The purpose of the present prospective investigation was to report preliminary results at the 1-year follow-up for this planned 5-year investigation of narrow diameter implants used to restore a missing lateral incisor in patients with a cleft palate.

Reliability and accuracy of assessing temporary anchorage device-tooth root contact with cone-beam computed tomography.

Introduction: This study was aimed at investigating the reliability and accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) diagnosis of contact between a temporary anchorage device (TAD) and tooth root and assessing any effect produced by metal brackets, imaging software program, and image segmentation or color enhancement tools.

Methods: Eighteen fresh pig mandibles were used. TADs (Vector, 1.

Sex-related differences in the distance of the mental foramen to the cementoenamel junction in adults: a study using cone beam computed tomography.

Injury to the contents of the mental foramen (MF) can be minimized by using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) to determine the exact location of the MF prior to surgical procedures. In this retrospective study, variations in the vertical position of the MF between adult men and women older than 18 years were investigated using CBCT. The distance between the superior border of the MF and the most apical aspect of the cementoenamel junction (CEJ) of the mandibular second premolar was measured.

Multidetector Row Computed Tomography in Maxillofacial Imaging.

Multidetector row CT (MDCT) offers superior soft tissue characterization and is useful for diagnosis of odontogenic and nonodontogenic cysts and tumors, fibro-osseous lesions, inflammatory, malignancy, metastatic lesions, developmental abnormalities, and maxillofacial trauma. The rapid advances in MDCT technology, including perfusion CT, dual-energy CT, and texture analysis, will be an integrated anatomic and functional high-resolution scan, which will help in diagnosis of maxillofacial lesions and overall patient care.

Imaging of Odontogenic Infections.

Odontogenic infections represent a common clinical problem in patients of all ages. The presence of teeth enables the direct spread of inflammatory products from dental caries, trauma, and/or periodontal disease into the maxilla and mandible. The radiographic changes seen depend on the type and duration of the inflammatory process and host body response.

A risk prediction model for xerostomia: a retrospective cohort study.

Objective: We investigated the prevalence of xerostomia in dental patients and built a xerostomia risk prediction model by incorporating a wide range of risk factors.

Materials And Methods: Socio-demographic data, past medical history, self-reported dry mouth and related symptoms were collected retrospectively from January 2010 to September 2013 for all new dental patients. A logistic regression framework was used to build a risk prediction model for xerostomia.

Proximity of the Mandibular Canal to Teeth and Cortical Bone.

Introduction: The proximity of the inferior alveolar canal to the mandibular molar roots may pose a risk of injury during various dental surgeries. The purpose of this study was to evaluate age-related and gender-related changes by using cone-beam computed tomography images between the roots of the second molars, mandibular cortex, and the inferior alveolar canal.

Methods: One hundred fifty-five patients (68 men, 87 women), 20 years and older, who had previous cone-beam computed tomography scans were enrolled in this study.

Benign Jaw Lesions.

There are both odontogenic and nonodontogenic benign lesions in the maxilla and mandible. These lesions may have similar imaging features, and the key radiographic features are presented to help the clinician narrow the differential diagnosis and plan patient treatment. Both intraoral and panoramic radiographs and advanced imaging features are useful in assessing the benign lesions of the jaws.

Oral potentially malignant disorders in a large dental population.

Objectives: Oral cancer (OC) may be preceded by clinically evident oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs). Oral carcinogenesis is a multistep process that begins as epithelial hyperplasia and progresses to oral epithelial dysplasia and finally to fully malignant phenotypes. The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence of OPMDs in a large population of dental patients.

Radiologic and pathologic characteristics of benign and malignant lesions of the mandible.

Mandibular lesions develop from both odontogenic and nonodontogenic origins and have varying degrees of destructive potential. Common benign cystic lesions include periapical (radicular) cysts, follicular (dentigerous) cysts, and odontogenic keratocysts. Benign solid tumors represent a broad spectrum of lesions such as ameloblastomas, odontomas, ossifying fibromas, and periapical cemental dysplasia.