Anatomical variations of the lateral pterygoid plate and their implications for temporomandibular disorders: A CBCT study.

Objective: TMD is a multifaceted condition with various contributing factors, but the actual impact of the lateral pterygoid plate on the development of TMD remains uncertain. This research aims to investigate the relationship between anatomical variations of the lateral pterygoid plate (LPP), including its angle and proximity to the condyle, and the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD), to improve diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic approaches for TMD.

Materials & Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 189 Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) images of individuals aged 18 to 45.

The micro CT evaluation of crown and root pulp volume versus dentin thickness in teeth in postmortem interval (PMI).

Determining the postmortem interval (PMI) is one of the main study subjects of forensic sciences. The main purpose of this prospective in vitro study that was the Micro-CT evaluation of teeth crown and root pulp volume versus dentin thickness in terms of PMI determination. The study involved 60 female Wistar rats, with weights ranging from 270 to 320 g.

Evaluation of subarcuate canal on CT images in the perspective of clinical basis.

Objectives: The aim of our study to contribute to the field of morphometrics by including measurements of the SAC and SAF and their distances from surrounding structures, particularly for surgeons involved in retrosigmoid approach for internal acoustic meatus tumor surgery and cerebellopontine angle surgery. Although there is limited information in the literature regarding the role of the subarcuate fossa (SAF) and subarcuate canal (SAC), it has been suggested that the SAC may be a potential pathway for infection from the middle ear to the posterior cranial fossa, and cerebellar abscesses may have this origin.

Methods: For the images of our study, computerized tomography images of 118 individuals (59 females and 59 males) between the ages of 18-65 who applied to Bayındır Health Group.

Evaluation of the Sigmoid Sinus Morphology by Cone Beam Computed Tomography; Touchstone of the Posterior Cranial Fossa.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to analyze the relationship of the sigmoid sinus (SS) with the external auditory canal, facial nerve, and mastoid cells from an anatomic point of view, to define the position of the SS during transmastoid, translabyrinthine, retrosigmoid (lateral suboccipital) approaches, in tympanomastoidectomy and posterior cranial fossa surgery.

Methods: In this study, the morphologic structures associated with the sigmoid sinus were evaluated in cone beam computed tomography images taken between 2015 and 2022. The images of 68 men and 106 women, aged 18-65 years, obtained from the archive of Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology were analyzed.