Artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning (DL), and machine learning (ML) are computer, machine, and engineering systems that mimic human intelligence to devise procedures. These technologies also provide opportunities to advance diagnostics and planning in human medicine and dentistry. The purpose of this literature review was to ascertain the applicability and significance of AI and to highlight its uses in maxillofacial surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs results may vary depending on the method of examination, this paper analyzes methods of age estimation based on the maturation index of third molars (I) and Kohler's developmental stages in living individuals. A total of 1475 orthopantomograms were analyzed. The results showed that the development of third molars tended to be more advanced in males than in females.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Our analysis focuses on the advantages of virtual surgical planning (VSP) compared to a conventional treatment method as well as on a wider range of parameters influencing the surgical procedure, postoperative care, morbidity and lastly, the survival rate of these patients.
Background: Patients with extensive bone defects of different etiologies of the upper or lower jaw who underwent complex reconstructive surgery with a free fibula flap (FFF).
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from a total of 34 patients (12 female and 22 male) whose defects were reconstructed with an osteomyocutaneus FFF.