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.
Objectives: Microvascular free‑flap monitoring is crucial to the early detection of flap failure and increases the chance of early intervention in case of disruption of perfusion to a flap. Many clinical alternatives to classical clinical flap monitoring have been proposed, such as color duplex ultrasonography, handheld Doppler, flap thermometry, or implantable Doppler flowmetry. Early detection of critical changes in tissue oxygenation can lead to successful surgical intervention when problems with flap nutrition arise.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the arrival of the highly transmissible Omicron variants (BA.4 and BA.5), dentistry faces another seasonal challenge to preserve the biosafety of dental care and education.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Surgical navigation with three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques presents two major advantages: First, from a technical aspect, it facilitates orientation in target anatomical structures resulting in improvement of the accuracy of surgery. Moreover, it shortens the time of complex surgical interventions by preparing the exact position of customized autologous grafts with fixation devices. Second, from a clinical point of view, it also lessens the impact of surgical stress to adjacent tissues by decreasing the duration of surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe symptoms of Eagle's syndrome are associated with the elongated styloid process of the temporal bone or calcification of the stylohyoid ligament. The first mention of pain syndrome associated with the elongated styloid process dates back to 1937, when it was described by Watt Weems Eagle. Over the last decade, experts in the field have shown a lively interest in the issue of the relationship between the elongated styloid process and various symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this preliminary study was to evaluate intraarticular soft tissues of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) using intraoperative arthroscopy during open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of condylar head fractures (CHF).
Materials And Methods: 26 patients (29 joints) were diagnosed in period of 5 years (2011-2015) with CHF, 5 patients had concomitant mandibular fracture. Fractures were diagnosed on basis of conventional orthopantomogram (OPG) and computed tomography (CT).