Frequency, localization, and diameter of the accessory maxillary ostium and its relationship with sinus pathologies and nasal cavity variations: an anatomical study based on cone beam computed tomography.

Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the presence, frequency, and characteristics of the accessory maxillary ostium (AMO) in a specific Turkish population using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and to evaluate the frequency of pathologies and anatomical variations in the nasal cavity and maxillary sinus and to assess their relationship with the AMO.

Materials And Methods: This study retrospectively evaluated the presence of AMO in CBCT images of 543 patients, the patients' age, gender, and dentition status, the presence of nasal cavity variations and maxillary sinus pathologies, and their relationship to the presence of AMO. Descriptive values of the data and comparative results were included.

Prevalence and topography of bifid and trifid mandibular canal in Turkish Western Anatolia Population: evaluation of the inferior alveolar canal with CBCT.

Purpose: Various anatomical variations of the inferior alveolar canal increase the incidence of surgical complications; Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the frequency and configuration of bifid and trifid mandibular canals using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in the Turkish subpopulation.

Methods: The inferior alveolar canal was evaluated on 1014 hemi-mandibles in the CBCT (I-CAT 3D Imaging System) images of 513 patients. The frequency and configuration of the bifid and trifid mandibular canal (MC) were examined.

Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulant/Vitamin K Antagonists: Do They Affect the Trabecular and Cortical Structure of the Mandible?

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the mandibular bone structure of patients using oral anticoagulants (OACs) vitamin K antagonist drugs (warfarin) and other OACs including direct oral anticoagulants [(DOACs) apixaban, rivaroxaban, dabigatran, edoxaban]. Analyses were based upon the fractal dimension (FD), the panoramic mandibular index (PMI) and the Klemetti index (KI), which is also known as the mandibular cortical index (MCI).

Methodology: Ninety participants were divided into three groups: group 1: 30 systemically healthy individuals who had not used any anticoagulants before, group 2: 30 individuals using warfarin, and group 3: 30 individuals using DOACs.

The relationship of the position of mandibular third molar impaction with the development of dental and periodontal lesions in adjacent second molars.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different positions of Mandibular third molar impaction teeth on dental and periodontal lesions of mandibular second molars and correlate the lesion severity with patient age.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study assessed 212 CBCT images of patients who visited the department of Oral and Maxillofacial radiology of XX university between 2017 and 2021. Periodontal and dental lesion effects of impacted third molars on mandibular second molars were evaluated.

What do TikTok videos offer us about dental implants treatment?

Objective: To evaluate the quality, source, popularity, visibility and reliability of Tiktok videos on dental implants.

Materials And Methods: A Tiktok search for dental implants was performed English language setting. Search hashtags were determined as "#dentalimplants," "#dentalimplantsurgery," "#dentalimplantstreatment," and "#implantdentistry.

Is Online Video a Suitable Source to Obtain Sufficient and Useful Information About Peri-Implantitis?

Purpose: Recently, with the increase in cases of peri-implantitis, the amount of data patients can receive via social media about the condition has increased. The study presented here aims to examine what online videos (YouTubeTM, Google LLC, San Bruno, California) offer patients about peri-implantitis and to evaluate the quality of the information presented.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a systematic search was conducted into online videos containing information about peri-implantitis using the keyword "peri-implantitis" by an experienced periodontologist.

Does YouTube™ provide reliable information on oral candidiasis?

Objective: To evaluate the quality, source, usefulness and/or reliability, visibility, and popularity of YouTube™ videos on oral candidiasis.

Materials And Methods: A YouTube™ search for "oral candidiasis" was performed, setting the English language. 133 of the 351 videos watched were included in the study.

Measurement of the trabecular bone structure of the TMJ region in patients with transverse maxillary deficiency: a CBCT fractal analysis study.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of transverse maxillary deficiency on condylar morphology via visual examination and fractal analysis of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans.

Study Design: In total, 97 patients with posterior crossbite or maxillary narrowness and 36 control patients were included. The presence of degenerative changes in the bilateral condyles was evaluated with CBCT.

Dental and temporomandibular joint alterations in rheumatoid arthritis patients and their association with salivary oxidative stress.

Background/aim: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most extensive inflammatory arthritis causing permanent deformities in the joint. Increasing evidence suggests that oxidative stress is a substantial factor in the pathogenesis of RA. This study aimed to examine the salivary oxidant-antioxidant status of RA and control groups and to compare these biomarkers by correlating them with disease activity, acute phase reactants, and clinical findings.

Determination of Root Canal Length Up to Perforation Area Using Different Electronic Apex Locators and CBCT Images Obtained at Different Voxel Sizes: A Comparative Ex Vivo Study.

Objective: To compare the accuracy of electronic apex locators in the presence of blood and CBCT images obtained with two different voxel sizes (0.125 mm and 0.25 mm) in determining root canal length up to the perforation area.

Evaluation of periodontal health in breast cancer patients undergoing tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors drugs therapy: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To study the dental and periodontal status of women with breast cancer (BCa) having tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors (AIs) treatment in comparison with control healthy women.

Methods: Fifty-one women on tamoxifen therapy, 52 women on AIs therapy and 52 systemically healthy controls were included in the study. The total number of teeth, the number of teeth indicated for extraction, the number of decayed teeth, and the duration of medication were recorded.

Relationship between condyle cortication, sphenooccipital synchondrosis, and chronological age.

Objective: To assess the relationship between chronologic age, mandibular condyle cortication, and sphenooccipital synchondrosis (SOS) fusion.

Methods: Cone Beam Computed Tomography data of 253 patients were retrospectively evaluated. Mandibular condyle cortication was divided into three classes as Types I, II, and III.

The impact of different voxels and exposure parameters of CBCT for the assessment of external root resorptions: A phantom study.

This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of the different voxel sizes and imaging parameters of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) on the determination of external root resorption (ERR). ERRs were created in coronal, middle and apical regions. Depths (0.

Effects of root-end filling on the fractal dimension of the periapical bone after periapical surgery: retrospective study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of root-end filling after periapical surgery on the fractal dimension (FD) of the periapical bone.

Methods: Thirty-eight patients who underwent periapical surgery were included in this study. The cases were divided into two subgroups: (1) In the gutta-percha group, root cavity and root-end fillings were not performed after root resection.

Evaluation of the effects of different forms of periodontal diseases on quality of life with OHIP-14 and SF-36 questionnaires: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of generalized aggressive periodontitis (GAP), generalized chronic periodontitis (GCP) and gingivitis (G) on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) with Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) and Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaires.

Methods: One hundred GAP patients, 114 GCP and 109 G patients were included in the study. Age, gender, number of missing teeth, probing depth (PD), bleeding on probing (BOP), plaque index (PI) and clinical attachment level (CAL) of patients were recorded.

Prevalence of anatomical variants in the clivus: fossa navicularis magna, canalis basilaris medianus, and craniopharyngeal canal.

Purpose: This study determined the prevalence of fossa navicularis magna (FNM), canalis basilaris medianus (CBM), and craniopharyngeal canal (CPC), the size of FNMs, and types of CBM using 3D computed tomography (CT) images.

Methods: A total of 1059 3D images [649 cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and 410 CT] were evaluated in this study. The prevalence of FNM, CBM, and CPC, length, width, and depth of FNM, and type of CBM were assessed.

Relationship between the anatomic structures and mandibular posterior teeth for endodontic surgery in a Turkish population: a cone-beam computed tomographic analysis.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between anatomic structures and mandibular posterior region using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in terms of endodontic surgery.

Methods: A total of 150 CBCT images were used to investigate the proximity of the anatomical structures and the mandibular posterior teeth. The buccal and lingual bone thickness overlying each root, buccolingual, and mesiodistal dimension of the roots were measured at the level of 3 mm apical resection, and the mental foramen (MF) distance to the premolar teeth and the distance of the mandibular canal (MC) to all the posterior teeth were measured.

Evaluation of osseous changes in dental panoramic radiography of thalassemia patients using mandibular indexes and fractal size analysis.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the radiomorphometric indexes and fractal dimension (FD) on dental panoramic radiography (DPR) of Thalassemia Major (TM) patients.

Methods: In 59 TM patients and in 59 healthy control subjects, mandibular cortical index (MCI), mandibular cortical width (MCW), panoramic mandibular index (PMI), and FD of four different regions (FD1-4) were evaluated and compared using DPRs.

Results: The distribution of MCI in TM patients was similar to control subjects (p > 0.

Cone Beam Computed Tomographic Evaluation of Intracranial Physiologic Calcifications.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the incidence of physiologic intracranial calcifications detected in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of a Turkish subpopulation.

Methods: The CBCT image of the full head of 573 patients taken between 2015 and 2018 was evaluated retrospectively. The prevalence of habenular calcification, petroclinoid ligament, coroid plexus, interclinoid ligament (ICL), and carotico-clinoid ligament (CCL) calcifications was investigated.

Ultrasonographic evaluation of jaw elevator muscles in young adults with bruxism and with and without attrition-type tooth wear: A pilot study.

Objective: This pilot study was planned to analyze masticatory activation in bruxism patients with and without attrition by ultrasonographic evaluation of mandibular adductor muscles.

Methods: Sixty bruxism patients (group 1: 30 without attrition, group 2: 30 with attrition) and an age-sex matched control of 30 (group 3) were clinically examined. The thickness of bilateral temporalis and masseter muscles during clench and rest was measured by ultrasonography.

Mandibular indexes and fractal properties on the panoramic radiographs of the patients using aromatase inhibitors.

Objective:: This study was conducted to evaluate fractal dimension (FD), mandibular cortical width (MCW), panoramic mandibular index (PMI), and mandibular cortical index (MCI) on panoramic radiographs to determine the mandibular cortical and trabecular bone changes in females with breast cancer undergoing aromatase inhibitors (AIs) treatment.

Methods:: In this retrospective study, FD analysis, PMI, MCI, and MCW were assessed over panoramic radiographs of 34 females under AI therapy as a patient group and 34 healthy age-gender matched individuals as a control group.

Results:: Mean FD values and MCW were slightly but not significantly lower in the patient group (1.

Available bone morphology and status of neural structures in the mandibular interforaminal region: three-dimensional analysis of anatomical structures.

Purpose: This study aimed to clarify the size and morphology of the mandible and to determine state of neural structures for the planning of the dental implantation using cone-beam computerized tomography (CBCT).

Methods: Of the 252 patients, CBCT images of 48 selected patients were evaluated. The bone height and width were measured and the type of the mental portion of the inferior alveolar canal, the anterior loop length (ALL), the location of the incisive canal and lingual foramen were identified with cross-sectional and multiplane reformatted CBCT images.

Evaluation of root morphology and root canal configuration of premolars in the Turkish individuals using cone beam computed tomography.

Objective: The aim of the present study is to assess the root and root canal morphology of maxillary and mandibular premolars in a Turkish population by using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Materials And Methods: In this study, CBCT images of 2134 premolars (987 maxillary, 1147 mandibular) were obtained from 404 patients. Details of gender, age, number of roots and canals, and canal configuration in each root were recorded.

Cone beam computed tomographic analysis of maxillary premolars and molars to detect the relationship between periapical and marginal bone loss and mucosal thickness of maxillary sinus.

Background: This study assessed the relationship between mucosal thickness (MT) of the maxillary sinus and periodontal bone loss (PBL) and periapical condition of related teeth. We also aimed to identify the association between root apices and the inferior wall of the maxillary sinus using Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Material And Methods: In this study, CBCT images of 205 patients with 410 maxillary sinuses were examined, retrospectively.