Objective: This study was conducted to develop a scale for assessing the attitudes of adults regarding the determination of Bisphenol A exposure.
Methods: The study sample comprised of 370 individuals who volunteered to participate. According to the Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) results of the investigation, a scale structure consisting of a total of 3 sub-dimensions was obtained.
The swift updates of public databases and advancements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have enhanced the genetic identification capacities of epilepsy clinics. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of NGS in pediatric epilepsy patients as a whole and to present the data obtained in the whole exome sequence analysis. We enrolled 40 children with suspected childhood epilepsy in this study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the structural alterations in peri-implant bone occurring 5 years after prosthodontic loading in panoramic radiography (PR).
Methods: PR images of 44 mandibular and 33 maxillary implants along with 42 healthy control teeth taken before and 5 years after prosthodontic loading were included. Two regions-of-interest (ROI) were selected from mesial and distal surrounding bone of each implant and tooth.
Objective: The current study is a comparative cross-sectional analysis study to determine the thickness and internal structure of the masseter muscle (MM) and anterior temporal muscle (ATM) in patients with bruxism by ultrasonography (USG).
Materials And Methods: A total of 100 patients (36 males, 64 females), 50 with bruxism and 50 without bruxism, aged 20-30 years were included in the study. All patients were investigated with MM and ATM USG.
Purpose: To evaluate surgical patients' perceptions of perioperative privacy.
Design: A descriptive and cross-sectional study.
Methods: A total of 172 patients who underwent surgical intervention at a state hospital were included.