Frequency and types of incidental findings on limited field of view CBCT scans.

The objective of this retrospective study was to identify and categorize incidental findings (IFs) discovered on limited field of view (LFOV) cone beam computed tomographic (CBCT) scans of the maxillofacial region. The sequential LFOV CBCT radiology reports created by 2 board-certified radiologists from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017, were retrospectively reviewed. The CBCT scans were acquired for implant site evaluation.

A scoping review of surgical masks and N95 filtering facepiece respirators: Learning from the past to guide the future of dentistry.

With the 2019 emergence of coronavirus disease 19 (colloquially called COVID-19) came renewed public concern about airborne and aerosolized virus transmission. Accompanying this concern were many conflicting dialogues about which forms of personal protective equipment best protect dental health care practitioners and their patients from viral exposure. In this comprehensive review we provide a thorough and critical assessment of face masks and face shields, some of the most frequently recommended personal safeguards against viral infection.

CBCT in Advanced Dental Education: A Survey of U.S. Postdoctoral Periodontics Programs.

Historically, predoctoral and advanced dental education programs used two-dimensional panoramic and periapical radiographs for implant planning. Three-dimensional (3D) Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) imaging has improved visualization of anatomic structures that can positively influence implant planning and surgical implant placement. The aim of this study was to assess how U.

Citizen sociolinguistics: A new method to understand fat talk.

Fat Talk And Citizen Science: Fat talk is a spontaneous verbal interaction in which interlocutors make self-disparaging comments about the body, usually as a request for assessment. Fat talk often reflects concerns about the self that stem from broader sociocultural factors. It is therefore an important target for sociocultural linguistics.

Avoiding exercise mediates the effects of internalized and experienced weight stigma on physical activity in the years following bariatric surgery.

Background: People living with severe obesity report high levels of weight-related stigma. Theoretically, this stigma undermines weight loss efforts. The objective of this study is to test one proposed mechanism to explain why weight loss is so difficult once an individual becomes obese: that weight-related stigma inhibits physical activity via demotivation to exercise.

Bone functional adaptation does not erase neutral evolutionary information.

Objectives: To investigate whether diaphyseal and craniofacial variation similarly reflect neutral genetic variation among modern European and South Africans.

Materials And Methods: Diaphyseal and craniofacial data were collected on English, South European, and South African samples. The Relethford-Blangero model was used to compare predicted among-population relationships generated by limb bones relative to those generated by the crania and, further, to test whether adaptive plasticity affected these predicted relationships.

The effect of weight on the femur: a cross-sectional analysis.

This study assessed whether obesity significantly affects femoral shape. Femora of 121 white men were divided into two weight classes based on body mass index (BMI) of the deceased. Five external anteroposterior (AP) and mediolateral (ML) measurements were taken at consistent percentages of diaphyseal length.