Automated dentition segmentation: 3D UNet-based approach with MIScnn framework.

Introduction: Advancements in technology have led to the adoption of digital workflows in dentistry, which require the segmentation of regions of interest from cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans. These segmentations assist in diagnosis, treatment planning, and research. However, manual segmentation is an expensive and labor-intensive process.

Effects of counterclockwise bimaxillary advancement surgery and relapse on upper airway.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term volumetric changes of the upper airway compartments in response to counterclockwise bimaxillary advancement surgery with multi-piece maxillary osteotomy, and to analyse the relationship between the postoperative stability of the maxillomandibular skeletal complex, and the volumetric airway changes over-time.

Methodology: Twenty-seven sets of pre (T0), post (T1) and follow-up (T2) (20.15 months) CBCT scans were used.

Analysis of nasal airway symmetry and upper airway changes after rapid maxillary expansion.

Introduction: The objectives of this study were to assess the changes in right vs left nasal cavity volumes and minimum cross-sectional width, nasopharyngeal, and oropharyngeal volumes of the upper airway in response to rapid maxillary expansion (RME).

Methods: Pretreatment and posttreatment cone-beam computed tomography scans of 28 patients with a mean age of 9.86 ± 2.

Alternative Approaches to Adenotonsillectomy and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) for the Management of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): A Review.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is considered first-line treatment in the management of pediatric patients without a surgically correctible cause of obstruction who have confirmed moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The evidence supports its reduction on patient morbidity and positive influence on neurobehavioral outcome. Unfortunately, in clinical practice, many patients either refuse CPAP or cannot tolerate it.

Association between incisor irregularity and coronal caries: A population-based study.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate the association between incisor irregularity and anterior coronal caries by means of an arch-specific analysis among the U.S. population in the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES III) 1988-1994.