Relationship of Caries between Primary Molars and the Permanent First Molar.

Context: Dental caries is a multifactorial disease that affects large segment of population worldwide.

Aim: To evaluate the detailed relationship between carious status of primary molars and permanent first molars among 8.5-10 years old children.

The relationship between radiographic measurements of alveolar bone in posterior single-tooth edentulous regions and non-alveolar jawbones using multidetector computed tomography.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between radiographic measurements of the alveolar bone in posterior single-tooth edentulous regions and radiographic measurements of non-alveolar jawbones using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).

Methods: The sample consisted of 47 patients aged between 20 and 42 years who underwent MDCT. All patients had a posterior single-tooth edentulous region.

Translation and psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the ageism scale for dental students (ASDS-Ar): A multi-institutional validation.

Background And Objective: Ageism represents an important barrier to high-quality healthcare for older adults. The present study sought to translate and validate the Arabic version of the Ageism Scale for Dental Students (ASDS-Arabic).

Materials And Methods: The 27-item ASDS tool was translated from English into Arabic following recommended cross-sectional forward and backward translation guidelines.

Impact of Protracted War Crisis on Dental Students: A Comparative Multicountry Cross-sectional Study.

Background: The impact of conflict and war crisis on dental students is poorly understood. Given the prolonged conflicts and political instability in the Arabic-speaking countries, it is crucial to investigate the effect of these conditions on dental students. This study aimed to assess the impact of protracted war on dental students by comparing the personal, university, and wider context challenges they face across war-affected and unaffected countries.

Cone beam computed tomography findings in the temporomandibular joints of chronic qat chewers: Radiographic bone density and trabecular microstructural analyses.

Objectives: This cross-sectional comparative study investigated the effects of qat chewing habit on the radiographic bone density (RBD) and trabecular microstructure of temporomandibular joint condyles using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Study Design: In total, 85 systemically healthy Yemeni males were included and divided into qat chewers (QCs; n = 41); and non-qat chewers (NQCs; n = 44). The participants responded to a structured questionnaire and underwent standardized clinical examination and CBCT scanning of the temporomandibular joint.

Cone beam computed tomography findings in temporomandibular joint of chronic qat chewers: Dimensional and osteoarthritic changes.

The social habit of chewing qat (also known as khat) is widely practised in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It has been linked with various oro-facial conditions, including temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD). This cross-sectional, comparative study sought to investigate the effects of qat chewing on temporomandibular joint (TMJ), using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Effect of bisphosphonate treatment on the jawbone: an exploratory study using periapical and panoramic radiographic evaluation.

Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to explore potential jawbone changes secondary to bisphosphonate (BP) treatment of osteoporosis using digital panoramic and periapical radiography.

Methods: Thirty-nine women, previously examined with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, were radiographed by digital panoramic and/or periapical radiography. On periapical radiographs, trabecular bone structure and fractal dimension analyses of the mandibular first molar and edentulous regions were performed.

Detecting the effect of bisphosphonates during osteoporosis treatment on jawbones using multidetector computed tomography: The OSTEOSYR project.

Aim: The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to investigate the effects of bisphosphonates (BP), prescribed for osteoporosis, on jawbones using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).

Methods: Fifty-three women who had dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry examination were scanned by MDCT. Both the cortical and the trabecular parts of the alveolar and the cortical bones were compared between BP users and non-BP users using a number of radiological measurements.

Evaluation of different low-dose multidetector CT and cone beam CT protocols in maxillary sinus imaging: part I-an in vitro study.

Objectives: This in vitro study aimed to assess radiation dose and image quality of different low-dose multidetector CT (MDCT) and CBCT imaging protocols in comparison with the standard MDCT protocol for maxillary sinus imaging.

Methods: Effective dose (E) and image quality of 10 MDCT (changing effective milliampere second starting from 141.3 EmAs to 20 EmAs) and 3 CBCT protocols (changing milliampere second and voxel size) were assessed throughout scanning an anthropomorphic head and neck Alderson Rando phantom.

Assessment of jawbone trabecular bone structure amongst osteoporotic women by cone-beam computed tomography: the OSTEOSYR project.

Objective: To assess the trabecular bone structure of jawbones and the dens (the odontoid process of the second cervical vertebra) amongst osteoporotic and nonosteoporotic women using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Analysis of the dens trabecular bone structure aimed to test the validity of CBCT in such analysis.

Methods: Thirty-eight women who went under dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) examination were scanned by CBCT.

IDIOS: An innovative index for evaluating dental imaging-based osteoporosis screening indices.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to develop a new index as an objective reference for evaluating current and newly developed indices used for osteoporosis screening based on dental images. Its name; IDIOS, stands for Index of Dental-imaging Indices of Osteoporosis Screening.

Materials And Methods: A comprehensive PubMed search was conducted to retrieve studies on dental imaging-based indices for osteoporosis screening.

Facebook as a learning environment for teaching medical emergencies in dental practice.

Background: Social media can be part of the formal education of health professsionals and in their lifelong learning activities. The effectiveness of Facebook, an online social medium, application for educational purposes was evaluated in this study. It was used to serve as a teaching medium of a course in medical emergencies in dental practice (MEDP).

An innovative approach in osteoporosis opportunistic screening by the dental practitioner: the use of cervical vertebrae and cone beam computed tomography with its viewer program.

Objectives: To investigate the use of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) for predicting osteoporosis based on the cervical vertebrae CBCT-derived radiographic density (RD) using the CBCT-viewer program.

Study Design: CBCT scans (WhiteFox, de Gotzen S.r.

Radiation-induced thumbs carcinoma due to practicing dental X-ray.

Dealing with diagnostic X-ray radiation may result in serious health problems, unless protection guidelines are followed. This became prevalent immediately a decade following the invention of X-ray radiation, where it had not been known that the accumulative exposure to X-ray radiation may carry huge health hazards. The reoccurrence of various fatal cancer cases compelled the concerned health authorities to develop safety standards to be followed by all X-ray clinics and technicians worldwide.

Osteoporosis prediction from the mandible using cone-beam computed tomography.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the use of dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in the diagnosis of osteoporosis among menopausal and postmenopausal women by using only a CBCT viewer program.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-eight menopausal and postmenopausal women who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) examination for hip and lumbar vertebrae were scanned using CBCT (field of view: 13 cm×15 cm; voxel size: 0.25 mm).

Pulpotomy of symptomatic permanent teeth with carious exposure using mineral trioxide aggregate.

Introduction: To evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of pulpotomy treatment with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) in symptomatic mature permanent teeth with carious exposure.

Materials And Methods: Ten patients aged 27-54 years presented with 11 symptomatic permanent teeth (n=11). Each offending carious tooth was clinically and radiographically determined.