Cone beam computed tomography findings as prognostic factors for maxillary sinus membrane perforation during maxillary sinus augmentation.

Background: Maxillary Schneiderian membrane (SM) perforation is one of the complications of maxillary sinus (MS) augmentation. The aim of the present study was to analyse cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) findings to identify prognostic factors for SM perforation.

Materials And Methods: 50 CBCT scans were recruit for the analysis, 39 were suitable for analysis and met the inclusion criteria.

Referral Patterns of General Dental Practitioners for Implant Surgery Procedures.

Purpose: The growing demand for implants has led to their implementation by general dental practitioners (GDPs) in clinical practice. The present study assessed referral patterns of GDPs for the surgical phase of implant dental treatment.

Materials And Methods: One hundred fifty GDPs were asked to fill out a structured questionnaire containing their demographic data and answer six questions characterising their referral patterns for implant dentistry.

Dental Loupe's Role in Detection of Caries of Molars in Children by Student and Dentists.

Purpose: The objectives of this study were to examine the effectiveness of diagnosing occlusal caries in molar teeth in children under the use of loupes and, secondarily, to examine whether there is a difference in the diagnosis between permanent and primary teeth using dental loupes. In addition, to check whether the student's diagnosis using loupes improves caries diagnosis compared to dentists' diagnosis in both methods.

Methods: The data were collected from 163 patients aged 6-14 who sought treatment in the Pedodontic Department of the Faculty of Dentistry at Tel-Aviv University during 2020-2021.

Possible Association between Methylphenidate and Mandibular Bone Characteristics Detected by Dental Panoramic Radiograph in Children and Adolescents with ADHD.

Some studies have shown that children treated with psychostimulants for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have decreased bone mineral density (BMD). Mandibular cortical width (MCW) may be used as a surrogate measure for evaluating BMD. We compared the MCW measured on digital panoramic radiographs (DPR) of 38 children and adolescents with ADHD who were treated with methylphenidate for at least 12 months to the MCW of 58 children and adolescents without ADHD (control).

Trifid Mandibular Condyle: Case Report and Current Review of the Literature.

Trifid mandibular condyle (TMC) is a rare anatomical variation characterized by the duplication of the mandibular condyle. The aim of this study is to report a new case of a 26-year-old female patient with a left TMC and to review the current existing literature on TMC, the relevant cases, etiology, symptoms and different treatment modalities. The database engines PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of science, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Cochrane and CINAHL were searched for TMC cases from inception until April of 2022.

Coronally Advanced Flap with Connective Tissue Graft for Treating Orthodontic-Associated Miller Class III Gingival Recession of the Lower Incisors: A One-Year Retrospective Study.

(1) Background: To assess the clinical outcome of coronally advanced flap combined with connective tissue graft for the treatment of orthodontic-associated Miller Class III gingival recession of the lower incisors. (2) Methods: This study included 15 patients who had undergone orthodontic treatment prior to development of recession. Measurements of recession depth, recession width, probing depth, and width of keratinized tissue were performed clinically immediately before surgery and after one year.

Transfer Deep Learning for Dental and Maxillofacial Imaging Modality Classification: A Preliminary Study.

Objective: To apply the technique of transfer deep learning on a small data set for automatic classification of X-ray modalities in dentistry.

Study Design: For solving the problem of classification, the convolution neural networks based on VGG16, NASNetLarge and Xception architectures were used, which received pre-training on ImageNet subset. In this research, we used an in-house dataset created within the School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

Automatic detection of image sharpening in maxillofacial radiology.

Background: Improvement of image quality in radiology, including the maxillofacial region, is important for diagnosis by enhancing the visual perception of the original image. One of the most used modification methods is sharpening, in which simultaneously with the improvement, due to edge enhancement, several artifacts appear. These might lead to misdiagnosis and, as a consequence, to improper treatment.

Visual Examination, Fluorescence-Aided Caries Excavation (FACE) Technology, Bitewing X-Ray Radiography in the Detection of Occlusal Caries in First Permanent Molars in Children.

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of visual examination, radiographic examination and fluorescence-aided caries excavation (FACE) in detecting occlusal caries in first permanent molars in 150 children aged 6-14 years with intact occlusal surface with caries lesions without cavitation, or with darkened or deep fissures that had no clear diagnosis.

Study Design: Two dentists independently performed a visual oral examination, FACE and bitewing radiography. The inter-rater reliability of each detection method was determined and their specificity and sensitivity.

Conceptual changes in ameloblastoma: Suggested re-classification of a "veteran" tumor.

Objectives: The merging of ameloblastoma (AM) with mural unicystic ameloblastoma (UAM-M) was suggested by the 2017 WHO based on similar treatment needs. In an international multicenter study, we investigated the characteristics of their merged product (merged-AM) and raised the possibility of unifying AM and UAM (total-AM).

Materials And Methods: AM and UAM (luminal/intraluminal/mural), separate and combined, were analyzed for demographic/clinical/radiological features.

Neural Network Detection and Segmentation of Mental Foramen in Panoramic Imaging.

To apply the technique of deep learning on a small dataset of panoramic images for the detection and segmentation of the mental foramen (MF). In this study we used in-house dataset created within the School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University. The dataset contained randomly chosen and anonymized 112 digital panoramic X-ray images and corresponding segmentations of MF.

Oral lichen planus and thyroid gland diseases: possible associations.

Background: Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease that commonly affects the oral cavity. Previous reports have suggested a possible association between LP and thyroid gland diseases (TGDs). The purpose of this study was to investigate possible associations between oral lichen planus (OLP) and TGDs.

Atherosclerotic carotid plaque on panoramic radiographs: neural network detection.

Aim: Atherosclerotic carotid plaques (ACPs) constitute the main etiological factor in about 15% of strokes. ACPs can be detected on routine dental panoramic radiographs. As these are one of the most commonly performed dental images, they can be used as a source of available data for computerized methods of automatic detection of ACPs in order to significantly increase their timely diagnosis.