Publications by authors named "N Canigur Bavbek"
Objective: To evaluate the quality of information on websites regarding orthognathic surgery in Turkey using the DISCERN toolkit.
Methods: An Internet search was performed using the Google search engine with the terms "orthognathic surgery", "jaw surgery", "jaw operation", "correcting jaw surgery", and "surgery orthodontics." The first 25 websites obtained after searching for each term were evaluated.
Objective: To determine pain during debonding and the effects of different pain control methods, gender, and personal traits on the pain experience.
Materials And Methods: Patients who had fixed orthodontic treatment with metal brackets, but no surgical treatment or craniofacial deformity, were included. Sixty-three patients (32 female, aged 17.
Aim: To assess the sagittal soft tissue morphology of patients with acromegaly in comparison with a healthy control group.
Methods: Twenty-seven patients with acromegaly (11 male, 16 female; mean age 47.3 ± 11.
Can Serum Gdf-15 be Associated with Functional Iron Deficiency in Hemodialysis Patients?
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus
June 2016
Functional iron deficiency (FID) incidence is gradually increasing in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Recently, high levels of GDF-15 supressed the iron regulatory protein hepcidin and GDF-15 expression increased in iron-deficient patients. The relationship between FID, GDF-15, and hepcidin is currently unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of fixed functional therapy on oropharyngeal airway dimensions and hyoid bone positions in Class II patients and make comparison with an untreated Class II group.
Materials And Methods: Eighteen patients (8 girls, 10 boys; mean age 13.62 ± 1.