Functional Class II Treatment Simultaneous With Selective Reduction of Talon Cusps: A Case Report.

Selective reduction of bilateral nonsyndromic talon cusps in an 11-year-old class II patient enabled successful mandibular repositioning with a twin block appliance. This approach achieved desired orthodontic outcomes without causing pain or sensitivity following reduction, highlighting a novel strategy for managing talon cusps in orthodontic treatment.

Assessment of CBCT gray value in different regions-of-interest and fields-of-view compared to Hounsfield unit.

Objectives: Different factors can affect the discrepancy between the gray value (GV) measurements obtained from CBCT and the Hounsfield unit (HU) derived from multidetector CT (MDCT), which is considered the gold-standard density scale. This study aimed to explore the impact of region of interest (ROI) location and field of view (FOV) size on the difference between these two scales as a potential source of error.

Methods: Three phantoms, each consisting of a water-filled plastic bin containing a dry dentate human skull, were prepared.