Glucose indices as inflammatory markers in children with acute surgical abdomen: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Glycaemic dysregulation potentiates the pro-inflammatory response and increases oxidative injury; therefore, preoperative hyperglycaemia is linked to increased mortalities. In addition, inflammation is accompanied by higher glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, and the relationship between this and random blood sugar (RBS) could be non-linear.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study.

Analysis of photostimulable phosphor image plate artifacts and their prevalence.

Background: Digital radiography has recently been used in dentistry as a substitute for conventional film radiography worldwide. Digital imaging has many advantages and provides new possibilities for recording and interpreting radiographic data. This system uses different types of digital receptors.

Prediction of neurosensory disorders after impacted third molar extraction based on cone beam CT Maglione's classification: A pilot study.

Background: Surgical difficulty assessment in the extraction of impacted mandibular third molars is a constant challenge for oral surgeons.

Aim: The first aim was to apply Maglione's new classification on patients that needed surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars, and the second aim was to study the correlation of the classification classes with the occurrence of postoperative neurosensory disorders.

Materials & Methods: The present prospective clinical trial pilot study was conducted on patients attending oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics from February 2017 until January 2018 for the surgical extraction of impacted lower third molars.

Accuracy of panoramic radiographic predictor signs in the assessment of proximity of impacted third molars with the mandibular canal.

Objectives: This study aimed to validate the accuracy of panoramic radiographic risk signs through detection of presence or absence of corticalization between an impacted mandibular third molar and the inferior alveolar canal on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Methods: This retrospective study analyzed 210 impacted mandibular third molars from 135 patients (aged 17-51 years) who showed one or more of the seven previously established panoramic radiographic risk signs of inferior alveolar nerve exposure. These patients were referred for CBCT examination.

Image quality assessment of clinically-applied CBCT protocols using a QAT phantom.

Objectives: This study has two main purposes: (1) to evaluate the effect of various clinically applied protocols [changing field of view (FOV), voxel size and tube voltage (kVp)] on CS 9300 CBCT (CareStream SM 749, Rochester, NY) image quality using its quality assurance test (QAT) phantom and (2) to evaluate the efficacy of a newly-designed prototype plugin on ImageJ (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD) which was introduced to measure modulation transfer function (MTF) using a modified slanted-edge method.

Methods: Using a specifically constructed QAT phantom, five image quality parameters were assessed-image uniformity, signal-to-noise ratio, contrast, position checking and the MTF-for ten variables, clinically applied protocols on a CS 9300 PREMIUM three-dimensional CBCT device.

Results: With FOV and voxel size fixed, high-dose protocols resulted in less image noise and more uniformity.

Radiographic assessment of impacted teeth and associated pathosis prevalence. Pattern of occurrence at different ages in Saudi male in Western Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of both impaction and associated pathosis in a Saudi population in Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia based on digital panoramic radiographs.

Methods: This study was carried out from December 2013 to February 2015. Panoramic radiographs of 359male patients attending the Oral Diagnosis Clinics, Faculty of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia were reviewed.