The efficacy of CBCT-based radiomics techniques in differentiating between conventional and unicystic ameloblastoma.

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) radiomics-based model that differentiates between conventional and unicystic ameloblastoma (AB).

Methods: In this retrospective study, CBCT images were collected from 100 patients who had ABs that were diagnosed histopathologically as conventional or unicystic AB after surgical treatment. The patients were randomly divided into training (70) and validation (30) cohorts.

Does cone-beam computed tomography examination increase the micronuclei frequency in the oral mucosa exfoliated cells? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: This systematic review (SR) with meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the frequency of micronuclei in the oral mucosa exfoliated cells after cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) examination.

Methods: We performed language-independent computer-assisted data searches using PubMed databases, Cochrane, Embase, Web of Science all databases, and Google Scholar. The literature on micronucleus (MN) frequency of clinical trials before and after CBCT examination was included.

Detection of vertical root fractures by cone-beam computed tomography based on deep learning.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the performance of ResNet models in the detection of and vertical root fractures (VRF) in Cone-beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) images.

Methods: A CBCT image dataset consisting of 28 teeth (14 intact and 14 teeth with VRF, 1641 slices) from 14 patients, and another dataset containing 60 teeth (30 intact and 30 teeth with VRF, 3665 slices) from an model were used for the establishment of VRFconvolutional neural network (CNN) models. The most popular CNN architecture ResNet with different layers was fine-tuned for the detection of VRF.

Oral administration of inorganic nitrate alleviated biological damage induced by cone-beam computed tomography examination in Wistar rats.

Objectives: To explore whether the inorganic nitrate has a protective effect on biological damage induced by cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and compare it with Vitamin C.

Materials And Methods: Sixty Wistar rats were randomly separated into 6 groups: control group, irradiation (IR) group, NaNO group, IR + NaNO group, Vitamin C group, and IR + Vitamin C group. Rats were whole-body irradiated with CBCT four times.

Comparison between periapical radiography and cone beam computed tomography for the diagnosis of anterior maxillary trauma in children and adolescents.

Background/aims: Under-estimating the damage caused by trauma to the dental structures may delay treatment. Timely and accurate diagnosis remains challenging in clinical practice. Radiography is an important modality for the diagnosis of traumatic injuries.

Spatial and temporal expression of c-Kit in the development of the murine submandibular gland.

The c-Kit pathway is important in the development of many mammalian cells and organs and is indispensable for the development of hematopoiesis, melanocytes, and primordial germ cells. Loss-of-function mutations in c-Kit lead to perinatal death in mouse embryos. Previously, c-Kit has been used as one of salivary epithelial stem or progenitor cell markers in mouse, its specific temporo-spatial expression pattern and function in developing murine submandibular gland (SMG) is still unclear.

Sialin (SLC17A5) functions as a nitrate transporter in the plasma membrane.

In vivo recycling of nitrate (NO(3)(-)) and nitrite (NO(2)(-)) is an important alternative pathway for the generation of nitric oxide (NO) and maintenance of systemic nitrate-nitrite-NO balance. More than 25% of the circulating NO(3)(-) is actively removed and secreted by salivary glands. Oral commensal bacteria convert salivary NO(3)(-) to NO(2)(-), which enters circulation and leads to NO generation.

Gene therapy of salivary diseases.

For many years, our laboratory has been developing gene transfer approaches for salivary gland disorders that currently lack effective therapy. The purpose of this chapter is to describe key methods used in this developmental process. Specifically, we focus on one clinical condition, irradiation-induced salivary hypofunction, and address the choice of transgene and vector to be used, the construction of recombinant viral vectors, how vector delivery is accomplished, and methods for assessing vector function in vitro and in an appropriate animal model.

[Sialographic, sialoendoscopic and irrigation fluid study in chronic obstructive parotitis].

Objective: To study the sialographic changes and to compare the changes with sialoendoscopic and irrigation fluid findings in chronic obstructive parotitis (COP).

Methods: This study involved 27 patients with a long history of parotid swelling. All patients were examined by X-ray, sialography, and were diagnosed as COP without sialolithiasis.

Sialoendoscopic and irrigation findings in chronic obstructive parotitis.

Objectives/hypothesis: To study the sialographic changes related to sialoendoscopic and irrigation fluid findings in chronic obstructive parotitis.

Study Design: The sialographic changes were classified according to previous studies and related to sialoendoscopic and irrigation fluid findings.

Methods: This study included 26 patients with a long history of parotid swelling.