Changing trabecular patterns in panoramic radiographs of Swedish women during 25 years of follow-up.

Objectives: The radiographic trabecular pattern on dental radiographs may be used to predict fractures. The aim of this study was to analyze longitudinal changes in the mandibles of 145 females between 1980 and 2005.

Methods: Panoramic radiographs were obtained in 1980 and 2005.

Predicting fractures using trabecular patterns on panoramic radiographs.

Objectives: The observer score of the trabecular pattern on panoramic radiographs is known to be a strong predictor of bone fractures. The aim of this study was to enhance the predictive power of panoramic radiographs by means of texture analysis methods.

Material And Methods: The study followed 304 postmenopausal women during 26 years.

Association Between Peri-implant Bone Morphology and Marginal Bone Loss: A Retrospective Study on Implant-Supported Mandibular Overdentures.

Purpose: The present study aimed to explore the association between marginal bone loss and type of peri-implant bony defect determined using a new peri-implant bony defect classification system.

Materials And Methods: A total of 110 patients with implant-supported mandibular overdentures were involved. Clinical information was collected, including gender, age, smoking habit, and the overdenture attachment system used.

Implant-supported mandibular overdentures can minimize mandibular bone resorption in edentulous patients: results of a long-term radiologic evaluation.

Purpose: It has been suggested that functional loading and light irritative stimuli could lead to changes in bone architecture, shape, and volume, and that by placing implants in the edentulous mandible and subsequently loading them, functional conditions could be created to limit bone resorption or even stimulate bone apposition (the latter was reported only for fixed implant-supported prosthetic reconstructions) in the distal area of the mandibular osseous crest. The aim of this study was to radiographically assess the bone height changes in the posterior area of the mandible after implant placement and loading with an overdenture on two or four implants over a mean follow-up period of 10.5 years.

Annual bone loss and success rates of dental implants based on radiographic measurements.

Objectives: Bone loss around dental implants is generally measured by monitoring changes in marginal bone level using radiographs. After the first year of implantation, an implant should have <0.2 mm annual loss of marginal bone level to satisfy the criteria of success.