Long-term studies indicate that dental implants are the most successful restorations fabricated and placed by dentists; however, only 30 percent of the dentists in this country restore implants on a regular basis. This article provides a six-step process for adding implant restoration to the regular services general practitioners provide for patients.
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Orthod Craniofac Res
January 2025
UFR Odontologie, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Objective: To assess the accuracy of three commercially available and one open-source deep learning (DL) solutions for automatic tooth segmentation in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of patients with multiple dental impactions.
Materials And Methods: Twenty patients (20 CBCT scans) were selected from a retrospective cohort of individuals with multiple dental impactions. For each CBCT scan, one reference segmentation and four DL segmentations of the maxillary and mandibular teeth were obtained.
J Clin Periodontol
January 2025
Dental Clinics, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Endodontology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Aim: To elucidate whether ranked probing depth (PD) data translate into ranked PD outcomes after 10 years of follow-up and the associated tooth loss.
Materials And Methods: From the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-START), all participants were retrospectively included with complete PD measurements in both baseline and 10-year follow-up, comprising 1887 participants. The trajectory of percentile-based quintiles of mean PD measurements was followed.
Theranostics
January 2025
Department of Orthopedics, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200092, China.
Organoids, self-organized structures derived from stem cells cultured in a specific three-dimensional (3D) microenvironment, have emerged as innovative platforms that closely mimic cellular behavior, tissue architecture, and organ function. Bone organoids, a frontier in organoid research, can replicate the complex structures and functional characteristics of bone tissue. Recent advancements have led to the successful development of bone organoids, including models of callus, woven bone, cartilage, trabecular bone, and bone marrow.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cancer
January 2025
Department of Basic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
The increasing prevalence of cancer and bacterial resistance necessitates more effective anti-cancer and anti-bacterial treatments. This study explores the potential of medicinal plants, specifically () and (), in addressing this need, aiming to uncover new therapeutic interventions. Various extraction methods for the leaves of and were employed to investigate the anti-bacterial and anti-cancer properties of these herbs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImaging Sci Dent
December 2024
Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia.
Purpose: This review aimed to explore the scientific literature concerning the methodologies and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of endodontics. The findings may equip dentists with the necessary technical knowledge to understand the opportunities presented by AI.
Materials And Methods: Articles published between 1992 and 2023 were retrieved through an electronic search of Medline via the PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases.
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