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OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were, first, to assess the loss of reduction after fixation of Rockwood type V acromioclavicular joint dislocation (ACJD) with the TightRope device (Arthrex, Naples, FL, USA) and, second, to present the functional and radiological outcomes of this treatment. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 15 patients (12 males; mean age=39.2 years; age range=23-61) with Rockwood type V ACJD who were treated by the TightRope fixation device...

OBJECTIVES: To assess, through both objective and subjective methods, the complaints of dysphonia among adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The secondary purpose of the study is to determine whether complaints of dysphonia are related to depression and disease activity. STUDY DESIGN: This is a prospective cohort study. METHODS: Eighty subjects (38 RA and 42 healthy volunteers aged 18-65 years old) were included in the study. Participants were evaluated using the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10) to assess voice complaints...

Gold (Au) and silver (Ag) nanostructures have widespread utilization from biomedicine to materials science. Therefore, their synthesis with control of their morphology and surface chemistry have been among the hot topics over the last decades. Here, we introduce a new approach relying on sugar derivatives that work as reducing, stabilizing, and capping agents in the synthesis of Au and Ag nanostructures. These sugar derivatives are utilized alone and as mixture, resulting in spherical, spheroid, trigonal, polygonic, and star-like morphologies...

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the content of oral habit videos on YouTube™. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The four keywords "Oral Habits," "Thumb Sucking," "Tongue Thrust", and "Finger Sucking" relevant terms oral habits were searched on YouTube™. The videos sorted by view count were screened and evaluated. The following exclusion criteria were defined as; non-English videos, unrelated to a topic, poor audio-video quality, and duplication. A hundred videos were analyzed for general video characteristics (number of views, likes, dislikes, number of comments, and uploaded date) the purpose of the video, information content, audio-visual quality, and viewers' interaction index...

BACKGROUND: YouTube™ is the world's second most popular website after Google on the Internet. The aim of this study was to assess the quality and content of information YouTube™ videos for patients seeking information about teeth whitening. METHODS: The keyword 'teeth whitening' was searched on YouTube™. YouTube™ was filtered by the relevance, and the first 100 videos that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated. The included videos were analyzed for views, duration, time since video upload, likes/dislikes, number of comments, source, material types (dental, natural, and other)...

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INTRODUCTION: People with diabetes frequently have gastrointestinal problems and related deglutition disorders. OBJECTIVE: The aims of the present study are to determine the symptomatic swallowing complaints and to evaluate the functionality of oropharyngeal swallowing in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by using the Turkish Eating Assessment Tool-10 (T-EAT-10) and fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). METHODS: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the T-EAT-10 questionnaire was completed by 121 patients with diabetes, and FEES was planned for each individual whose baseline score of the T-EAT-10 was ≥3...

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of preoperative coronal tibiofemoral subluxation (CTFS) on functional outcome, prosthesis type, insert thickness and revision rates in patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS: A total of 224 knees of 186 patients were included. Patients were divided into two groups as either with (Group 1, 114 knees of 86 patients) or without (Group 2, 124 knees of 100 patients) coronal lateral tibiofemoral subluxation. The mean follow-up period was 71...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the mental index (MI) and panoramic mandibular index (PMI) of a group of adolescent patients in different body mass index (BMI) percentile. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Subjects were divided into three different groups in accordance to their BMI percentile status: normal weight (35 subjects; mean age, 14.81 ± 2.12 years), overweight (32 subjects; mean age, 14.77 ± 2.56 years), and obese (33 subjects; mean age, 14...

Background: The aim of this short communication was to evaluate the quality and content of the Instagram posts about orthognathic surgery. Methods: Two hashtags #jawsurgery and #orthognathicsurgery were searched on Instagramin this retrospective Instagram post analysis study. Selected 100 posts for each hashtag were analyzed for type, total number of likes, comments, purpose and source. Results: Most of the posts about #jawsurgery were uploaded by patients (56.1%) who shared their personal experience. Most of the posts about #orthognathicsurgery also were uploaded by clinics (49...

Objective : To estimate the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders in adolescent orthodontic patients with different dental malocclusions and to assess the relationship between oral health-related quality of life. Methods : This study was carried out on 648 randomly selected individuals 14-19 years of age. Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD), Fonseca Questionnaire, and Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) forms were used. Results : TheGCPS,TMDPain,Fonseca,OHIP-14, PHQ-9, GAD-7,OBC,andPHQ-15 mean scores of female participants were statistically significantly higher than males ( p < 0...

BACKGROUND: YouTube™ is the foremost source of videos of all kinds of issues. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate videos related to accelerated orthodontic treatment on YouTube™ in terms of characteristics, content, popularity and viewers' assessments. METHODS: Six keywords related to accelerated orthodontic treatment were searched on YouTube™. After sorting by view-count, all 116 videos were evaluated, and the exclusion criteria were defined as: another language than English, unrelated to the topic, poor video quality and duplication...

Background. The temperature might affect the physical and mechanical properties of adhesive materials by reducing the polymerization rate. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of temperature on the shear bond strength of metallic orthodontic brackets using various adhesive resin systems. Methods. Extracted human premolar teeth were randomly assigned to 8 groups (n=10) for bonding with the two available orthodontics adhesive systems (Transbond XT and NeoBond) at different temperatures: refrigeration temperature (4°C), room temperature (20°C), human body temperature (36°C) and high temperature (55°C)...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the content and quality of the popular videos on YouTubeTM about the treatment of cleft lip and palate. DESIGN: Retrospective, YouTubeTM video analysis. METHODS: The 3 keywords "cleft lip and palate surgery," "cleft lip and palate treatment," and "cleft lip and palate repair" were searched on YouTubeTM . After sorted by view-count, final 50 videos were analyzed for general characteristics, primary purpose, information content, relevance, audiovisual quality, and also viewers' interaction index, and viewing rate formulas were calculated for each video...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the etiology, demographics, rates and outcomes of revision surgeries, and device survival rates after cochlear implantation. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case review. SETTING: Tertiary Otology & Neurotology center. PATIENTS: Cochlear implantees who received revision surgeries after implantation INTERVENTIONS:: Any surgical intervention, performed due to device failure or the major complications of cochlear implantation...

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate if the semi-rapid maxillary expansion (SRME) can cause white spot lesion (WSL) formation using quantitative light-induced fluorescence digital (QLF-D). METHODS: The SRME group comprised 15 patients (9 girls, 6 boys; 13.5 ± 1 years) who had transverse maxillary deficiency and underwent expansion with full-coverage expanders. The screw of the expanders in the SRME group was activated twice a day for the first week. After decementation at the end of the first week, the screw activation protocol was changed to 3 turns/ week...

Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) is an advanced and effective technology for mapping water bodies and measuring water depth in relatively shallow inland and coastal zones. The concept of using light beams to detect and traverse water bodies has been around since the 1960s; however, its popularity has increased significantly in recent years with the advent of relatively affordable hardware, supplemented with potent software applications to process and analyze resulting data. To achieve the most accurate final product, which is usually a digital elevation model (DEM) of the bottom of a water body, various quality-control (QC) measures are applied during and after an airborne mission...

OBJECTIVES: Sella turcica bridging occurs with fusion or calcification of the anterior and posterior clinoid processes in the middle cranial region. This study aimed to compare the cephalometric parameters among normal shape, partial bridge, and total bridge of the sella turcica in adolescent and young adult subjects. METHODS: This retrospective study was performed on the lateral cephalometric radiographs of 410 Turkish adolescent and young adult subjects. The subjects were divided into three groups: normal sella turcica shape (128 females, 32 males; mean age: 17...

BACKGROUND: Discision method may provide an alternative to the piezocision approach in accelerated orthodontic treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of discision on accelerated orthodontic tooth movement in comparison to the piezocision method in moderate crowding Angle Class I malocclusions. METHODS: Thirty-five female individuals were included in this clinical study. The participants were classified into three groups as conventional fixed non-extraction orthodontic treatment only (OT, n = 14), piezocision in addition to fixed non-extraction orthodontic treatment (PG, n = 9), and discision in addition to fixed non-extraction orthodontic treatment (DG, n = 12)...

AIM: The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of different wire size reverse closing loop and retraction forces in canine tooth distalization using the finite element analysis method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Maxillary alveolar bone, maxillary first molar, second premolar and canine teeth were constructed in three dimensions along with their periodontal ligaments and standard edgewise brackets of 0.022 inch and stainless-steel reverse closing loop of 0...