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Ziel dieser klinisch-experimentellen Studie war die Untersuchung
elektromyographischer Kaumuskelprofile von beschwerdefreien Probandinnen
unterschiedlichen Bruxismusgrades nach sensomotorischem Training. Die aufgestellte
Hypothese postulierte signifikante Unterschiede der EMG-Parameter nach
sensomotorischem Training. Nach einer Ruhephase ohne Intervention sollten die
Unterschiede in den Ausgangszustand zurückkehren. Hierzu wurden 40 Probandinnen
mit einem Durchschnittsalter von 24,58 ± 2,72 Jahren über einen Zeitraum von fünf
Wochen untersucht. Die Probandinnen wurden mittels zufälliger Verteilung und
altersentsprechend gematcht in zwei gleichgroße Gruppen eingeteilt. Sowohl die
Teilnehmerinnen der Kontrollgruppe, als auch die der Interventionsgruppe absolvierten
im Verlauf der Studie drei elektromyographische Messungen. Nach einer einwöchigen
Voruntersuchungsphase fand die erste Messung (T1) statt. Nach drei Wochen und nach
fünf Wochen erfolgten die zweite (T2) und die dritte Messung (T3). Während der
Messungen führten die Probandinnen kraftkontrollierte Übungen mit drei
submaximalen Kraftleveln und maximalen Kräften aus. Zusätzlich absolvierte die
Interventionsgruppe zwischen T1 und T2 ein sensomotorisches Training mit dem
RehaBite®-Gerät. Die bipolaren Oberflächen-EMG-Ableitungen erfolgten für beide Mm.
masseteres und Mm. temporales. Insgesamt wurden acht Muskelareale aufgezeichnet.
Sechs für die Mm. masseteres und zwei für die Mm. temporales. Die submaximalen
Kräfte wurden als RMS %MVC und die maximalen Kräfte als RMS MVC verglichen. Die
statistischen Vergleiche erfolgten anhand von T-Tests und Mixed ANOVAs. Nach
Beurteilung der Ergebnisse konnte kein signifikanter Effekt des sensomotorischen
Trainings identifiziert werden. Die aufgestellte Hypothese muss daher abgelehnt
werden. Für das erste der drei submaximalen Kraftlevel konnte für die Initialmessung
(T1) ein signifikanter Unterschied zwischen Probandinnen mit und ohne Schlafbruxismus
in zwei der acht Muskelareale festgestellt werden. Für zukünftige Folgeuntersuchungen
zur Wirksamkeit des sensomotorischen Trainings bei Bruxismus ist die Verlängerung des
Interventionsintervalls sowie eine Vergrößerung des Studienkollektivs samt Einschluss
männlicher Probanden empfehlenswert.
Positional plagiocephaly (PP) is the most common skull deformity in infants. Different classification systems exist for graduating the degree of PP, but all of these systems are based on two-dimensional (2D) parameters. This limitation leads to several problems stemming from the fact that 2D parameters are used to classify the three-dimensional (3D) shape of the head. We therefore evaluate existing measurement parameters and validate a newly developed 3D parameter for quantifying PP. Additionally, we present a new classification of PP based on a 3D parameter. 210 patients with PP and 50 patients without PP were included in this study. Existing parameters (2D and 3D) and newly developed volume parameters based on a 3D stereophotogrammetry scan were validated using ROC curves. Additionally, thresholds for the new 3D parameter of a 3D asymmetry index were assessed. The volume parameter 3D asymmetry index quantifies PP equally as well as the gold standard of 30° diagonal difference. Moreover, a 3D asymmetry index allows for a 3D-based classification of PP. The 3D asymmetry index can be used to define the degree of PP. It is easily applicable in stereophotogrammetric datasets and allows for comparability both intra- and inter-individually as well as for scientific analysis.
The aim of this randomized, controlled animal exploratory trial was to investigate the influence of local application of aminobisphosphonate pamidronate during the socket preservation procedure. Mandibular premolars were extracted in five Göttingen minipigs. Two animals underwent socket preservation using BEGO OSS (n = 8 sockets) and three animals using BEGO OSS + Pamifos (15 mg) (n = 12 sockets). After jaw impression, cast models (baseline, eight weeks postoperative) were digitized using an inLab X5 scanner (Dentsply Sirona) and the generated STL data were superimposed and analyzed with GOM Inspect 2018 (GOM, Braunschweig). After 16 weeks, the lower jaws were prepared and examined using standard histological methods. In the test group (BEGO OSS + pamidronate), buccooral dimensional loss was significantly lower, both vestibulary (−0.80 ± 0.57 mm vs. −1.92 ± 0.63 mm; p = 0.00298) and lingually (−1.36 ± 0.58 mm vs. −2.56 ± 0.65 mm; p = 0.00104) compared with the control group (BEGO OSS). The test group showed a significant difference between vestibular and lingual dimensional loss (p = 0.04036). Histology showed cortical and cancellous bone in the alveolar sockets without signs of local inflammation. Adjuvant application of pamidronate during socket preservation reduces alveolar dimensional loss significantly. Further investigations with regard to dose–response relationships, volume effects, side effects, and a verification of the suitability in combination with other bone substitute materials (BSMs) are necessary.
Background: That a differentiated treatment of subjects with low and high levels of disabling pain might be necessarily has only been suspected but not sufficiently confirmed so far. Furthermore, the effectiveness of extraoral therapy methods for TMD is still controversial in the literature. The present work could make an important contribution to this.
Objectives: Five systematic reviews with meta-analysis were conducted to investigate the efficacy of extraoral therapies (acupuncture, laser, medication, psychosocial interventions, and physiotherapy) in the treatment of TMD in relation to the degree of chronicity of pain.
Literature sources: With this objective, the databases Pubmed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Livivo, OpenGrey, drks.de, Clinicaltrials.gov. were searched.
Criteria for the selection of suitable studies: Adults suffering from painful TMD and treated with either acupuncture, laser, medication, psychosocial interventions, or physiotherapy. The studies were then examined for evidence in the subjects' characteristics suggesting that they were suffering from chronic TMD in terms of pain dysfunction. These included a high score on the GCPS, resistance to undergone treatments, multilocular pain, depression, and regular use of pain medication. The effectiveness of the five interventions was then differentiated according to the suspected degree of chronicity. Effectiveness was assessed by the following outcomes: patient- related current pain intensity, MMO, pain on palpation, temporomandibular joint sounds, depression, and somatization.
Study evaluation: After the assessment of the studies, the quality assessment (Risk of Bias Tool of the Cochrane Institute) and the extraction of the data were conducted. After that five meta-analyses were carried out for each of the five interventions using the Review Manager of the Cochrane Institute (RevMan 5.3)
Results: Acupuncture and dry needling were statistically significantly more effective in providing short-term pain relief compared to the control group in patients with low disability pain (p=0.04) and (p=0.02), respectively. Acupuncture or dry needling did not show a significant result in the improvement of MMO in the short-term period. Laser therapy is more effective in relieving pain (p<0.0001) and functional outcomes (p=0.03) in the short term compared to placebo for low disability pain. Botulinum toxin (p=0.003) and NSAIDs (p=0.03) showed significantly better short-term improvement in pain intensity for high disability pain. Low disability pain is significantly better treated by psychosocial interventions than by other treatments in terms of long-term pain relief (more than 12 months) (p=0.02). Patients with high disability pain had significantly lower depression scores after psychosocial interventions than after other treatments (p=0.008). Physiotherapy showed a statistically significant short-term analgesic effect in patients with high disability pain compared to placebo (p=0.04). Manual Therapy (MT) showed a statistically significant short-term analgesic effect in high disability pain compared to the control group (p=0.01). Patients with low disability pain showed a statistically significant short-term pain-relieving effect with the single intervention of MT in combination with exercise compared to the control groups (p=0.003). A statistically significant result in the improvement of MMO was found in the short-term period in low disability pain for the single interventions of physiotherapy (p=0.008) and physiotherapy in combination with another treatment compared to other treatments (p=0.03), MT compared to the control group (p=0.03) and physiotherapy compared to splint therapy (p=0.03). Clinical conclusion: Individual interventions of the five extraoral therapies confirm the hypothesis that painful TMDs respond differently to established therapies depending on the degree of chronic pain-related disability and that the prognosis of therapy is significantly influenced by the degree of chronic pain- related disability of the condition, according to the GCPS.
Registration number of the review at PROSPERO: CRD42020202558
Keywords: meta-analysis, systematic review, temporomandibular disorders, extra oral therapy, acupuncture, laser, medication, psychosocial interventions, physiotherapy, low disability, high disability, pain, chronification
Simulation der Kariesentfernung an 3D-gedruckten Molaren: Analyse der Reliabilität und der Validität
(2022)
In der vorliegenden Studie wurde an 50 3D-gedruckten Molaren mit einer konstruierten Referenzkaries das Ausmaß der vollständigen Kariesentfernung flächenabhängig überprüft. Die untersuchten Zähne wurden mit einer simulierten, standardisierten und mehrflächigen Karies versehen. Studierende der Zahnmedizin haben die Karies entfernt, die Kavität mit einer Aufbaufüllung versorgt und die Zähne für eine Vollkrone präpariert. Um die Kariesentfernung zu bewerten, wurden DVT-Aufnahmen und dreidimensionale Scans angefertigt. Aus den DVT-Datensätzen im DICOM-Format wurden die Aufbaufüllungen der Zähne mithilfe digitaler Bildverarbeitung segmentiert und als eigenständige 3D-Modelle dargestellt. Anschließend erfolgte die Überlagerung der Aufbaufüllungen auf den Referenzzahn aus der Konstruktionsdatei der Zähne. Mit der Konstruktionssoftware Autodesk Fusion 360 wurden die Aufbaufüllungen in Volumenkörper umgewandelt und mit der Karies des Referenzzahnes verglichen. Da sich die Aufbaufüllungen mit der Referenzkaries überschneiden, konnte die Software mit ihrer Teilungsfunktion nicht überschneidende Teile separieren. Abhängig von der Lage der Kavität, in der sich die überschüssigen Volumenkörper befanden, wurden jene als Restkaries oder überexkavierte Zahnhartsubstanz identifiziert. Die gemessenen Volumina von Restkaries ergaben, dass an der distalen Zahnfläche im Vergleich zur bukkalen und okklusalen signifikant mehr Karies verblieben war. Ein weiterer signifikanter Unterschied konnte zwischen mesial und bukkal, jedoch nicht zwischen mesial und okklusal festgestellt werden. Bei der Überexkavation gab es zwischen den Zahnflächen keine Unterschiede. Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass die Kariesentfernung an den approximalen Zahnflächen für die Studierenden eine höhere manuelle Herausforderung darstellte. Neben der volumetrischen Vermessung ermöglichte die dreidimensionale Visualisierung von Restkaries und der überexkavierten Zahnhartsubstanz eine objektive Bewertung des Behandlungsergebnisses für die Studierenden und deren Ausbilder. Besonders der Vergleich mit einer Referenz schaffte eine valide und nachvollziehbare Beurteilung der Kariesübung an 3D-gedruckten Zähnen.
Ziel der retrospektiven Studie war es, den Einfluss der prothetischen Restauration, beziehungsweise der Position des Pfeilers im Zahnbogen sowie der Art des restaurierten Zahnes auf das Überleben von mit Stift-Stumpfaufbauten rekonstruierten Zähnen zu untersuchen. Die verschiedenen Parameter, die zu Erfolg oder Misserfolg geführt haben, sollten analysiert werden, um gegebenenfalls deren Einfluss auf die Verweildauer der Stift-Stumpfaufbauten beziehungsweise der damit versorgten Zähne in Form einer Überlebenszeitanalyse zu untersuchen Seit 1999 wurden Patienten, die in der Klinik mit einem Stift-Stumpfaufbau versorgt worden waren, protokollarisch erfasst. Die koronal stark zerstörten Zähne wurden durch ein weitgehend standardisiertes Behandlungsverfahren rekonstruiert und mit diversen prothetischen Restaurationen versehen. Das Patientenkollektiv umfasste 195 Patienten mit 320 Stift-Stumpfaufbauten. Zur Überlebenszeitanalyse kam die Methode nach Kaplan-Meier zum Einsatz. Die gruppenbezogenen Überlebenskurven wurden mittels Log-Rang-Test auf statistische Signifikanz getestet. Die häufigsten Misserfolgsgründe stellten Dezementierungen der Stift-Stumpfauf- bauten und Entzündungszeichen mit apikalen Läsionen dar. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie zeigten, dass der Erfolg einer postendodontischen Stiftverankerung je nach Zahntyp und Art der prothetischen Versorgung variierte. Festsitzende prothetische Restaurationen auf der Basis eines Stift-Stumpfaufbaus im Frontzahn- und Prämolarenbereich hatten eine relativ hohe Überlebeswahrscheinlichkeit, vor allem wenn sie Brückenpfeiler waren. War der mit einem Stift-Stumpfaufbau rekonstruierte Zahn aber endständig in der Zahnreihe, überdurchschnittlichen Belastungen ausgesezt - wie der Eckzahn - oder diente als endständiger Pfeiler einer herausnehmbaren teleskopierenden Prothese, waren frühzeitige Komplikationen wahrscheinlich. Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass eine primäre Verblockung die Überlebenswahrscheinlichkeit von Innenteleskopkronen positiv beeinflussen konnte.
Objectives
In this in-vitro study, teeth were imaged using photoacoustic tomography (PAT), cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), and micro-computed tomography (μ-CT). The study had aim: to identify the best wavelength for PAT images to determine the accuracy of the three imaging methods, and to determine whether PAT images of teeth can achieve acceptable reconstruction quality.
Methods
Nineteen human mandibular single-rooted incisors were extracted from patients with trauma or periodontitis. To determine the best wavelength for acquiring photoacoustic images, all 19 teeth were scanned in vitro with PAT, using different laser wavelengths between 680 and 960 nm. The images were analyzed using image analysis software. To assess the accuracy of PAT and compare it with the accuracy of CBCT, each tooth was also scanned in vitro using CBCT and the reference standard technique of μ-CT. Subsequently, three different three-dimensional models, one for each imaging technique, were created for each tooth. Finally, the three different three-dimensional models acquired for the same tooth were matched and analyzed regarding volume and surface.
Results
The highest quality tooth images were achieved using the 680 nm wavelength, which showed the best contrast ratio. The full geometry of the dental root (μ-CT compared with PAT) could be visualized with relative standard deviations of 0.12 mm for the surface and −7.33 mm3 for the volume (n = 19). The full geometry of the dental root (μ-CT compared with CBCT) could be visualized with relative standard deviations of 0.06 mm for the surface and −14.56 mm3 for the volume (n = 19). The difference between the PAT–μ-CT group and CBCT–μ-CT group regarding the total average of the root surface area was not significant (p>0.06).
Conclusion
Images, which were acquired using PAT at 680nm showed the best contrast ration, enabling the identification of dentin, cementum and the dental pulp. No significant differences were found between the PAT–μ-CT group and CBCT–μ-CT group regarding the total average of the RSA and the total volume. Thus, three-dimensional reconstructions based on in-vitro PAT are already of acceptable reconstruction quality.
Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) represents an adverse side effect of antiresorptive and antiangiogenic medications. It is associated with impaired quality of life, oral health, and oral function and can be classified into various stages. The purpose of this prospective clinical study is to evaluate the impact of stages I and II MRONJ on oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and related parameters. Patients’ OHRQoL, satisfaction with life, oral discomfort, and oral health were assessed using the German version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-G49), visual analog scales (VAS), and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) at baseline (T0), 10 days (T1), and 3 months after treatment (T2) in 36 patients. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, two-way mixed ANOVAs, and follow-up Mann–Whitney U tests. The impact of treatment effects on the original seven OHIP domain structures and the recently introduced four-dimensional OHIP structure were evaluated using linear regression analysis. Thirty-six patients received surgical MRONJ treatment. Before treatment, patients’ perceived OHRQoL, oral discomfort, oral health, and satisfaction with life were negatively affected by MRONJ. Surgical treatment significantly improved OHRQoL and related parameters (all p ≤ 0.012). This improvement was greater in patients with higher impairment at T0. OHRQoL and oral restrictions were still impaired after treatment in patients who needed prosthetic treatment. The four-dimensional structure revealed valuable information beyond the standard seven OHIP domains. Increased awareness of MRONJ risks and an interdisciplinary treatment approach for MRONJ patients are needed.
Background
Passive mandibular advancement with functional appliances is commonly used to treat juvenile patients with mandibular retrognathism.
Objective
The aim of this study was to investigate whether active repetitive training of the mandible into an anterior position would result in a shift of the habitual mandibular position (HMP).
Methods
Twenty adult healthy subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups: a training group receiving six supervised functional training sessions of 10 min each and a control group without training. Bonded lateral biteplates disengaged occlusion among both groups throughout the 15‐day experiment. Customised registration‐training appliances consisted of a maxillary component with an anterior plane and a mandibular component with an attached metal sphere. Training sessions consisted of repeated mouth‐opening/closing cycles (frequency: 30/min) to hit an anteriorly positioned hemispherical target notch with this metal sphere. The HMP was registered at defined times during the experiment.
Results
The HMP in the training group showed a statistically significant anterior shift of 1.6 mm (interquartile range [IQR]: 1.2 mm), compared with a significant posterior shift of −0.8 mm (IQR: 2.8 mm) in the control group (p < .05). Although the anterior shift among the training group showed a partial relapse 4 days after the first training block, it then advanced slightly in the 4‐day interval after the second training block, which might indicate neuroplasticity of the masticatory motor system.
Conclusions
Motor learning by repetitive training of the mandible into an anterior position might help to improve the results of functional appliance therapy among patients with mandibular retrognathism.
Background: Consensus guidelines are useful to improve clinical decision making. Therefore, the methodological evaluation of these guidelines is of paramount importance. Low quality information may guide to inadequate or harmful clinical decisions.
Objective: To evaluate the methodological quality of consensus guidelines published in implant dentistry using a validated methodological instrument.
Methods: The six implant dentistry journals with impact factors were scrutinised for consensus guidelines related to implant dentistry. Two assessors independently selected consensus guidelines, and four assessors independently evaluated their methodological quality using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument. Disagreements in the selection and evaluation of guidelines were resolved by consensus. First, the consensus guidelines were analysed alone. Then, systematic reviews conducted to support the guidelines were included in the analysis. Non-parametric statistics for dependent variables (Wilcoxon signed rank test) was used to compare both groups.
Results: Of 258 initially retrieved articles, 27 consensus guidelines were selected. Median scores in four domains (applicability, rigour of development, stakeholder involvement, and editorial independence), expressed as percentages of maximum possible domain scores, were below 50% (median, 26%, 30.70%, 41.70%, and 41.70%, respectively). The consensus guidelines and consensus guidelines + systematic reviews data sets could be compared for 19 guidelines, and the results showed significant improvements in all domain scores (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: Methodological improvement of consensus guidelines published in major implant dentistry journals is needed. The findings of the present study may help researchers to better develop consensus guidelines in implant dentistry, which will improve the quality and trust of information needed to make proper clinical decisions.