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<h3>Purpose:</h3>
<p>To assess the changes in mandibular trabecular and cortical bone following functional appliance treatment through fractal dimension (FD) and cortical thickness (CorT) measurements.</p>
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<h3>Material and methods</h3>
<p>The study was performed on 45 mandibular retrognathia cases. While the treatment group (T) comprised 30 patients treated using a functional appliance for one year during puberty, the control group (C) consisted of 15 patients who did not receive any orthodontic treatment due to insufficient oral hygiene. FD and CorT analyses were bilaterally evaluated for each mandible. FD measurements were performed on the condylar process, the antegonial notch, and ramus regions on panoramic radiographs. A paired <italic>t</italic>-test was applied for group analysis, before (T1) and after treatment (T2) and, correspondingly, before (C1) and after (C2) controls. In addition, an independent <italic>t</italic>-test was used to determine differences between the treatment (∆<italic>T</italic> = T2−T1) and the control group (∆<italic>C</italic> = C2−C1).</p>
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<h3>Results</h3>
<p>Statistically significant differences were found in the treatment group between the initial and post-treatment FD values of the right (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.05) and left condyles (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.05), and the CorT measurements on the right (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.01) and the left sides (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in FD parameters in the control group and a significant difference was only found in the left CorT (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.05). A comparison of the treatment and control groups revealed that the changes in FD and CorT measurements were not statistically significantly different between the groups (<italic>p</italic> > 0.05).</p>
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<h3>Conclusion:</h3>
<p>Mandibular protraction appliances do not produce trabecular bone alteration in the mandibular condyles, the antegonial notch and ramus over a 12-month time period.</p>
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Purpose:
To assess the changes in mandibular trabecular and cortical bone following functional appliance treatment through fractal dimension (FD) and cortical thickness (CorT) measurements.


Material and methods
The study was performed on 45 mandibular retrognathia cases. While the treatment group (T) comprised 30 patients treated using a functional appliance for one year during puberty, the control group (C) consisted of 15 patients who did not receive any orthodontic treatment due to insufficient oral hygiene. FD and CorT analyses were bilaterally evaluated for each mandible. FD measurements were performed on the condylar process, the antegonial notch, and ramus regions on panoramic radiographs. A paired t-test was applied for group analysis, before (T1) and after treatment (T2) and, correspondingly, before (C1) and after (C2) controls. In addition, an independent t-test was used to determine differences between the treatment (∆T = T2−T1) and the control group (∆C = C2−C1).


Results
Statistically significant differences were found in the treatment group between the initial and post-treatment FD values of the right (p < 0.05) and left condyles (p < 0.05), and the CorT measurements on the right (p < 0.01) and the left sides (p < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in FD parameters in the control group and a significant difference was only found in the left CorT (p < 0.05). A comparison of the treatment and control groups revealed that the changes in FD and CorT measurements were not statistically significantly different between the groups (p > 0.05).


Conclusion:
Mandibular protraction appliances do not produce trabecular bone alteration in the mandibular condyles, the antegonial notch and ramus over a 12-month time period.

Evaluation of architectural changes in mandibular trabecular and cortical bone pattern after functional treatment

Orthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University

Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University

Orthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Atatürk University

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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Purpose:
To assess the changes in mandibular trabecular and cortical bone following functional appliance treatment through fractal dimension (FD) and cortical thickness (CorT) measurements.


Material and methods
The study was performed on 45 mandibular retrognathia cases. While the treatment group (T) comprised 30 patients treated using a functional appliance for one year during puberty, the control group (C) consisted of 15 patients who did not receive any orthodontic treatment due to insufficient oral hygiene. FD and CorT analyses were bilaterally evaluated for each mandible. FD measurements were performed on the condylar process, the antegonial notch, and ramus regions on panoramic radiographs. A paired t-test was applied for group analysis, before (T1) and after treatment (T2) and, correspondingly, before (C1) and after (C2) controls. In addition, an independent t-test was used to determine differences between the treatment (∆T = T2−T1) and the control group (∆C = C2−C1).


Results
Statistically significant differences were found in the treatment group between the initial and post-treatment FD values of the right (p  0.05).


Conclusion:
Mandibular protraction appliances do not produce trabecular bone alteration in the mandibular condyles, the antegonial notch and ramus over a 12-month time period.

Purpose:
To assess the changes in mandibular trabecular and cortical bone following functional appliance treatment through fractal dimension (FD) and cortical...

Evaluation of architectural changes in mandibular trabecular and cortical bone pattern after functional treatment

Article Category: research-article

Published Online: Nov 04, 2022

Page range: 380 - 387

Received: Nov 01, 2021

Accepted: Sep 01, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2022.0037

© 2022 Barcın Eroz Dilaver et al., published by Sciendo

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