• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.273-279
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• 2012

Purpose : This study was aimed to calculate effective dose from cone beam CT and compare effective dose from periapical and panoramic radiography for mesiodens. Materials and Methods : Upper anteiror periapical, panoramic radiography and cone-beam CT were taken for diagnosis of mesiodens. The effective dose were calculated by using an anthropomorphic phantom loaded with thermoluminescent dosimeters at the 23 sites related to sensitive organs. Results : The highest absorbed doses were received by the mandibular body, parotid gland and cheek from periapical, panoramic and cone-beam CT, respectively. The effective doses for periapical, panoramic radiography and cone-beam CT measured 2, 18 and 48 ${\mu}Sv$. Conclusion : Cone-beam CT, although providing additional diagnostic benefits, exposes patients to higher levels of radiation than conventional periapical and panoramic radiography.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.441-447
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• 2018

This study aims to develop digital techniques that enable repeated practice of dental radiography using augmented reality technology. A three-dimensional object was fabricated by superimposing a photograph of an adult model and a computed tomography image of a manikin phantom. The system was structured using 106 radiographs such that one of these saved radiographs is opened when the user attempts to take a radiograph on a mobile device. This system enabled users to repeatedly practice at the pre-clinical stage without exposure to radiation. We attempt to contribute to enhancing dental hygienists' competency in dental radiography using these techniques. However, a system that enables the user to actually take a radiograph based on face recognition would be more useful in terms of practice, so additional studies are needed on the topic.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.371-379
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• 1994

본 연구는 비규격화시켜 촬영한 두장의 방사선 사진을 일반 영상처리 프로그램으로 기하학적 보정을 하여 디지탈 공제 촬영술을 시행한 결과를 개인별로 제작된 필름유지장치를 이용하여 규격화 시켜 촬영한 두장의 방사선사진을 디지탈 공제 촬영술을 시행한 결과와 비교하여 일반 영상처리 프로그램의 임상적 유용성을 평가해보고자 시행하였다. 19명의 자원자를 대상으로 하여, 각 환자에서 4매의 하악구치부 치근단 사진을 촬영하였다. 그중 2매는 XCP 필름 유지장치만으로 평행촬영법으로 촬영하였고, 나머지 2매는 교합제에 인상재를 부가하여 개인별로 제작된 XCP필름 유지장치를 이용하여 표준화시켜 역시 평행촬영법으로 촬영하였다. 기하학적 보정은 "Adobe Photoshop"과 "NIH Image" 프로그램으로 시행하였다. 특히 "Adobe Photoshop"의 임의영상회전 기능과 "IH Image"의 공제시술시 중첩된 사진을 투명하게 보여주는 기능, 병진기능을 활용하였다. 두 사진의 유사성을 측정하기 위해 공제된 사진의 계조도의 표준편차를 구하였다. 표준화군의 평균 표준편차가 기하학적 보정군의 평균 표준편차보다 약간 낮았으나, 통계적으로 유의성이 있는 차이를 보이지는 않았다. 위의 결과로 미루어보아, 하악구치부 에서 XCP필름 유지장치로 평행촬영한 비표준화방사선사진을 "Adobe Photoshop"과 "NIH Image" 프로그램을 이용하여 기하학적 보정을 할 수 있으리라 사료된다.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.18-25
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• 2005

Traumatic bone cyst is a nonodontogenic cyst without epithelial-linig which contains fluid in it's cavity, and it is limited by bone walls with no evidence of infection. Traumatic bone cyst is asymptomatic and appears more frequently in the second decade. Gender distribution is approximately equal, although males are affected slightly often than females. Radiographically the lesion shows a well demarcated radiolucent lesion of variable size and the lesion may have scalloped margins. The adjacent teeth to traumatic bone cyst remains vital. Traumatic bone cyst is usually treated by surgical exploration and currettage of the lesion. In the first case of this case report, the patient was refered from the local dental clinic for the radiolucent area under the left mandibular first molar. From the panorama radiograph at the first visit, the radiolucent area of the left mandible showed a well defined scalloped margin and identified as traumatic bone cyst. In the second case, the patient have visited for the chief complaint of swelling and abcess of right maxillary second premolar. In the radiographic check up with panorama radiograph, the radiolucent lesion with well demarcated scalloped margin was found in the right mandible body, and identified as traumatic bone cyst. In the first case, overinstrumentation was done through the mesial root canal to irrigate the lesion. In the second case, not any treatment was done, and watched the progression of the lesion. And in both cases, after two month, the radiolucency and the size of the lesion has decreased to show healing in progress.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.30 no.5 s.82
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• pp.543-552
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• 2000

The purposes of this study were to evaluate the reproducibility of posteroanterior(PA) cephalograms obtained by two methods, the Head Posture Aligner(HPA) method in natural head posture and the conventional method(operator-guided method), and to compare the vertical rotational differences of the head Posture between lateral and PA cephalograms according to the method. The sample was consisted of 30 adults. At first day, a PA cephalogram and a lateral cephalogram were obtained from each subject by two methods to investigate the difference of vertical rotational posture between lateral and PA cephalograms. Two weeks later, another PA cephalogram was obtained using each method to evaluate the reproducibility of head posture. Five height measurements and nine width measurements were used in the paired t-test to compare the reproducibility of the PA cephalometric measurements between two methods. The differences of vertical rotational posture between lateral and PA cephalograms were calculated from a computer program and compared according to the method used, and following results were obtained. 1. Height measurements obtained by operator-guided method showed significant differences according to the time interval and revealed low reproducibility. 2. Height measurements obtained by HPA method did not show significant differences according to the time interval and presented high reproducibility. 3. In the comparison of width measurement, two methods did not show distinct differences in reproducibility. 4. The difference of vertical rotational posture between lateral and PA cephalograms showed $0.8^{\circ}$ in the HPA method, more less than $2.5^{\circ}$ in the operator-guided method. The results of the present study suggest that the HPA may be helpful in the PA cephalometric radiography in terms of reproducibility.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.442-447
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• 2014

The aim of this study was to analyze perception of risk and using status of hand-held dental x-ray unit among dental hygienists in metropolitan area. This research was based on perception of risk and using status of hand-held dental x-ray unit survey in 257 dental hygienists from July 7 to 31, 2014. Data were analyzed with t-test, one way ANOVA, and multivariable logistic regression analysis using SPSS Windows 21.0 program and significance level was set at p<0.05. The hand-held dental x-ray unit to cover all type patients was 24.8%. The 62.6% of patients and 81.3% of operator doesn't wear lead apron, the experience rate of radiation education was 40.1%. The average of risk perception was 3.08 points. The associated factors of risk perception were career, number of radiation exposure per day, and possession of fixed x-ray unit. The increased of accumulated dose when the occupationally exposed work continues, it is necessary to effort of defense against dental radiation.

• Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.377-383
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• 2013

This study examined the radiopacity of eight contemporary luting cements by direct digital radiography. Five disc-shaped specimens ($5mm{\times}1mm$) were prepared for each material tested (BisCem, Clearfil SA Luting, Duolink, Maxcem Elite, Multilink Speed, Panavia F 2.0, RelyX Unicem Clicker, V-link). The specimens were radiographed using a Kodak CS 7600 image plate (Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY, USA) and an aluminum step wedge with a range of thicknesses (1.5 to 16.5 mm in 1.5 mm increments) and a 1 mm tooth used as a reference. A dental X-ray machine Kodak 2200 Intraoral X-ray System (Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY, USA), operating at 70 kVp, 4 mA, 0.156 s and a source-to-sample distance of 30 cm, was used. According to international standards, the radiopacity of the specimens was compared with that of an aluminum step wedge using NIH ImageJ software (available at http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/).The data was analyzed by ANOVA and a Tukey's post hoc test. Maxcem Elite (5.66) showed the highest radiopacity of all materials, followed in order by Multilink Speed (3.87) and V-link (2.83). The radiopacity of Clearfil SA Luting (1.35), BisCem (1.33), Panavia F 2.0 (1.29) and Duolink (1.10) were between enamel (1.79) and dentin (0.19). RelyX Unicem Clicker (0.71) showed the lowest radiopacity, which was higher than that of dentin. All materials showed a radiopacity above the minimum recommended by the International Organization for Standardization and the American National Standards/American Dental Association with the exception of RelyX Unicem Clicker.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.167-177
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• 1997

타액선 병변의 일반적인 영상진단법으로는 타액선조영술, 전산화단층촬영술, 자기공명 영상, 타액선 스캔, 초음파 촬영술이 있다. 이중 초음파촬영술은 타액선내 종양의 유무를 평가하는데 있어서 매우 우수하여, 전산화단층촬영이나 자기공명영상과 더불어 이용되고 있으나, 염증을 진단하는데 있어서는 타액선조영술보다 민감도가 떨어지는 단점이 있다. 일반적으로 타액선의 염증반응시 초음파상은 반향이 정상보다 낮아지며, 내부의 균질성이 떨어지는 양상을 보여 이를 진단의 기준으로 이용해왔으나 정상타액선에서도 반향이 편차가 심할 뿐만 아니라 연령에 따른 정상 타액선의 반향성에 대한 연구가 부족하여 진단에 어려움이 있었다. 이에 저자는 우선적으로 타액선에 병적인 증상이 없는 남녀 90명을 연령별(20-35세 : 청년군, 36~55세 : 중년군, 55-70세 노년군),성별에 따라 분류하여 정상 타액선의 초음파상을 얻었다. 이의 반향을 측정하고, 비만한 정도를 나타내는 체격지수를 구하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 이하선과 악하선 모두에서 연령군극_ 따라 반향성이 증가하는 양상을 보였으며, 청년군과 노년군 사이에는 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 2. 이하선과 악하선 모두에서 성에 따른 반향성의 유의한 차이는 없었다. 3. 성에 관계없이 악하선의 반향성이 이하선의 반향성보다 높았으며, 남자에 있어서는 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 4. 동일한 타액선에서 좌우측 타액선의 반향성의 평균 차이값은 유의한 차이가 없었다. 5. 이하선과 악하선의 반향성은 중등도의 양의 상관관계를 보였다(남자 : r=0.56, 여자 : r=0.54). 6. 체격지수와 타액선의 반향성은 약한 양의 상관관계를 보였다.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.59 no.3
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• pp.281-290
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• 2021

Purpose. The aim of this study is to evaluate bone change around the implant in patients who underwent alveolar ridge preservation for implantation in the posterior teeth using radiographic data measuring changes of mesial, distal crestal bone level according to post-implantation, post-final prosthesis delivery and follow-up periods. Materials and methods. In total, 36 implants were placed in 32 patients. The mesial and distal crestal bone level of all the areas where alveolar ridge preservation was performed uses panoramic images taken post-implantation, post-final prosthesis delivery, and follow-up period each was measured and evaluated as a vertical value. The following factors were analyzed: associations between changes of crestal bone level and factors (e.g., age, sex, systemic diseases, dentist, implant location, tooth, bone type, membrane). The statistical analysis was performed using the mean, standard deviation and independent t-test, paired t-test (P < .05). Results. Analysis of crestal bone level differences between periods shows statistically significant differences (P < .05). There was no statistically significant difference when the changes of crestal bone level between post-implantation, post-final prosthesis delivery and follow-up periods were correlated with each factors. Conclusion. After alveolar ridge preservation, bone around the implant remained stable during the maintenance period without being affected by the patient and surgical factors, and alveolar ridge preservation is considered a clinically usable procedure.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.91-98
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• 2006

Supernumerary teeth are teeth which result from the continued budding of the enamel organ of the preceding tooth or from excessive proliferation of cells. They are most often found in the maxillary anterior region. And they can be responsible for a variey of irregularities in the primary and transitional dentition. There are two morphological types of supernumerary teeth, supplemental and rudimentary. Supplemental teeth have normal shape and size. In contrast, rudimental teeth have abnormal shape and smaller size. Supplemental supernumerary teeth are most common in permanent lateral incisor area. Its extraction must be decided more carefully with differential diagnosis between normal teeth, because it has normal shape and size. We reports 3 cases of the normal incisor shaped teeth in the maxillary anterior region. In all cases, we used the 3D Dental-CT as well as the conventional plain film such as periapical, occlusal, and panoramic radiograph. Consequently, 3B Dental-CT was valualble to figure out the exact position and morphology of supernumerary teeth, to do more conservative surgery and to reduce surgery stress and time.