• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.61-78
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• 1997

PDGF-BB has been recognized as a highly potential growth factor for guided tissue regeneration in periodontal defect. This study carried out histologic and histometric evaluation of $200ng/cm^2$ PDGF-BB loaded bioresorbable membrane made from polyglycolic and polylactic acid. It was tested for its biocompatibility, ability to prevent epithelial downgrowth and amount of periodontal regeneration. Without membrane and PDGF-BB unloaded bioresorbable membrane were used as control. Healthy six beagle dogs were used. Each dog was anesthetized and buccal flaps were reflected in the mandibular and maxillary premolar areas. Buccal alveolar bone between the mesiobuccal and distobuccal line angles was surgically removed on the lower 2nd and 4th premolar in mandible, 2nd premolar in maxilla, to a level 4mm apical to the cementoenamel junction with creating a Class II buccal furcation defect for available space. Care was taken not to remove the root cementum layer and rubber impression materials were placed over each surgically created defect. Flaps were repositioned and sutured. Reconstructive surgery was performed 1 month after defect preparation. PDGF-BB loaded membranes and controls were randomly placed on maxillary 2nd premolars and mandibular 2nd and 4th premolars. Plaque control regimen was instituted with daily brushing with a 0.1% chlorhexidine digluconate during experimental periods. The animals were sacrificed 2 and 5 weeks after surgery and undecalcified specimens were prepared for histologic evaluation. The degree of coronal regrowth of new bone, new cementum and the amonut of new bone areas formed on the defected area of the PDGF-BB loaded membrnae turned superior to without membrane and drug unloaded membrane. Experimental membrane could prevent the epithelial downgrowth irrespective of drug loaded or not and showed good biocompatiblity, These results implicated that PDGF-BB loaded bioresorbable membrane could be highly useful tool for guided tissue regeneration of periodontal defects.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2012

Purpose: The aim of this study was to provide sex-matched three-dimensional (3D) statistical shape models of the mandible, which would provide cephalometric parameters for 3D treatment planning and cephalometric measurements in orthognathic surgery. Materials and Methods: The subjects used to create the 3D shape models of the mandible included 23 males and 23 females. The mandibles were segmented semi-automatically from 3D facial CT images. Each individual mandible shape was reconstructed as a 3D surface model, which was parameterized to establish correspondence between different individual surfaces. The principal component analysis (PCA) applied to all mandible shapes produced a mean model and characteristic models of variation. The cephalometric parameters were measured directly from the mean models to evaluate the 3D shape models. The means of the measured parameters were compared with those from other conventional studies. The male and female 3D statistical mean models were developed from 23 individual mandibles, respectively. Results: The male and female characteristic shapes of variation produced by PCA showed a large variability included in the individual mandibles. The cephalometric measurements from the developed models were very close to those from some conventional studies. Conclusion: We described the construction of 3D mandibular shape models and presented the application of the 3D mandibular template in cephalometric measurements. Optimal reference models determined from variations produced by PCA could be used for craniofacial patients with various types of skeletal shape.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.103-115
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• 2009

In vertebrates, the face is mainly formed with neural crest derived neural crest cells by the inherent programs and the interactive environmental factors. Extracellular signaling-regulated kinase (Erk) is one of such programs to regulate the various cellular functions. And retinoic acid (RA) also plays an important role as a regulator in differentiation process at various stages of vertebrate embryogenesis. We wanted to know that the segregation as well as the patterning of maxillary and mandibular structure is greatly influenced by the maxillomandibular cleft (MMC) and the failure of this development may result in the maxillomandibular fusion (syngnathia) or other patterning related disorder. It has been well documented that the epithelium at this cleft region has significant expression of Fibroblast growth factor (Fgf) 8, and it is essential for the patterning of the first arch derived structures. By the morphological, skeletal, cell proliferation and apoptotic, and hybridization analysis, we checked the effects of Erk inhibition and/or RA activation onto MMC and could observe that Erk and RA signaling is individually and synergically involved in the facial patterning in terms of FGF signaling pathway via Barx-l. So RA and Erk signaling work together for the MMC patterning and the segregation of maxilla-mandible by controlling the Fgf-related signaling pathways. And the abnormality in MMC brought by aberrant Fgf signaling may result in the disturbances of maxillary-mandibular segregation.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2004

Purpose: Several panoramic indices have been suggested to assess bone quality from the morphology and width of mandibular cortex on panoramic radiography. The purpose of this study was to compare dental implant failure group with control group in panoramic mandibular index (PMI), mandibular cortical index (MCI), and gonion index (GI) and to determine the effect of these panoramic indices on dental implant failure. Materials and Methods: A case-control study was designed. Test group (n=42) consisted of the patients who had their implants extracted because of peri-implantitis. Control group (n=139) consisted of the patients who retained their implants over one year without any pathologic changes and had been followed up periodically. They had dental implants installed in their mandibles without bone augmentation surgery from 1991 to 2001. The following measures were collected for each patients: 1) PMI, MCI, and GI were measured twice at one-week interval on preoperative panoramic views; and 2) age, sex, implant length, implant type, installed location, occluding dentition state, and complication were investigated from the chart record. Results: The PMI showed moderate level of repeatability. The intra-observer agreement of MCI and GI were good. There was statistically significant difference in PMI between two groups. There were significant different patterns of distribution of MCI and GI between two groups. Among the panoramic indices, PMI and MCI showed significant correlation with dental implant failure. Conclusion: Panoramic indices can be used as reference data in estimating bone quality of edentulous patients who are to have implants installed in their mandibles.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.203-210
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• 2012

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of the C-shaped canal of permanent mandibular second molar (PMSM) in Korean sub-population using Cone-Beam CT (CBCT) data and analyze the types of C-shaped canal. Materials & Methods: The protocol for this study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Pusan National University Hospital (E-2011039). Among the CBCT images taken of patients who visited the St. Bennedict Dental Hospital (Busan, Korea) from May 2008 to April 2011 for implant surgery and surgical removal of impacted teeth, high-quality CBCTs from 705 patients (361 male and 342 female) were screened and 607 PMSMs of 383 patients were evaluated retrospectively. All PMSMs were anatomically analyzed in detail by using image viewer software (EasyDent; Vatech). PMSMs were evaluated in the axial plane to investigate the shape of root and canals. The C-shaped canals were classified into five types. The total incidence, gender ratio, bilateral and unilateral appearance. and the correlation between right-side and left-side occurrences of C-shaped PMSMs were computed and compared statistically using the chi-square test. Results: Among the 607 PMSMs of 383 CBCTs of 187 females and 196 males, 198 PMSMs(32.6%) had C-shaped root and 158 PMSMs(26.0%) had C-shaped canals. The shape of C-shaped root canals at the furcalion level did not have significant change at the level of mid root (P<0.0001). Female had more prevalence of C-shaped root canals than male (P<0.0001). The prevalence of bilateral occurrence of C-shaped root canals was higher than unilateral occurrence. Conclusions: The occurrence of C-shaped PMSMs among a Korean population was 32.6% and was higher than other countries and ethnicities. Understanding the prevalence of PMSMs with a C-shaped root and/or canal in a Korean population may be useful for successful endodontic treatments.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2012

50세 여자 환자와 남자 환자가 파노라마 방사선사진에서 우연히 발견된 무증상의 하악 구치부의 방사선투과성 병소로 인해 의뢰되었다. 임상검사에서 특이할 만한 소견은 발견되지 않았다. 파노라마 방사선사진에서 각각 우측과 좌측 하악 구치부에서 경계가 비교적 명확하며, 과골성 변연을 수반하지 않는 원형의 방사선투과성 병소가 관찰되었다. 병소 내부는 다방성의 양상이었으며, 또한 병소 부위를 주행하는 하악관의 불연속성 소견이 관찰되었다. 이에 양성 종양을 배제하기 위해서 조영증강 전산화단층사진을 촬영하였다. 전산화단층사진의 축상면에서 불규칙한 경계를 가지는 명확한 설측 함요부가 관찰되었으며, 내부는 지방 및 일부 악하선 조직으로 채워져 있었으나 다른 질환을 의심할 만한 연조직 종괴는 관찰되지 않았다. 최종적으로 비전형적 형태의 발육성 타액선 골결손으로 진단하였으며, 이 중 한 증례에서, 4개월 후의 재검사시 촬영한 파노라마 방사선사진에서 뚜렷한 변화가 관찰되지 않았다. 본 증례들과 같은 비전형적 발육성 타액선 골결손을 다른 질환과 감별하기 위해서는 단면 및 내부 구조물에 대한 보다 정확한 평가가 이루어져야 하므로 일반방사선사진뿐만 아니라 전산화단층영상 또는 자기공명영상이 추가적으로 필요하리라 생각된다.

• 치과방사선
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 1991

하악절흔 내측 함요는 하악골의 하악절흔 전, 내, 하방에 함몰된 양상으로 나타나는 정상 해부학적 구조물이다. 이 구조물에 대한 해부학적 중요성이나, 발생이 선천적인가 아니면 출생 후 발생되는 것인가에 대하여는 알려져 있지 않다. Langlais는 하악절흔내측함요는 파노라마 방사선사진상에서 절흔, 또는 소공 모양의 방사선투과상으로 나타난다고 하였지만 이는 하악사측방향 촬영상 등에서도 나타날 수 있는 해부학적 구조물이다. 파노라마 방사선사진에서는 익상판, 연구개, 기도, 그외 다른 조직 등의 중첩으로 인하여, 이 구조물의 발견 빈도가 낮아진다. 저자는 78개의 하악골에서의 발생빈도, 위치, 크기 등을 조사하고, 이를 파노라마 방사선사진촬영하여 그 발생 빈도를 조사하였으며, 치과환자 500명의 파노라마 방사선사진에서의 발생 빈도도 알아보았다. 1. 하악골에서의 발생빈도는 62%였다(편측성 28%, 양측성 33%). 2. 하악골의 파노라마 방사선사진상의 발생빈도는 33%였다(편측성 14%, 양측성 19%). 3. 하악절흔내측함요의 중심 위치는 하악절흔 하방 6.0㎜, 전방 3.8㎜였다. 4. 크기는 수직 7.8㎜, 수평 8.3㎜이였다. 5 치과환자들의 파노라마 방사선사진상에서의 발생 빈도는 24%였다(편측성 18%, 양측성 7%).

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.191-200
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• 1998

본 교실에서 악교정수술을 시행한 하악전돌증 환자 37명(남자13명, 여자 24명)을 대상으로 술전, 술직후, 장기관찰기간동안의 전산화단층촬영법을 이용하여 술전 각 항목치의 평균값 그리고 하악골의 후퇴량 및 술후의 악관절 장애 여부와 하악과두의 위치변화에 따른 상관관계를 검토한 결과 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 두부축방향 전산화단층사진에서의 과두간 거리(MM')는 $84.42{\pm}5.30mm$ 였으며, 장축각은 우측 $12.79{\pm}4.92^{\circ}$, 좌측 $13.53{\pm}5.56^{\circ}$로 좌우 비슷하였으며, 기준선(AA')에서 과두의 외측점은 11.34mm, 내측점은 6.87m 정도 전방에 위치하였다. 관상면 전산화단층사진에서의 과두간 거리(mm')는 $83.15{\pm}4.62mm$였으며, 사축각은 우측 $76.28{\pm}4.28^{\circ}$, 좌측 $78.30{\pm}3.79^{\circ}$로 좌우 비슷하였다. 2. 하악골 후퇴량에 따른 술전, 술후 장기관찰에서의 과두 위치변화를 연구한 결과, Group I에서 하악과두의 전방내측 회전의 양상을 보였고, Group II는 RMD, RCA', LCA'가 감소하여 전내측의 회전양상만이 관찰되었으며, Group III에서는 RCA, RLD, RMD, LMD가 감소하여 우측 과두의 후방내측 회전양상을 보였다. MM' 도 감소하여 하악과두간의 거리도 좁아지는 경향을 관찰할 수 있었으며, 이 결과로 하악골의 후퇴량이 증가할수록 하악과두의 위치 변화가 많이 나타나는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 3. 술후에 악관절장애를 호소하는 환자 군과 증상을 호소하지 않는 환자 군과 비교시 하악과두의 위치 변화는 통계적인 유의성은 없었으나 Group A군에서는 하악과두가 전내측의 회전양상을 보였으나, Group B 군의 경우는 좌측 과두의 전방외측 회전을 보였으며, 관상면상 단층면에서 LCA'가 많은 감소 양상을 보였다. 이와는 달리 Group C군에서 우측 과두의 후방내측 회전양상을 보였고 RCA'각의 감소 양상을 보였다. 따라서, 하악골의 후퇴량이 많은 군은 과두위치보존술을 이용함에도 불구하고 술후의 과두의 위치가 후방내측 회전을 보였다. 또한 장기관찰의 경우 원래의 관절 위치로 회귀하는 경향은 있었으나 술전의 과두의 위치보다는 증가와 감소의 경향을 보였다. 수술후의 악관절장애 증상을 호소한 군에서 과두축의 변화를 관찰하였기에, 하악의 후퇴량이 많은 경우에는 더욱더 과두보존술식에 많은 주의를 하면 술후의 악관절 장애의 발생율은 감소하리라 사료된다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.315-323
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• 2005

For reconstruction of the bony defect, distraction osteogenesis has many advantages in comparison with bone graft. However, it needs long consolidation period for sufficient bone maturity. This study is performed to evaluate the effect of PRP injection into the distracted mandible on bone formation in rabbits. Twelve house rabbits, weighing 2 kg, were used. All animals underwent bilateral mandibular osteotomy under general anesthesia. A internal distractor divice was positioned along a plane perpendicular to the line of osteotomy. After 5 days of latency period, distraction osteogenesis was started at a rate of 1 mm/day for 9 days which was distracted 9 mm totally. After completion of distraction, 0.5 ml of PRP which collected in rabbit blood was injected into the distracted mandible on experimental group, whereas no injection was done in control group. Macroscopical, radiographical, and histological, and histomorphometric examinations were performed 2, 4 and 8 weeks after distraction. All animals showed distracted mandible and severe anterior cross-bite. In radiographical findings 2 weeks after distraction, more radiopacity in the distracted gap was found in experimental group than that of control group. At 4 weeks after distraction, distracted bone was similar to normal bone in experimental group. In histological findings, 1) At 2 weeks after distraction, number of osteoblasts and angiogenesis in the distracted gap was found in experimental group than that of control group. 2) At 4 weeks after distraction, more active and distinct bone in the distracted gap was found in experimental group than that of control groups. 3) At 8 weeks after distraction, more dense and matured lamellated bone in the distracted gap was found in experimental group than that of control group. In histomorphometrical findings 8 weeks after distraction, more bone formation was observed in experimental group than control group (p<0.01). These results indicate that administration of PRP into the distracted mandible can promote bone formation.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.407-416
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• 2008

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of repetitive distraction and compression on new bone formation during distraction period. Materials and methods: Sixteen healthy rabbits, weighing about 2.5kg, were used in this experiment. A unilateral mandibular osteotomy was performed in the left mandible and the distractor(Track 1 $plus^{(R)}$, Gebruder Martin $GmbH^{(R)}$, Germany) was fixed with four screws (Cross driver screw $TI^{(R)}$, Gebruder Martin $GmbH^{(R)}$, Germany). After 4 days, the mandibles were distracted at a rate of 0.6mm/day for 10 days to obtain the amount of 6mm distraction in the control group(n=4). In the experimental group A(n=6), they were distracted at a rate of 1.2mm/day for 5 days and then compression of 0.6mm length and distraction of 0.6mm per 12 hours were carried out as counter direction for 5 days, relatively. In the experimental group B(n=6), distraction of 1.2mm length and compression of 0.6mm length per 12 hours were repeated for 10 days to obtain the amount of 6mm distraction finally. The experimental animals were sacrificed at 2 and 4 weeks after surgery and block specimens were obtained. With histologic and histomorphometric analysis, we observed the histologic changes of the cells and bone formation after H-E and Masson- Trichrome staining and then, measured Bone Deposition Rate with TOMORO $ScopeEye^{TM}$ ver. 3.5(Olympus, Japan), Results: Histologically, new bone formation was examined in all experimental groups and the control. But, the ability of bone formation of the experimental group A was somewhat better than any other groups. On the histomorphometric analysis, Bone Deposition Rate was higher in the experimental group A$(50.67{\pm}4.36%)$ than in the control group$(45.94{\pm}3.97%)$ and in the experimental group B$(42.68{\pm}5.70%)$. These data showed significant differences statistically(p<0.05). Conclusion: These results show that the distraction osteogenesis using repetitive compression and distraction force in the early consolidation period may be effective for new bone formation.