ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The posterior slope of the articular eminence of completely edentulous patients compared to patients with maintained occlusion shows significant flattening. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this present study was to reveal a possible correlation between edentulousness and the flattening of the eminence and to find out whether this deformation is connected to age. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty patients were examined in three groups, each consisting of 10 persons (group I: 18- to 25-year-old patients with maintained occlusion, group II: patients over 60 with maintained occlusion, group III: edentulous patients over 60). The three groups were compared according to dental status, age, sex and side. Measurements were carried out on orthopantomographic images taken with Kodak 8000 Digital Panoramic System. The angle of the posterior slope of the articular eminence relative to the Frankfort plane was measured on both sides. Data were analysed statistically with the one-way anova test (α = 0.05). RESULTS: The highest values were measured in group I (right side: 39.8 ± 5.4°, left side: 43.0 ± 5.9°), values were somewhat lower in group II (right side: 38.9 ± 4.7°, left side: 39.5 ± 7.4°) and were the lowest in group III, which was significantly lower on both sides than the results of group I and group II (right side: 29.8 ± 6.0°, left side: 31.9 ± 5.2°, p < 0.01). The correlation coefficient between age and the flattening of the eminence in group I, II and III was 0.23, 0.35 and 0.92, respectively. CONCLUSION: The flattening of the articular eminence could be correlated with age; however, the rate of deformation is significantly higher in completely edentulous patients than in patients with maintained occlusion.
Subject(s)
Mouth, Edentulous/complications , Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/etiology , Temporomandibular Joint/pathology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Cephalometry/methods , Female , Fiducial Markers , Humans , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods , Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods , Male , Middle Aged , Radiography, Dental, Digital/methods , Radiography, Panoramic/methods , Temporal Bone/pathology , Young AdultABSTRACT
This publication is an assessment of scientific articles published in the Fogorvosi Szemle over the last 120 years dealing with the evolution of complete dentures and the treatment of complete edentulousness. Qualitative and quantitative analysis was performed to find the annual average number of scientific articles and to find the authors who published the most in this topic. Publications had been collected and categorized according to author, year and subject and an extensive comparative analysis was carried out. Nineteen authors had four or more first author publications during this time period. According to content, publications were divided into four major groups. Finally, the research activity of three academic scholars, Imre Kemény, Miklós Kaán and Géza Prágai, was introduced briefly based on their articles published in the Fogorvosi Szemle. All of them have contributed significantly to the scientific advance and the academic education of complete prosthetics.
