Ana Luiza E Carneiro, Isabella N R Reis, Fernando Valentim Bitencourt, Daniela M R A Salgado, Claudio Costa, Rubens Spin-Neto
{"title":"Accuracy of linear measurements for implant planning based on low-dose cone beam CT protocols: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Ana Luiza E Carneiro, Isabella N R Reis, Fernando Valentim Bitencourt, Daniela M R A Salgado, Claudio Costa, Rubens Spin-Neto","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twae007","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twae007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of this systematic review was to verify the accuracy of linear measurements performed on low-dose CBCT protocols for implant planning, in comparison with those performed on standard and high-resolution CBCT protocols.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The literature search included four databases (Pubmed, Web of Science, Embase, and Scopus). Two reviewers independently screened titles/abstracts and full texts according to eligibility criteria, extracted the data, and examined the methodological quality. Risk of bias assessment was performed using the Quality Assessment Tool For In Vitro Studies. Random-effects meta-analysis was used for pooling measurement error data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The initial search yielded 4684 titles. In total, 13 studies were included in the systematic review, representing a total of 81 samples, while 9 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The risk of bias ranged from medium to low. The main results across the studies indicate a strong consistency in linear measurements performed on low-dose images in relation to the reference methods. The overall pooled planning measurement error from low-dose CBCT protocols was -0.24 mm (95% CI, -0.52 to 0.04) with a high level of heterogeneity, showing a tendency for underestimation of real values. Various studies found no significant differences in measurements across different protocols (eg, voxel sizes, mA settings, or dose levels), regions (incisor, premolar, molar) and types (height vs. width). Some studies, however, noted exceptions in measurements performed on the posterior mandible.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Low-dose CBCT protocols offer adequate precision and accuracy of linear measurements for implant planning. Nevertheless, diagnostic image quality needs must be taken into consideration when choosing a low-dose CBCT protocol.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"207-221"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11056743/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140012373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial intelligence-based automated preprocessing and classification of impacted maxillary canines in panoramic radiographs.","authors":"Ali Abdulkreem, Tanmoy Bhattacharjee, Hessa Alzaabi, Kawther Alali, Angela Gonzalez, Jahanzeb Chaudhry, Sabarinath Prasad","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twae005","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twae005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Automating the digital workflow for diagnosing impacted canines using panoramic radiographs (PRs) is challenging. This study explored feature extraction, automated cropping, and classification of impacted and nonimpacted canines as a first step.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A convolutional neural network with SqueezeNet architecture was first trained to classify two groups of PRs (91with and 91without impacted canines) on the MATLAB programming platform. Based on results, the need to crop the PRs was realized. Next, artificial intelligence (AI) detectors were trained to identify specific landmarks (maxillary central incisors, lateral incisors, canines, bicuspids, nasal area, and the mandibular ramus) on the PRs. Landmarks were then explored to guide cropping of the PRs. Finally, improvements in classification of automatically cropped PRs were studied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Without cropping, the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for classifying impacted and nonimpacted canine was 84%. Landmark training showed that detectors could correctly identify upper central incisors and the ramus in ∼98% of PRs. The combined use of the mandibular ramus and maxillary central incisors as guides for cropping yielded the best results (∼10% incorrect cropping). When automatically cropped PRs were used, the AUC-ROC improved to 96%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>AI algorithms can be automated to preprocess PRs and improve the identification of impacted canines.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"173-177"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11003657/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139905324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eduardo Delamare, Xingyue Fu, Zimo Huang, Jinman Kim
{"title":"Panoramic imaging errors in machine learning model development: a systematic review.","authors":"Eduardo Delamare, Xingyue Fu, Zimo Huang, Jinman Kim","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twae002","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twae002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the management of imaging errors from panoramic radiography (PAN) datasets used in the development of machine learning (ML) models.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This systematic literature followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses and used three databases. Keywords were selected from relevant literature.</p><p><strong>Eligibility criteria: </strong>PAN studies that used ML models and mentioned image quality concerns.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 400 articles, 41 papers satisfied the inclusion criteria. All the studies used ML models, with 35 papers using deep learning (DL) models. PAN quality assessment was approached in 3 ways: acknowledgement and acceptance of imaging errors in the ML model, removal of low-quality radiographs from the dataset before building the model, and application of image enhancement methods prior to model development. The criteria for determining PAN image quality varied widely across studies and were prone to bias.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study revealed significant inconsistencies in the management of PAN imaging errors in ML research. However, most studies agree that such errors are detrimental when building ML models. More research is needed to understand the impact of low-quality inputs on model performance. Prospective studies may streamline image quality assessment by leveraging DL models, which excel at pattern recognition tasks.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"165-172"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11003661/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139563415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matheus L Oliveira, Michael M Bornstein, Dorothea Dagassan-Berndt
{"title":"Feasibility of frozen soft tissues to simulate fresh soft tissue conditions in cone beam CT scans.","authors":"Matheus L Oliveira, Michael M Bornstein, Dorothea Dagassan-Berndt","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twae004","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twae004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the feasibility of frozen soft tissues in simulating fresh soft tissues of pig mandibles using cone beam CT (CBCT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two fresh pig mandibles with soft tissues containing 2 tubes filled with a radiopaque homogeneous solution were scanned using 4 CBCT units and 2 field-of-view (FOV) sizes each. The pig mandibles were deep-frozen and scanned again. Three cross-sections were exported from each CBCT volume and grouped into pairs, with one cross-section representing a fresh and one a frozen mandible. Three radiologists compared the pairs and attributed a score to assess the relative image quality using a 5-point scale. Mean grey values and standard deviation were obtained from homogeneous areas in the tubes, compared using the Wilcoxon matched-pair signed-rank test and subjected to Pearson correlation analysis between fresh and frozen physical states (α = .05).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Subjective evaluation revealed similarity of the CBCT image quality between fresh and frozen states. The distribution of mean grey values was similar between fresh and frozen states. Mean grey values of the frozen state in the small FOV were significantly greater than those of the fresh state (P = .037), and noise values of the frozen state in the large FOV were significantly greater than those of the fresh state (P = 0.007). Both mean grey values and noise exhibited significant and positive correlations between fresh and frozen states (P < 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The freezing of pig mandibles with soft tissues may serve as a method to prolong their usability and working time when CBCT imaging is planned.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"196-202"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11003664/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139641819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabio Savoldi, Dorothea Dagassan-Berndt, Raphael Patcas, Wing-Sze Mak, Georgios Kanavakis, Carlalberta Verna, Min Gu, Michael M Bornstein
{"title":"The use of CBCT in orthodontics with special focus on upper airway analysis in patients with sleep-disordered breathing.","authors":"Fabio Savoldi, Dorothea Dagassan-Berndt, Raphael Patcas, Wing-Sze Mak, Georgios Kanavakis, Carlalberta Verna, Min Gu, Michael M Bornstein","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twae001","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twae001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Applications of cone-beam CT (CBCT) in orthodontics have been increasingly discussed and evaluated in science and practice over the last two decades. The present work provides a comprehensive summary of current consolidated practice guidelines, cutting-edge innovative applications, and future outlooks about potential use of CBCT in orthodontics with a special focus on upper airway analysis in patients with sleep-disordered breathing. The present scoping review reveals that clinical applications of CBCT in orthodontics are broadly supported by evidence for the diagnosis of dental anomalies, temporomandibular joint disorders, and craniofacial malformations. On the other hand, CBCT imaging for upper airway analysis-including soft tissue diagnosis and airway morphology-needs further validation in order to provide better understanding regarding which diagnostic questions it can be expected to answer. Internationally recognized guidelines for CBCT use in orthodontics are existent, and similar ones should be developed to provide clear indications about the appropriate use of CBCT for upper airway assessment, including a list of specific clinical questions justifying its prescription.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"178-188"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11003665/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139541390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu-Ri Kim, Yu-Min Lee, Kyung-Hoe Huh, Won-Jin Yi, Min-Suk Heo, Sam-Sun Lee, Jo-Eun Kim
{"title":"Clinical and radiological features of malformed mesiodens in the nasopalatine canal: an observational study.","authors":"Yu-Ri Kim, Yu-Min Lee, Kyung-Hoe Huh, Won-Jin Yi, Min-Suk Heo, Sam-Sun Lee, Jo-Eun Kim","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twae003","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twae003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purpose of this study is to investigate the morphological changes that occur when mesiodens is located within the nasopalatine canal, as well as clinical characteristics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinical records and CT images of patients who had mesiodens in the nasopalatine canal were retrospectively analysed. In addition to demographic information, clinical symptoms and complications associated with extraction of mesiodens were recorded. Using CT images, number, location, size, and tooth morphology were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study included 32 patients and 38 mesiodens within the nasopalatine canal. Supernumerary teeth exhibited a characteristic feature of thin and elongated shape in the canal (narrow width and elongation were observed in 96.6% and 53.3% of the patients, respectively). Fusion was found in 4 patients and dilaceration in 12. A complication occurred in 2 patients, which was tooth remnant, not a neurologic complication. Only 5 mesiodens could be detected in the nasopalatine canal on panoramic images.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Morphological abnormalities in mesiodens within the nasopalatine canal were frequently detected, and these could be effectively diagnosed through 3D imaging analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"189-195"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11003663/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139545876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maximilian Frederik Russe, Alexander Rau, Michael Andreas Ermer, René Rothweiler, Sina Wenger, Klara Klöble, Ralf K W Schulze, Fabian Bamberg, Rainer Schmelzeisen, Marco Reisert, Wiebke Semper-Hogg
{"title":"A content-aware chatbot based on GPT 4 provides trustworthy recommendations for Cone-Beam CT guidelines in dental imaging.","authors":"Maximilian Frederik Russe, Alexander Rau, Michael Andreas Ermer, René Rothweiler, Sina Wenger, Klara Klöble, Ralf K W Schulze, Fabian Bamberg, Rainer Schmelzeisen, Marco Reisert, Wiebke Semper-Hogg","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twad015","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twad015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To develop a content-aware chatbot based on GPT-3.5-Turbo and GPT-4 with specialized knowledge on the German S2 Cone-Beam CT (CBCT) dental imaging guideline and to compare the performance against humans.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The LlamaIndex software library was used to integrate the guideline context into the chatbots. Based on the CBCT S2 guideline, 40 questions were posed to content-aware chatbots and early career and senior practitioners with different levels of experience served as reference. The chatbots' performance was compared in terms of recommendation accuracy and explanation quality. Chi-square test and one-tailed Wilcoxon signed rank test evaluated accuracy and explanation quality, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The GPT-4 based chatbot provided 100% correct recommendations and superior explanation quality compared to the one based on GPT3.5-Turbo (87.5% vs. 57.5% for GPT-3.5-Turbo; P = .003). Moreover, it outperformed early career practitioners in correct answers (P = .002 and P = .032) and earned higher trust than the chatbot using GPT-3.5-Turbo (P = 0.006).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A content-aware chatbot using GPT-4 reliably provided recommendations according to current consensus guidelines. The responses were deemed trustworthy and transparent, and therefore facilitate the integration of artificial intelligence into clinical decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"109-114"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11003655/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139106006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Li Niu, Shengwei Zhong, Zhiyu Yang, Baochun Tan, Junjie Zhao, Wei Zhou, Peng Zhang, Lingchen Hua, Weibin Sun, Houxuan Li
{"title":"Mask refinement network for tooth segmentation on panoramic radiographs.","authors":"Li Niu, Shengwei Zhong, Zhiyu Yang, Baochun Tan, Junjie Zhao, Wei Zhou, Peng Zhang, Lingchen Hua, Weibin Sun, Houxuan Li","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twad012","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twad012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Instance-level tooth segmentation extracts abundant localization and shape information from panoramic radiographs (PRs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a mask refinement network that extracts precise tooth edges.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A public dataset which consists of 543 PRs and 16211 labelled teeth was utilized. The structure of a typical Mask Region-based Convolutional Neural Network (Mask RCNN) was used as the baseline. A novel loss function was designed focus on producing accurate mask edges. In addition to our proposed method, 3 existing tooth segmentation methods were also implemented on the dataset for comparative analysis. The average precisions (APs), mean intersection over union (mIoU), and mean Hausdorff distance (mHAU) were exploited to evaluate the performance of the network.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A novel mask refinement region-based convolutional neural network was designed based on Mask RCNN architecture to extract refined masks for individual tooth on PRs. A total of 3311 teeth were correctly detected from 3382 tested teeth in 111 PRs. The AP, precision, and recall were 0.686, 0.979, and 0.952, respectively. Moreover, the mIoU and mHAU achieved 0.941 and 9.7, respectively, which are significantly better than the other existing segmentation methods.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study proposed an efficient deep learning algorithm for accurately extracting the mask of any individual tooth from PRs. Precise tooth masks can provide valuable reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment. This algorithm is a fundamental basis for further automated processing applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"127-136"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139080442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fernanda Coelho-Silva, Deivi Cascante-Sequeira, Marcela Tarosso Réa, Matheus L Oliveira, Deborah Queiroz Freitas, Francisco Haiter-Neto, Sergio Lins de-Azevedo-Vaz
{"title":"High-density objects in exomass affect the volume of high-density objects inside the field of view.","authors":"Fernanda Coelho-Silva, Deivi Cascante-Sequeira, Marcela Tarosso Réa, Matheus L Oliveira, Deborah Queiroz Freitas, Francisco Haiter-Neto, Sergio Lins de-Azevedo-Vaz","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twad014","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twad014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the effect of the presence and the number of high-density objects in the exomass on the volume of a high-density object in cone-beam CT (CBCT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cylinders of cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr), titanium (Ti), and zirconium (Zi) were inserted into a polymethylmethacrylate phantom in five different combinations of number and position: 1-no cylinder; 2-one cylinder in a posterior region; 3-one cylinder in an anterior region; 4-two cylinders in posterior regions; and 5-three cylinders in anterior and posterior regions. The phantom underwent CBCT scanning using OP300 and X800 systems, with the afore mentioned cylinders of the same composition placed in the exomass and an additional high-density cylinder placed in the centre of the field of view (FOV), corresponding to the left-anterior region. The tomographic volume of the cylinder inside the FOV was measured using semi-automatic segmentation. The volumetric alteration (VA) between the segmented and physical volumes, in percentage, was compared among the experimental groups using repeated measures ANOVA and Tukey post-hoc (α = 5%).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The factors material, combination, and their interaction affected the volume or both CBCT systems. In OP300, more cylinders in the exomass reduced the VA, mainly for Co-Cr. In X800, more cylinders in the exomass tended to increase the VA inside the FOV, except for Zi.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In general, the presence of high-density objects in the exomass influences the VA of the object inside the FOV, although this oscillates according to object composition, number and position in the exomass, and CBCT system.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"153-160"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139466230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of masseter and temporal muscle thickness by ultrasound and muscle hardness by shear wave elastography in healthy adults as reference values.","authors":"Ayşe Nur Koruyucu, Firdevs Aşantoğrol","doi":"10.1093/dmfr/twad013","DOIUrl":"10.1093/dmfr/twad013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purpose of this study is to prospectively investigate the reference values of masseter and temporal muscle thicknesses by ultrasonography and muscle hardness values by shear wave elastography in healthy adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The sample of the study consisted of a total of 160 healthy individuals aged between 18 and 59, including 80 women and 80 men. By examining the right and left sides of each participant, thickness and hardness values were obtained for 320 masseter muscles and 320 temporal muscles in total.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean masseter muscle thickness was found to be 1.09 cm at rest and 1.40 cm in contraction. The mean temporal muscle thickness was found to be 0.88 cm at rest and 0.98 cm in contraction. The thickness values of the masseter and temporal muscles were significantly greater in the male participants than in the female participants (P < .001). While there were significant differences between the right and left masseter muscle thickness values at rest and in contraction, the values of the temporal muscles did not show a significant difference between the sides. While the resting hardness (rSWE) of the masseter muscle was transversally 6.91 kPa and longitudinally 8.49 kPa, these values in contraction (cSWE) were found, respectively, 31.40 and 35.65 kPa. The median temporal muscle hardness values were 8.84 kPa at rest and 20.43 kPa in contraction. Masseter and temporal muscle hardness values at rest and in contraction were significantly higher among the male participants compared to the female participants (P < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this study, reference values for the thickness and hardness of the masseter and temporal muscles are reported. Knowing these values will make it easier to assess pain in the masseter and temporal muscles and determine the diagnosis and prognosis of masticatory muscle pathologies by allowing the morphological and functional assessments of these muscles, and it will identify ranges for reference parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":11261,"journal":{"name":"Dento maxillo facial radiology","volume":" ","pages":"137-152"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139424456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}