OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To contrast the changes in measurement of the hypoglossal/lingual artery neurovascular bundle (HLNVB) to constant surface landmarks in the base of tongue (BOT) during surgically simulated retraction versus resting anatomic position, and to identify a safe zone for BOT robotic surgery to avoid injury to the HLNVB. STUDY DESIGN Human cadaver study. METHODS Five fresh-fro...

OBJECTIVES To clarify the anatomical distribution of the lingual artery in normal adult subjects through histopathologic evaluations. METHODS Eighteen healthy cadaveric tongues were used to produce 8 paraffin-embedded tissue sections each. Length from midline raphe, depth from dorsum of tongue and the whole transverse length tongue were measured. The lateral distance, depth, and proportion of...

Structural isomorphism between languages benefits the performance of cross-lingual applications. We propose an automatic algorithm for cross-lingual similarization of dependency grammars, which automatically learns grammars with high cross-lingual similarity. The algorithm similarizes the annotation styles of the dependency grammars for two languages in the level of classification decisions, an...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To explore the difference in the course of the lingual arteries between the tongue in the fully extended position and in the resting position in obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) patients. STUDY DESIGN Prospective nonrandomized study. METHODS Seventeen patients with OSAHS were included in the study. Each patient received two lingual artery computed tomo...

The present study was aimed to determine the topographic relationship between root apex of the mesially and horizontally impacted mandibular third molar and lingual plate of mandible. The original cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) data of 364 teeth from 223 patients were retrospectively collected and analyzed. The topographic relationship between root apex and lingual plate on cross-sectiona...

introduction : preservation of bone volume immediately after tooth removal might be necessary to optimize the success of implant placement. the aim of this study was to compare bone dimensional changes following tooth extraction without bio-oss and with bio-oss and a collagen membrane in the dental socket. materials and methods: in this experimental interventional study, thirty subjects who req...

Objective: CBCT and Mimics software were performed to investigate the incisor root resorption after camouflaged orthodontic treatment of adult skeletal class III malocclusion. Methods: Thirty permanent dentition patients with malocclusion included in department. data each patient at pretreatment posttreatment acquired three-dimensional (3D) digital models reconstructed. Image regi...

The successional dental lamina (SDL) plays an essential role in the development of replacement teeth in diphyodont and polyphyodont animals. A morphologically similar structure, the rudimental successional dental lamina (RSDL), has been described in monophyodont (only one tooth generation) lizards on the lingual side of the developing functional tooth. This rudimentary lamina regresses, which h...