Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi / Faculty of Dentistry

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    Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Anxiety in Patients with Masticatory Muscle Pain
    (2023) Arifagaoglu, Ozge; Secgin, Cansu Koseoglu; Yuzugullu, Bulem; 0000-0001-9816-2486; 34702584; GRR-7726-2022
    Statement of problem. Although psychological disorders have been established as one of the etiological factors for temporomandibular disorders, anxiety levels in individuals with masticatory muscle pain before and during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have not previously been compared.Purpose. The purpose of this clinical study was to evaluate anxiety levels in patients with masticatory muscle pain at times before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Material and methods. Eighty patients (18 to 68 years) with masticatory muscle pain were included in the study. All participants had completed the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 questionnaire (GAD-7) before the first COVID-19 infection had been reported in Turkey. After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, all participants were contacted by telephone to repeat the GAD-7 to evaluate changes in their psychology during the first lockdown. However, 18 of the 80 patients were unreachable. A statistical analysis was performed by using the Mann-Whitney U test. Proportion comparisons between sociodemographic characteristics and GAD-7 levels were performed by using the Fisher exact test (a=.05).Results. Forty-eight (60%) of the study population were women, and 32 (40%) were men, with a mean age & PLUSMN;standard deviation of 36.63 & PLUSMN;13.85 years. Both before and during the pandemic, GAD-7 scores were statistically similar as was each demographic parameter, including sex, educational status, and occupational status (P>.05). Also, no significant correlation was recorded between age and GAD-7 global scores obtained before and during the pandemic (r=-0.098 and r=-0.052, respectively, P>.05). However, during-pandemic GAD-7 scores were statistically higher than before-pandemic GAD-7 scores (P<.001).Conclusions. Demographic parameters had no connection with anxiety levels in patients with masticatory muscle pain before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the COVID-19 pandemic anxiety levels in the participants were higher than the levels before the pandemic. (J Prosthet Dent 2023;130:74-9)
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    Predictive Value of Health-Related Quality of Life on Radiotherapy-Related Toxicities in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
    (2023) Somay, Efsun; Topkan, Erkan; Selek, Ugur; 0000-0001-8120-7123; 0000-0001-8087-3140; 0000-0001-8251-6913; 37874385; AAG-2213-2021; O-5474-2014
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    Treatment of Peri-implant Bone Defects with Platelet-Rich Fibrin
    (2015) Hamzacebi, Burak; Oduncuoglu, Bahar; Aladdinoglu, Emine Elif; 25909530
    The objective of this study was to investigate and compare the clinical effectiveness of the application of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) and conventional flap surgery for the treatment of pen-implant bone loss. Nineteen patients (8 women, 11 men) with peri-implant bone loss were randomly allocated to two groups, with the PRF group comprising patients who received fibrin scaffold and the control group made up of those who received only the access flap. At 3 and 6 months after surgery, respectively, the PRF group demonstrated higher mean probing depth reductions (2.41 +/- 1.06 and 2.82 +/- 1.03 mm versus 1.65 +/- 1.02 and 2.05 +/- 0.77 mm) and more gains in clinical attachment level (2.89 +/- 1.01 and 3.31 +/- 1.08 mm versus 1.43 +/- 1.08 and 1.84 +/- 0.81 mm) compared with the control group. In addition, the increase in the amount of keratinized mucosa from baseline to 6 months postoperatively was statistically significant for the PRF group (P < .001). Hence, the data from the current study led to the conclusion that PRF application in peri-implant bone loss provided better clinical results than conventional flap surgery.