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Title: Assessment of occlusion with the T-Scan system in patients undergoing orthognathic surgery
Authors: Agbaje, Jimoh Olubanwo
Van de Casteele, Elke
Salem, Ahmed S.
Anumendem, Dickson
Shaheen, Eman
SUN, Yi 
POLITIS, Constantinus 
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Source: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7, p. 1-8 (Art N° 5356)
Abstract: Dental occlusion varies among individuals, and achieving correct physiological occlusion after osteotomy is essential for the complex functioning of the stomatognathic system. The T-Scan system records the centre of force, first contact, maximum bite force, and maximum intercuspation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the usefulness and consistency of T-Scan in assessing occlusion before and after orthognathic surgery. Occlusal information was evaluated for 30 healthy adults with normal occlusion and 40 patients undergoing orthognathic surgery. T-Scan had a high degree of reliability for consecutive measurements (Pearson correlation, r = 0.98). For most parameters, occlusal distribution was better after surgery than before surgery. More teeth contributed to occlusion at maximum intercuspation after surgery than before surgery (14 vs. 10). In addition, the difference in the posterior force distribution was reduced after surgery (17.6 +/- 13.8 vs. 22.7 +/- 21.4 before surgery), indicating better occlusal force distribution after surgery. The maximum percentage force on teeth (p = 0.004) and the number of teeth contributing to occlusion (p < 0.001) also differed significantly. Thus, T-Scan is good for assessing occlusal discrepancies and can be used to portray the pre- and postoperative occlusal contact distribution during treatment planning and follow-up.
Notes: [Agbaje, Jimoh Olubanwo; Van de Casteele, Elke; Salem, Ahmed S.; Shaheen, Eman; Sun, Yi; Politis, Constantinus] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Fac Med, Dept Imaging & Pathol, OMFS IMPATH Res Grp, Leuven, Belgium. [Salem, Ahmed S.] Mansoura Univ, Fac Dent, Oral & Maxillofacial Surg Dept, Mansoura, Egypt. [Anumendem, Dickson] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Ctr Educ Effectiveness & Evaluat, Leuven, Belgium. [Anumendem, Dickson] SGS Life Sci Serv, Clin Res, Mechelen, Belgium. [Politis, Constantinus] Hasselt Univ, Fac Med, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/25064
ISSN: 2045-2322
e-ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05788-x
ISI #: 000411903500001
Rights: Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. © The Author(s) 2017
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2018
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