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Aim:The aim of the study is to describe the mandible of children with protein energy malnutrition. Methods:This study was conducted by rapid review using online databases such as Pubmed, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar reffered to PRISMA diagram which was carried out within the month February to May 2021. The inclusion criteria for this study were articles in English published between 2010-2021, and discussing the effects of protein energy malnutrition to the growth of the mandible. Results:Five articles with cross sectional study design were screened in this study from a total of 97 articles identified. Mandibular size in individuals with protein energy malnutrition is smaller than in individuals with adequate nutrition. Conclusions:Mandible of children with protein energy malnutrition is smaller than mandible of children with normal nutrition status. &nbsp

The aim of this study is to investigate the volumetric measurements of the maxillary sinus among Indonesian population through computed tomography (CT) scan semi-automated segmentation. This project collected 802 retrospective head CT scan archives from Department of Radiology, Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia between 2019-2020. Patients with craniofacial anomalies/pathology fracture in proximity of the maxillary sinuses, and mediocre image quality were excluded from this study resulting only 97 CT scan archives (194 maxillary sinuses; 52 males; 45 females; age range 0-25 years old). Three-dimensional craniofacial structures were reconstructed and volumetric measurements of the maxillary sinus were computed through semi-automated segmentation using ITK-SNAP. This study recorded the initial phase of maxillary sinus pneumatization during infancy. The maxillary sinus developed until reaching the maximum of average maxillary sinus volume at 13,278.73 mm3 in 16 to 20 years old group in which afterwards fell to 12,325.21 mm3. There was no difference found between right and left maxillary sinus volume. This study revealed that the pneumatization of maxillary sinus begin during infancy and climb until reaching the second decade of life, in which after that slowly decrease. Moreover, no difference between right and left maxillary sinus volume was detected. The volumetric dimension of maxillary sinus presented in this study may serve as the basis knowledge surgical intervention of maxillary sinus and its related structures.

Palatal rugae are irregular protrusions that are anatomically located on the anterior maxillary mucous membrane, on each side of the median palatal raphe next to the posterior incisor papilla. The aim of this research was to determine the differences of palatal rugae pattern between Chinese and Indian females. This study was descriptive by using the observation method to a total of 50 female samples consisted of 30 Chinese and 20 Indian using purposive sampling. Impressions of the upper jaws were taken and cast with dental stone. The palatal rugae pattern was identified according to Martin dos Santos classification. The most frequent palatal rugae pattern in Chinese females is curve form (41.00%), followed by line form (23.85%) and sinuous form (15.90%). On the other hand, Indian females mostly have sinuous form (28.83%), followed by line form (23.93%) and curve form (20.25%). Thus, there is a difference between palatal rugae pattern between Chinese and Indian females which is the curve forms is more common in Chinese females while the sinuous forms is more common in Indian females.

Cephalic index is an important parameter in evaluating racial and sexual differences, is measured by establishing a ratio between the breadth and the length of the head calculated as 100 times the maximum breadth of the head measured at the greatest diameter of the cranial vault above the supramastoid crest divided by the maximum length of the head measured from the most prominent point on the glabella to the opisthocranion. The aim of the research was to differentiate the cephalic index between female Indian and Chinese Malaysian studying in Padjadjaran University. This research was a descriptive study with total samples are 35 comprise of 13 females Indian and 22 females Chinese. The sampling technique used was stratified random sampling. The subjects were measured for head length and head breadth by using a spreading caliper. The result of the research shows that 22 female Chinese surveyed has an average cephalic index of 85.861(hyperbrachycephalic) with a standard deviation of 3.717. Meanwhile, the 13 female Indian surveyed has an average of 81.768 (brachycephalic), with a standard deviation of 3.205. The conclusion of this research is that there is a significant difference of cephalic index between females Indian and Chinese Malaysian.

Introduction: Ameloglyphics is the study of enamel print patterns on the tooth surface. Enamel print patterns are unique to each individual as they differ on each tooth. The similarity of tooth prints on buccal and lingual surfaces remains questionable as no research has been conducted thus far. The premolar was chosen in this experiment due to its low risk of damage because it is protected by cheek and rarely used compared to other teeth. Thus, the results obtained will be more precise and have higher accuracy than using other teeth. This research was aimed to investigate the differences between enamel print patterns on buccal and lingual surfaces of maxillary right first premolar. Methods: An analytic study was conducted by observing and analysing a total of 34 teeth samples using the purposive sampling method. The middle third of the buccal and lingual tooth surfaces was captured directly after magnified with a stereomicroscope. Photomicrographs of samples were then analysed using SourceAFIS biometric software. This software will process the image and shows patterns of enamel print. Afterwards, the enamel print patterns were observed and classified according to Manjunath Classification. Results: The results suggested that all 34 samples show a similarity of enamel print patterns on both the buccal and lingual surfaces. The interpretations of photomicrographs were statistically analysed using the Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) software. The similarity may be due to the same placement of developing tooth bud, temperature, environmental factor, genetics, pressure and nutrition to the ameloblasts cells in a tooth. Conclusion: Both buccal and lingual in the samples show high similarity due to the very high frequencies of similar sub-patterns occur on both surfaces. Tooth print can be used as a valuable tool in forensic science for personal identification with good prospects in the field of forensic dentistry.

Cigarette smoking can cause taste receptors to increase the taste threshold value. Consequently, the consumption of sugar and salt will not be controlled, therefore causing systemic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Nicotine and tobacco in cigarettes can stimulate MMP-9 which plays vital physiological roles in normal tissue growth and repair processes. This study aimed to find the correlation between taste threshold sensitivity and MMP-9, salivary secretion, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels in smoking and nonsmoking women. This was a cross-sectional study consisting of young adult women aged 18–24 years. Subjects were divided into two groups: the nonsmoking and smoking groups. In the combined data of both groups, the sweet taste threshold was correlated with age (r = 0.308, p=0.008), blood glucose levels (r = 0.238, p=0.043), and MMP-9 (r = –0.297, p=0.011). The salt taste threshold was only correlated with systolic blood pressure in the smoking (r = 0.440, p=0.032) and combined data groups (r = 0.260, p=0.026). By using partial correlation, it was shown that the relationship between the salt taste threshold and systolic blood pressure was influenced by smoking habits. The sweet taste threshold in women was found to correlate with age, blood glucose levels, and MMP-9 levels. On the other hand, there was a significant relationship between the salt taste threshold in women with systolic blood pressure, which was the only correlation analyzed in sthis study that was found to be influenced by smoking. However, both sweet and salt taste thresholds were not statistically correlated with salivary secretion.

Introduction: Age estimation has an important role in the process of human identification and needs to be performed in an efficient, fast, and accurate ways. Age estimation based on the pulp cavity volume of canines was referring to the theory stated that the apposition of secondary dentine during human life could be determined as an age indicator. This study was aimed to estimate the human age based on the pulp volume of canines for chronological estimation. Methods: Forty-one canine teeth from Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) 3D image sample from Dental Hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Padjadjaran segmented into dental pulp and enamel were prepared for measurement of pulp volume using the ITK SNAP volumetric software. Descriptive analysis of pulp volume and regression equations were generated from regression analysis of pulp volume and tested for age estimation. Result: Dentine thickness was found to be increased from adolescence age range until adulthood age range. Logarithmic regression between pulp volume was statistically significant (p < 0,001). The coefficient of determination (R2) was 0.753 with a standard deviation of 8.421. Mathematics model for estimating age was: Age = 79.523 – (18.194 x ln(Pulp Volume)). The pulp cavity and dentine thickness were decreasing along the age. The same equation was also used in the same sample. There were several differences between chronological age and estimated age approximately 8.4 years following the regression result of R2 (75.3%). The rest of the sample (24.7%) have a big difference, and this could be affected by modifying variables such as occlusal force and human error measurement procedures. Conclusion: The human age can be estimated by the pulp volume of canines.Keywords: Age estimation, pulp volume, canine, ITK-SNAP, CBCT.

Introduction. Human identification is vital not only in legal medicine but also in criminal inquiries and identification. Cheiloscopy is the study of lip prints which are unique, individual, and heritable that is used for personal identification purposes in forensic odontology. Objective. The aim of this study is to identify the possibility of the child to inherit the lip print patterns from their parents and also to describe the lip print patterns in children and their parents among the Deutero-Malay population. Method. The descriptive research used lip samples of 90 individuals including father, mother, and a child who are biologically related and their age ranges from 12 to 60 years old. The samples chosen are from the Deutero-Malay ethnic in Indonesia at least for the past two generation who obeys all the exclusion criteria of this research. Purposive nonrandom sampling method was used to collect samples by photography technique using a digital camera, and the data obtained were then analysed using Adobe Photoshop CS3 software. Grooves and wrinkles of primary quadrants one, three, six, and seven of lips were studied according to Suzuki and Tsuchihashi’s classification in 1971. Result. In the present study, it is found that Type I′ (30.28%) is the most dominant lip print pattern and Type I (1.39%) is the least dominant among the Deutero-Malay population. Besides, this study has shown that the similarity of lip print pattern between mother and the child (57.89%) is greater compared to the father and the child (42.22%). Conclusion. Based on this, we can conclude that lip print can be inherited and dissimilar for every population of race; likewise, the Deutero-Malay population has the Type I′ as the most dominant lip print pattern.

Background : Femur fracture is one of the most common orthopedic cases which may occur in all age groups. Its incidence can be characterized by several aspects, such as patient’s age, sex, causes, location and many more. The aim of this study was to understand the characteristics of femur fracture patients in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung Indonesia during the period of January to December 2011. Methods : A descriptive study was conducted using 89 medical records of femur fracture patients in the Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung from January to December 2011. The inclusion criteria of the study were medical records containing patient aged 20-59 years data who were diagnosed with femur fracture, sex, cause of fracture, type of fracture, location of fracture, type of treatments given, and the length of hospitalization. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution. Results : Of 60 cases of motor vehicle accidents, there were more male (77.53%) than female who suffered from fracture. Closed fracture was more common with 52 cases of closed fracture compared to 29 cases of proximal fracture. Of 35 patients accepted treatment, 30 patients were treated by surgery and hospitalized for 21–30 days. Conclusion : Young male adults are the most common group suffering from femur fracture. A continuous epidemiology study must be carried out on annual basis so that a better view of the incidence and the location of femur fracture as well as the type of treatment given to patients can be observed. Keywords : Adults, characteristics, femur fracture DOI : 10.15850/amj.v2n1.428

Panas asap rokok dan kandungan berbahaya dalam rokok dapat berdampak pada kesehatan rongga mulut dan sistemik. Pada saat ini jumlah wanita perokok semakin meningkat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan sekresi saliva, ambang kecap, tekanan darah dan glukosa darah pada wanita perokok dan non-perokok. Penelitian ini termasuk jenis analitik komparatif dengan rancangan komparatif cross-sectional, yaitu membandingkan beberapa outcome kedua kelompok wanita. Data penelitian dianalisis dengan uji Mann-Whitney. Hasil penelitian menunjukan lama merokok rata-rata 4,4 tahun, jumlah rokok yang dihisap 14,8 batang per hari. Usia rata-rata wanita perokok 21,2 tahun. Ambang kecap manis dan asin rata-rata pada wanita perokok lebih tinggi dari wanita non-perokok. Volume dan pH saliva rata-rata perokok lebih rendah dari wanita non-perokok. Nilai tekanan darah diastolik dan kadar glukosa darah rata-rata pada wanita perokok lebih tinggi dari wanita non-perokok. Ambang kecap manis, tekanan darah sistolik dan kadar glukosa darah antara wanita perokok dan non-perokok berbeda signifikan (p

Estetik gigi adalah hal yang penting bagi seseorang. Salah satu hal yang memengaruhi estetik gigi adalah warna gigi. Perubahan warna gigi dapat diperbaiki dengan pemutihan gigi hidrogen peroksida 40% dan strawberry ( Fragaria x ananassa ). Penelitian eksperimental laboratoris membandingkan gigi kelompok kontrol dengan dua kelompok perlakuan gigi yang diolesi bahan pemutih gigi hidrogen peroksida 40% atau direndam dalam strawberry . Penelitian dilakukan di Laboratorium Histologi Fakultas Kedokteran dan Laboratorium Kimia Universitas Padjadjaran, serta Laboratorium ITMKG Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Padjadjaran periode Agustus 2012–Mei 2013. Kelompok masing-masing memakai sembilan buah gigi premolar permanen yang diukur ketebalan email secara mikroskopis, kadar kalsium memakai spektrofotometer, dan kekuatan tekan memakai universal testing machine . Uji statistik pengukuran ketebalan email adalah uji-t, pengukuran kadar kalsium memakai Wilcoxon dan Mann Whitney, sedangkan hasil pengukuran kekuatan gigi diuji dengan Kruskal Wallis dan Post Hoc Mann Whitney. Hasil uji penurunan ketebalan email kedua kelompok perlakuan dibandingkan dengan kontrol (uji dependent t, p=0,002 dan p=0,0001) dan perbedaan penurunan ketebalan email antara kedua kelompok (uji independent p=0,0375) adalah signifikan. Penurunan kadar kalsium kedua kelompok dibandingkan dengan kontrol (uji Wilcoxon p=0,173 dan p=0,441) dan perbedaan kadar kalsium antara kedua kelompok tersebut (uji Mann Whitney p=0,480) tidak signifikan. Uji kekuatan tekan gigi signifikan antara kontrol dan dua kelompok perlakuan (uji Kruskall Wallis p=0,014), namun bila memakai uji Post Hoc Mann Whitney hanya penurunan kekuatan tekan gigi antara kontrol dan hidrogen peroksida yang berbeda signifikan (p=0,02). Simpulan, hidrogen peroksida 40% menurunkan ketebalan email dan kekuatan tekan gigi lebih besar dibanding dengan strawberry , tetapi tidak menurunkan kadar kalsium lebih besar dibanding dengan strawberry . TEETH BLEACHING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 40% COMPARED WITH STRAWBERRY ( FRAGARIA X ANANASSA ) TO ENAMEL THICKNESS, CALCIUM LEVEL AND COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF TEETH Teeth esthetics is important for someone. One thing influence teeth estheticsis is colour. Dental bleaching using hydrogen peroxide 40% and strawberry ( Fragaria x ananassa ) is conservative alternative to restore the esthetics of either stained teeth. This study was an experimental laboratory by comparing control group with two treatment groups were teeth smeared hydrogen peroxide 40% or soaked in strawberry. This study was done in Histology Laboratory Faculty of Medicine and Chemical Laboratory Universitas Padjadjaran, and ITMKG Laboratory Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Padjadjaran period August 2012–May 2013. Each group used nine permanent premolars, which will be measured email thickness microscopically, calcium levels using spectrophotometer, and compressive stregth using universal testing machine. The statistical test used for thickness measurement results email was the t-test, for measurement of calcium levels using Wilcoxon test and Mann Whitney while for tooth strength measurements were tested using Kruskal Wallis and Post Hoc Mann Whitney. The results obtained for the test email thickness reduction of both treatment groups compared with the control (test dependent t, p=0.002 and p=0.0001) and a decrease in the thickness difference between the two treatment groups email (independent test, p=0.0375) were significant. The results of the impairment test calcium levels both treatment groups compared with controls (Wilcoxon p=0.173 and p=0.441), and the difference in calcium levels between the two groups (Mann Whitney test, p=0480) was not significant. The results of compressive strength test teeth showed significant gains between the control group and two treatment groups (Kruskall Wallis test, p=0.014), However when using Post Hoc Mann Whitney test only decrease the compressive strength of the teeth between the control group and the treatment group were significant hydrogen peroxide (p=0.02). In conclusions, 40% hydrogen peroxide causes a decrease in the thickness of the email and the compressive strength is greater than strawberry but do not cause a decrease in blood calcium level greater than strawberry.