Thermography and oral inflammatory conditions

Soffin, Craig B.; Morse, Donald R.; Seltzer, Samuel; Lapayowker, Marc S.

doi:10.1016/0030-4220(83)90006-3

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“…They found that useful images can be produced by real-time thermographic systems and that these in turn should be useful in screening for cancer, management of burn/wound healing, surgery and prosthodontics. Soffin et al 16 applied IRT to oral inflammatory conditions but their findings were contradictory. However, their report was more a series of observations on 11 patients with a variety of dental conditions rather than a detailed scientific study.…”

Section: Dental Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Infrared thermography. Its role in dental research with particular reference to craniomandibular disorders.

Biagioni

Longmore²,

McGimpsey³

et al. 1996

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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The use of infrared thermography in dentistry has been minimal, principally due to technological inadequacies of previous thermal imaging systems. However, with the ever-developing advancement in technology, current systems are capable of producing real-time, highly sensitive digitized thermal images. This development has led to an increased use of infrared imaging within both medical and dental research. The present paper describes these techniques and their previous applications within dentistry, and, through the use of a pilot study, highlights possible future applications in the assessment of craniomandibular disorders.

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Section: Dental Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Infrared thermography. Its role in dental research with particular reference to craniomandibular disorders.

Biagioni

Longmore²,

McGimpsey³

et al. 1996

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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“…One study on inflammation of the lower back (sacroiliac inflammation) showed that thermography was inadequate to display inflammation, 24 while a study on surgical removal of lower third molars found that thermography was useful to quantify temperature changes between images taken before and after the operation. 19 By contrast, a study by Soffin et al 18 concluded that thermography was inconsistent in detecting oral inflammatory conditions. In conclusion, it is unclear whether thermography can be used to assess inflammation after oral surgery.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The method has been used for multiple purposes within medicine [1][2][3] and in the field of dentistry. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] An inflammatory process is characterized by heat production and emission as one of the cardinal symptoms, which is why thermography may be used to evaluate inflammation. Many studies have been performed on the use of thermography in the diagnosis of temporomandibular joint disorders 5,6,9,11,12,15,16 and diagnosis of nerve injuries after surgery or trauma, 10,13,14,17 as well as within clinical research.…”

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Thermography as a quantitative imaging method for assessing postoperative inflammation

Christensen

Matzen²,

Væth³

et al. 2012

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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Objective: To assess differences in skin temperature between the operated and control side of the face after mandibular third molar surgery using thermography. Methods: 127 patients had 1 mandibular third molar removed. Before the surgery, standardized thermograms were taken of both sides of the patient's face using a Flir ThermaCam TM E320 (Precisions Teknik AB, Halmstad, Sweden). The imaging procedure was repeated 2 days and 7 days after surgery. A region of interest including the third molar region was marked on each image. The mean temperature within each region of interest was calculated. The difference between sides and over time were assessed using paired t-tests. Results: No significant difference was found between the operated side and the control side either before or 7 days after surgery (p . 0.3). The temperature of the operated side (mean: 32.39 u C, range: 28.9-35.3 u C) was higher than that of the control side (mean: 32.06 u C, range: 28.5-35.0 u C) 2 days after surgery [0.33 u C, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.22-0.44 u C, p , 0.001]. No significant difference was found between the pre-operative and the 7-day postoperative temperature (p . 0.1). After 2 days, the operated side was not significantly different from the temperature pre-operatively (p 5 0.12), whereas the control side had a lower temperature (0.57 u C, 95% CI: 0.29-0.86 u C, p , 0.001). Conclusions: Thermography seems useful for quantitative assessment of inflammation between the intervention side and the control side after surgical removal of mandibular third molars. However, thermography cannot be used to assess absolute temperature changes due to normal variations in skin temperature over time.

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“…in maxillary facial oncology, diagnostics of temporo-mandibular joint, parotid gland, periodontal changes, inflammatory states of maxillary sinus, in evaluation of effectiveness of endodontic treatment, performance of implants and influence of lasers on dental pulp [1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12].…”

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Evaluation of the thermography of gingival condition in children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)

Burchardt¹,

Borysewicz−Lewicka²,

Walczak³

2000

Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Quantitative InfraRed Thermography

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Patients diagnosed with periodonthopathies were subjected to thermographic study in order to analyse blood circulation in the periodontal region and pattern of temperature changes in the gingival crevices.The aim of the study was to assess the influence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) on the status of blood vessels in the periodontal region in children and adolescents.Clinical status of the periodontal region was assessed with CPITN (Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs).Thermographic patterns were taken in the vicinity of teeth 11 and 21 at some distance from the gingival margin and frenulum of the upper lip, which permitted elimination of a possible influence of other factors on the parameters studied. The thermographic measurements were a few times repeated for each patient and made before and 1,2,3, and 4 minutes after cooling of a selected surface of gingival mucosa. Interpretation of the thermographic patterns was performed taking into account the minimum and maximum temperatures: T min and T max, and Tx -the weighted mean for the left and right sides.Preliminary observations revealed a difference between the data obtained in the group with IDDM and the control group. The results suggest the suitability of the thermographic study for assessment of vascular changes in IDDM patients.

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Thermography and oral inflammatory conditions

Cited by 19 publications

References 10 publications

Infrared thermography. Its role in dental research with particular reference to craniomandibular disorders.

Infrared thermography. Its role in dental research with particular reference to craniomandibular disorders.

Thermography as a quantitative imaging method for assessing postoperative inflammation

Evaluation of the thermography of gingival condition in children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)

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