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                                                                <journal-id>kırıkkale uni med j</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2148-9645</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Kirikkale University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24938/kutfd.1417105</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Health Care Administration</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Farklı Dişsizlik Türlerindeki Mandibuler Kondil Fraktal Boyutları ve Artiküler Eminens Eğimlerinin Karşılaştırmalı Değerlendirilmesi</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ARTICULAR EMINENCE INCLINATION AND MANDIBULAR CONDYLE FRACTAL DIMENSIONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF EDENTULISMFarklı</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-441X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Şentürk</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mehmet Fatih</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7113-5450</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kursun Çakmak</surname>
                                    <given-names>Emine Sebnem</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0819-4578</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Bayrak</surname>
                                    <given-names>Seval</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0615-1709</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>İnceoğlu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Beste</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Ministry of Health, Department of Health Qualıty, Accredıtatıon and Employee Rights</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3613-0523</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ankaralı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Handan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Istanbul Medeniyet University</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20240820">
                    <day>08</day>
                    <month>20</month>
                    <year>2024</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>26</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>161</fpage>
                                        <lpage>168</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20240109">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20240513">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>13</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1999, The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="tr">
                            <p>Amaç: Dişsizlik türü ile artiküler eminens eğim (AEE) farkları arasında bir korelasyon olup olmadığının tespiti ve bu verilerin fraktal analiz ile saptanan mandibuler kondilin trabeküler yapısı ile karşılaştırılmasıdır.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Dişsel durumlarına göre sınıflandırılan 4 gruba (n=22) ait toplamda 88 adet panoramik radyograftaki 176 adet temporamandibular eklem (TME), AEE ve fraktal boyut (FB) açısından Image J (National Institutes of Health. MD, USA) programı kullanarak bir radyoloji uzmanı tarafından değerlendirildi. Değerlerin normal dağılıma uygunluğu Shapiro- Wilk testi kullanılarak değerlendirildi. Dişsizlik durumu ve FB/AEE ilişkisi karşılaştırılırken tek yönlü ANOVA modeli ve Pearson korelasyon analizi kullanıldı. İstatistiksel anlamlılık düzeyi p</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Objective: To estimate if a correlation exists between edentulousness type and changes in the articular eminence inclination (AEI) and to compare these data with the trabecular structure of the mandibular condyle using fractal analysis.Material and Methods: A total of 88 panoramic radiographs and 176 temporomandibular joints (TMJ) of four groups (n=22), which were divided according to dental status, were evaluated according to the AEI and fractal dimensions (FD) of the temporomandibular joints by one radiologist using the ImageJ (National Institutes of Health. MD, USA) program, retrospectively. The conformity of the values with normal distribution was evaluated using the Shapiro-Wilk test. A one- way ANOVA model was used while comparing the edentation status and relationships between FDs, and AEI measurements were assessed using Pearson’s correlation analysis. The level of statistical significance was taken as p</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Articular eminence inclination</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  edentulism</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  fractal dimension</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  mandibular condyle</kwd>
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                                                <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>Artiküler eminens eğimi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  dişsizlik</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  fraktal boyut</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  mandibuler kondil</kwd>
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