This book provides a unique view on the modern scourge of cancer by organizing the vast amounts of genetic discoveries on this disease using a Systems Theory approach, rather than the more usual historical viewpoint. Personalized cancer treatment on the basis of targeted therapies is certainly an achievable goal, but more work is needed to make it a reality. Still, the results often fall short of expectations. The treating physicians constantly face the daunting challenge of balancing expected benefit with risk for complications, to achieve the most successful outcome. The targeted therapies have improved survival time for many cancer patients but have not provided any definitive cures. Despite initial optimism, this approach to cancer therapy is proven to be problematic because of inherent cancer heterogeneity and frequent development of drug resistance. A second type of targeted therapies consists of small molecules that are designed to inhibit tyrosine kinase activity within the cancer cells. These therapies include a variety of monoclonal antibodies that target cell-surface receptors or, in some cases, their ligands. These therapeutic agents are used specifically for those tumors that are found to be susceptible to such a therapeutic approach. In recent years, there has been an explosive growth in our knowledge about molecular cell biology of cancer leading to the development of several molecularly targeted therapies. Impacted third molar Panoramic radiograph Pederson’s difficulty index (DI) Radiographic infrabony defect (RID) Vertical impaction.Human cancer has been one of the most difficult and tenacious problems that has defied many therapeutic regimens in the past. The DI does not cause any long-term adverse effects on bone regeneration after surgical extraction. Although DI may affect bone regeneration during the early healing period, further study is required to elucidate any possible factors associated with the healing process. DI affected the first 6 weeks of post-extraction period and only showed a significant positive correlation with respect to the difference between baseline and final RID.Īdditional treatments on M2 for a minimum of 6 months after an M3 extraction could be recommended. More than half of the samples recovered nearly to their normal healthy condition (RID ≤ 3 mm) by the 6-month follow-up. Repeated measures of analysis of variance and one-way analysis of variance were conducted to analyze the statistical significant difference between RID and time, and a Spearman correlation test was conducted to assess the relationship between Pederson's difficulty index (DI) and RID.Ī large RID (> 6 mm) can be reduced gradually and consistently over time. Radiographic infrabony defect (RID) values were calculated from the measured radiographic bone height and cementoenamel junction with distortion compensation. ImageJ software® (NIH, USA) was used to measure linear distance from the region of interest to the distal root of the adjacent M2.
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The specific aims of the study were to assess the amount and rate of bone regeneration on the distal surface of M2 and to evaluate the aspects of bone regeneration in terms of varying degree of impaction.įour series of panoramic radiographic images were obtained from the selected cases, including images from the first visit, immediately after extraction, 6 weeks, and 6 months after extraction. Problems such as alveolar bone loss, development of a periodontal pocket, exposure of cementum, gingival recession, and dental caries can be found in the adjacent second molars (M2) following M3 extraction. The mandibular third molar (M3) is typically the last permanent tooth to erupt because of insufficient space and thick soft tissues covering its surface.
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