Ultrasonographic measurement of masseter muscle thickness and elasticity in patients with symptomatic apical periodontitis
Nezif Çelik, Mehmet Emin Dogan · 2026
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Description
Nezif Çelik and Mehmet Emin Dogan published a dental imaging study in two thousand twenty-six on jaw muscle changes in tooth root infection. A painful infected root tip can change how patients chew and clench. Ultrasound can measure the chewing muscle's size and stiffness without radiation.
Thirty patients and thirty healthy controls were scanned at rest and while clenching. At the start, patients had thinner right chewing muscles and softer stiffness while clenching on both sides. One month after root canal treatment, with symptoms gone, the scans were repeated. Measures improved toward the healthy pattern. The authors read the changes as a reversible adaptation to pain, and ultrasound as a handy tracker.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nezif Çelik, Mehmet Emin Dogan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |