BACKGROUND The diagnosis of coronoid process hyperplasia (CPH) is usually based on symptoms and radiological imaging. Because of its similar symptoms, it can be confused with temporomandibular joint diseases. Therefore, an objective and reproducible way of diagnosis should be determined. AIM To investigate CPH using Levandoski analysis on panoramic radiographs to determine its prevalence. METHODS A total of 300 panoramic radiograph images (600 coronoid processes) were examined. Having measured the Condyle-Gonion (Cd-Go) and Coronoid-Gonion (Cor-Go) distances, the Cor-Go:Cd-Go ratio was calculated for the left and right sides of each image. RESULTS There was a statistically significant difference in Cd-Go and Cor-Go distances between male and female participants ( P < 0.001). There was no statistically significant relationship between Cor-Go:Cd-Go ratios and gender ( P > 0.05). CONCLUSION Cd-Go and Cor-Go distances were statistically significantly increased in males on both the left and right sides. The ratio of Cor-Go:Cd-Go was preserved in both genders. The prevalence of CPH was found to be 0.3%.

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Sialoliths are calcified structures found within the ducts of salivary glands. They are most common in the submandibular gland and they less frequently developed in parotid gland. Sialoliths affecting the parotid glands are usually small, unilateral and are located in the Stensen's duct. These can be symptomatic or asymptomatic and these are highly radiolucent. In this report, the diagnosis and treatment of an unusual radiopaque parotid sialolith in a 53-year-old man in the right Stensen's duct was presented.

Acromegaly is a rare metabolic disorder that develops with over secretion of growth hormone (GH) after the epiphyseal plates are closed. Acromegaly starts insidiously and progresses very slowly. Signs and symptoms of growth hormone elevation may not be noticed for years. Jaw enlargement, swelling of the hands and feet, prominent facial bones, facial roughness, nasal enlargement, tongue enlargement, deepening of the voice, snoring and sleep apnea, skin thickening, excessive and malodorous sweating are some of the clinical changes. Changes in acromegaly such as macroglossia, diastemas, class III malocclusion, condylar growth, mandibular enlargement and thickening of facial tissues are familiar for dentists. Dental clinicians can play an important role in the diagnosis of acromegaly or other systemic diseases with careful examination and history. Akromegali, epifiz plaklarının kapanmasından sonra aşırı büyüme hormonu (GH) salgılanmasıyla gelişen nadir bir metabolik hastalıktır. Akromegali sessizce başlar ve çok yavaş ilerler. Büyüme hormonu artışı belirtileri ve semptomları yıllarca fark edilmeyebilir. Çene büyümesi, el ve ayaklarda şişlik, yüz kemiklerinde belirginlik, yüzde kabalık, burun büyümesi, dil büyümesi, sesin kalınlaşması, horlama ve uyku apnesi, cilt kalınlaşması, aşırı ve kötü kokulu terleme klinik değişikliklerden bazılarıdır. Makroglossi, diastemalar, sınıf III maloklüzyon, kondiler büyüme, mandibular genişleme ve fasiyal dokuların kalınlaşması gibi değişiklikler diş hekimliği ile yakından ilişkilidir. Diş klinisyenleri, dikkatli muayene ve anamnez ile akromegali veya diğer sistemik hastalıkların tanısında önemli bir rol oynayabilir.

Stefan Zweig was Jewish originally Austrian citizen an done of the milestones of German literature. He was born in 1881 in Vienna. He experienced difficulties like every Jewish during World War II. His home was raided by ''Gestapo''and his boks were burnt. He couldn't stand these difficulties in time. His mood which was highly sensitive broke down and it brought him suicide. ''A letter of an unknown women'', containing groundswell is only one of the Works of his art. A little girl with simple, pale life suddenly comes into a writer's life with colourfull and nippy character. They meet everyday because of being neighbour, sos he starts to feel unrequited love. The writer is unaware of this condition. While is getting more and more place on the girl's dream and turning into passion for her. In the next course she is drawn to the man under disguises and waits for comming to the writer's attention and being reminded as a girl nextdoor. She is on the summit of despair due to losing her child. Character in his work of art suicides like Zweig did in his real life. She left only a nameless letter. Character's existential anxiety is observed while examining the work of art. In this story, parallelism between the writer and character is exemined in accordance with psychoanalytic and literary theories.