Soghra Yassaei; Hossein Aghili; Zahra Ebrahimi Nik; Hossein Abedi Ardakani
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the maxillary sinus sizes in patients with maxillary excess and maxillary deficiency.
Methods: 120 cephalometric and panoramic radiographs of 12 - 25 years old patients were studied. These radiographs were derived from patients with maxillary deficiency, ...
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the maxillary sinus sizes in patients with maxillary excess and maxillary deficiency.
Methods: 120 cephalometric and panoramic radiographs of 12 - 25 years old patients were studied. These radiographs were derived from patients with maxillary deficiency, normal, or excess. Each group consisted of 40 Patients, (20 females and 20 males). Different dimensions of maxillary sinus included maxillary sinus anterior posterior length (M.S.L), maxillary sinus height (M.S.H) and total maxillary sinus area (TMSA) were measured by digital lateral cephalometry and digital panoramic analysis. In AutoCAD program the lines were measured by mm and the area were measured (mm2). All input images into AutoCAD program converted to a unit scale to assess the minimal magnification error. Data were analyzed using t-test and ANOVA. Results: TMSA was highest in the maxillary deficiency group following by the maxillary normal and maxillary excess groups which the differences were statistically significant (P value = 0.008). However no significant differences were noticed by panoramic image measurements (P value = 0.285). The mean of MSH was significantly higher in the maxillary deficiency group compared with the maxillary normal and maxillary excess groups, both in lateral cephalometry (P value < 0.001) and panoramic images (P value = 0.034). Regarding the MSL no significant differences were seen among the study groups both in lateral cephalometry and panoramic images.
Conclusions: According to the result of this study TMSA and MSH were significantly higher in maxillary deficiency group in comparison with the maxillary normal and excess groups.
Seyed Mohammad Hosseinikhah; Zahra Ebrahimi Nik; Soghra Yassaei; Seyed Morteza Saadat Mostafavi; F. Faghir
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Background and aim: There are no strict criteria in determining the need for orthodontic treatment and dentists often have different opinion on assessing the orthodontic treatment needs. Making an appropriate estimation of the need and demand for orthodontic treatments is necessary to organize and provide ...
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Background and aim: There are no strict criteria in determining the need for orthodontic treatment and dentists often have different opinion on assessing the orthodontic treatment needs. Making an appropriate estimation of the need and demand for orthodontic treatments is necessary to organize and provide meaningful orthodontic services. In this study, the orthodontic treatment needs were evaluated in highschool boys of Yazd.Materials and methods: 420 students who were studying in 14 different high schools were randomly selected. All participants were examined under normal white light and DHC(dental health component) ruler. To assess the orthodontic treatment needs, the dental health component of IOTN index was used. The data were analyzed by Chi-square test and p-value was 0.05.Results: Measurements showed that 44.8% of students scored 1, 15.1% scored 2, 13.6% scored 3, 15.3% scored 4 and 10.7% scored 5 in DHC records. The most frequent malocclusions observed in this study population were contact point displacement (27.3%), crossbite (13.3%), hypodontia (12.8%) and increased overjet (9.3%).Conclusion: Based on the results, approximately one fourth of participants had definite need for orthodontic treatments (IOTN Grades 4 and 5) which is a warning sign. More studies are needed to be done on different populations of the country to make the governors able for organizing oral health programs and providing beneficial dental insurance.
