Delaram Shahbodaghi; Tahereh Hosseinzadeh Nik; Mohammad Sadegh Ahmad Akhundi; Shahab Kavousinejad; Atefe Saffar Shahroudi
Abstract
Background: Due to significant effect of joint orthodontic and surgical treatment planning on the patients’ facial appearances, precise prediction of surgical outcomes is of great importance.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the maxillary and mandibular centers of rotation and ...
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Background: Due to significant effect of joint orthodontic and surgical treatment planning on the patients’ facial appearances, precise prediction of surgical outcomes is of great importance.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the maxillary and mandibular centers of rotation and its distance to center of condyle (CC) in patients who underwent maxillary impaction surgery concomitant with mandibular advancement or setback surgery and also to determine the correlation between maxillary center of rotation (MxCR) with that of mandible (MnCR) and also the direction of rotation in distal and proximal segments of the mandible.
Methods: Preoperative and postoperative lateral cephalograms of 24 adult non-syndromic patients were studied. Using cephalometric tracings MxCR was located as the intersection of ANS-PNS (preoperative) and ANS’-PNS’ (postoperative) lines. MnCR was located using Reuleaux method, where perpendicular bisectors of B-B’ and Go-Go’ lines meet. Using statistical analysis of correlation and comparison, all the points’ coordinates and centers of rotation were compared. Results: The average distance of MnCR to CC was 10.45 cm and the average distance of MxCR to CC was 8.39 cm. MxCR and MnCR had positive correlation in horizontal plane and they had negative correlation in vertical plane but the correlation was insignificant (P > 0.05). In addition, there seemed to be no specific pattern in the direction of mandibular proximal and distal segments’ rotations.
Conclusions: The results showed that: (1) The center of rotation calculated for mandible after bimaxillary surgery was not located within the condylar area. But generally whenever MxCR was closer to ANS, MnCR was located more anteriorly. (2) In patients with decreased distance between MxCR and SN line, MnCR would be located more superiorly. Also, whenever MxCR had greater distance from condyle, the MnCR to condyle distance was greater too. (3) The direction of rotation in proximal and distal segments of mandible had no specific pattern.
Tahereh Hosseinzadeh Nik; Toktam Jalayer; Amine Beymouri; Atefe Saffar Shahroudi; Armin Eftekhari
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Background: Third molar impaction is a major problem facing the dental profession and its impacts on the dentition has long been a major concern. Third molar is the most frequently impacted tooth. The prevalence of mandibular third molar impaction has been reported from 18 to 32 percent which varies ...
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Background: Third molar impaction is a major problem facing the dental profession and its impacts on the dentition has long been a major concern. Third molar is the most frequently impacted tooth. The prevalence of mandibular third molar impaction has been reported from 18 to 32 percent which varies between populations and races.
Objectives: This study was designed to determine the best retromolar space analysis from available methods with the highest correlation with mesio-distal width of mandibular third molar (MTM) in order to predict its eruption or impaction.
Patients and Methods: Measurements were carried out on digital panoramic radiographs of 98 Iranian patients. One hundred and seventy mandibular third molars were divided into 4 groups: impacted females, impacted males, erupted females and erupted males. Twenty eight points and 24 planes were marked on the radiographs: 11 points in relation to retromolar space analysis and the mesio-distal width of MTM; and 17 points in relation to some anatomic variables assumed to be related to MTM eruption or impaction. Using these landmarks, different methods were tested for analyzing the retromolar space and its relation to the width of the MTM. Student’s t-test was applied for comparison between erupted and impacted groups and ROC curve was drawn to determine the method with the highest specificity and sensitivity.
Results: Among the performed retromolar space analysis, the method that measured the distance between distal surface of second molar and the anterior border of ramus parallel to functional occlusal plane had the highest correlation with the MTM width. Also, the impact of some anatomic factors including posterior ramus height, upper body length, etc. on MTM eruption or impaction was observed.
Conclusions: Retromolar space analysis on panoramic radiographs can be a relatively precise predictor for mandibular third molar eruption or impaction. This study also supports the multifactorial concept about third molar impaction.
