Measurement of Mandibular Radio Morphometric Indices in Egyptian Population at Different Ages

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Mandibular Fractures

Treatments: Other: no intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03714035

Hphd

FDCU (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

this study aims to correlate mandibular indices and different ages in a sample of Egyptian population.

Full description

this study is an observational cross sectional study to correlate the mandibular radiomorphometric indices with age in sample of egyptian population using CBCT scans at faculty of dentistry cairo university

Enrollment: 360 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Egyptian individuals with different ages starting from 10 - 70 years.
• Females and males of the mentioned ages.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals younger than 10 and older than 70 years old.
• Presence of a large pathological lesions in the mandible at the areas intended for measurements.
• Patients of severely resorbed mandibular bone.
• Patients with any bony deformity at the inferior border of the mandible.
• Patients with fracture at the areas to be examined.
• Patients with evident radiographic asymmetry.
• Patients with evident radiographic abnormality suggestive of systemic disease predisposing to osteoporosis.
• Patients with current postoperative surgical defect healing at the areas intended for measurements.
• Patients with mandibular reconstruction