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Provedor de dados: | 77
País: | Chile
Título: | Mandibular Fossa Depth Variations: Relation to Age and Dental State
Autores: | Ballesteros Acuña,Luis Ernesto; Ramirez Aristeguieta,Luis Miguel; Muñoz Mantilla,Gerardo.
Data: | 2011-12-01
Ano: | 2011
Palavras-chave: | Temporomandibular joint; Mandibular fossa; Dental condition; Articular tubercule; Age groups.
Resumo: | A mandibular fossa depth correlation with dental condition and age in humans. 120 fresh male mandibular fossas were measured from the deepest area of the fossa to a horizontal reference line. The samples were classified according to age and dental state (dentate, partially dentate and totally edentulous) and a multivariate analysis was employed. Subjects average age was 41.1 (20-85). There were more partially dentate individuals (59.16%) than dentate (30%) or edentulous ones (10.83%). Average fossa depth was 6.9 mm (6.6-7.1 mm 95%CI) which significantly decreased with increased age and dental health deterioration (p&lt;0.01). A period of five years edentulism increased the likelihood of mandibular fossa flattening (&lt;6.9 mm) by 20.6% and 7.2% in dentate ones. Our findings found an association between dental state and age as determinant factors in reducing mandibular fossa depth.
Tipo: | Journal article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000400020
Editor: | Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | International Journal of Morphology  v.29 n.4 2011