EVALUATION OF MANDIBULAR CONDYLAR
MEASUREMENTS USING CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Farah A. Hadi1, Zainab M. Al-Bahrani1, Areej Ahmed Najm1, Wassan Jamal Obaid2
1 – College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences.
2 – Amria Specialized Center. Baghdad, Iraq.
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urpose. A study was performed to determine the mandibular condyle measurements through proper imaging of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
Material and methods. CBCT was used to assess 100 images of mandibular condylar for 50 subjects with age range from 18-44 years, the linear measurements of the condyle size (length, width and height) were identified by specific anatomical landmarks and analyzed statistically.
Results. This study shows a high-significant difference according to gender for the three linear measurements (length, width and height), males were higher than females. With regards to comparison of both condyles, the means of condylar volume, width and height of the right side were significantly higher, no significant difference for all measurements were detected between the three age groups.
Conclusion. Cone beam computed tomography measurements of mandibular condylar vary according to side, age, and gender. These measurements are valuable important to performed a treatment plan and improvement of health for the patients.
Discussion. Many studies have been evaluated mandibular condyles measurements to investigate any correlation with gender, side, and age groups. The variations that were found in this study when compared to other studies were due to the fact that the samples collected were significantly different in size, in gender distribution, the CBCT machine used, ethnic differences and environment.
Keywords: mandibular condyle measurements, cone-beam computed tomography, improvement of health.
Corresponding author: Farah A. Hadi, e-mail: Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript
For citation: Farah A. Hadi, Zainab M. Al-Bahrani, Areej Ahmed Najm, Wassan Jamal Obaid. Evaluation of mandibular condylar measurements using cone-beam computed tomography. REJR 2025; 15(1):34-40. DOI: 10.21569/2222-7415-2025-15-1-34-40.
Received: 20.11.24 Accepted: 12.02.25