Investigation of the Relationship Between the Pulp Area and Chronological Age in Patients that Received and Not Received Orthodontic Treatment

Year 2020, Volume: 10 Issue: 3, 191 - 195, 29.09.2020

Zeliha Uğur Aydın , Tülin Doğan , Duygu Göller Bulut , Yasemin Nur Korkmaz

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.525883

Abstract

Objective: The aim of
this study was to evaluate the relationship between chronological ages and pulp
areas of mandibular canine teeth of patients who underwent orthodontic
treatment and patients who never received orthodontic treatment.

Methods: 102 patients that completed fixed
orthodontic treatment and between the ages of 13-24 and 102 age and sex-matched
control group was included in the study. A total of 204 dental panoramic
radiographs taken with the same procedures and with the same device (Soredex;
Cranex Novus, Tuusula, Finland) were evaluated. The pulp areas of the
mandibular canine teeth were measured using the Image J software (US National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD). Data were analyzed with Independent t-test
and Pearson’s rank correlation test.

Results: In both the orthodontic group (r =
-0,511) and in the control group (r = -0,592), there was a negative correlation
between chronological age and pulp area. There was no significant difference
between the groups with respect to the pulp area and gender (p> 0.05).

Conclusions: Orthodontic
treatment did not result in a significant difference in the correlation between
the pulp area and the chronological age.

Keywords

Age Estimation, Orthodontic Treatment, Pulp Area

Investigation of the Relationship Between the Pulp Area and Chronological Age in Patients that Received and Not Received Orthodontic Treatment

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, ortodontik
tedavi gören bireyler ile ortodontik tedavi görmeyen bireylerin kronolojik
yaşları ile mandibular kanin dişlerin pulpa alanı arasındaki ilişkinin
değerlendirilmesidir.

Materyal
ve Metod: Çalışmaya
13-24 yaşları arasında 102 ortodontik tedavi gören hasta ile 102 ortodontik
tedavi görmeyen yaş ve cinsiyet eşleşmeli kontrol grubu dahil edildi. Aynı
prosedürlerle ve aynı cihaz ile (Soredex; Cranex Novus, Tuusula, Finlandiya)
çekilmiş toplam 204 adet dental panoromik radyograf değerlendirildi. Görüntüler
üzerinde mandibular kanin dişlerinin pulpa alanı Image J yazılımı (US National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, MD) kullanılarak ölçüldü. Veriler bağımsız t-testi ve
Pearson'ın sıralı korelasyon testi ile analiz edildi.

Bulgular: Hem ortodontik tedavi gören grupta
(r= -0,511) hem de kontrol grubunda (r= -0,592) kronolojik yaş ile pulpa alanı
arasında negatif korelasyon olduğu görüldü. Pulpa alanı her iki grupta da
cinsiyetten bağımsız bulundu (p>0.05).

Sonuç: Ortodontik tedavi pulpa hacmi ile
kronolojik yaş arasındaki korelasyon üzerinde önemli bir fark oluşturmamıştır.

Keywords

Yaş tayini, Ortodontik tedavi, Pulpa alanı

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