<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To seek information regarding the relationship between the quantity of alveolar bone and the angle and sagittal position of the incisors. This was to be further determined in relation to the basal bones and facial pattern with the aim of establishing a predictive model based on the study of a lateral cephalogram.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>The distance from the cemento-enamel junction to the labial alveolar crest and the bone thickness half-way along the root of the most prominent upper and lower incisor were measured in a sample of 100 cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans of patients aged between 15 and 34 years. Lateral cephalograms of the patients were extracted from the scans and used to measure the buccolingual angle and antero-posterior position of the incisors in addition to the facial pattern of each patient.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>A correlation was found between bone thickness around the upper incisor and the variables of the incisal angle and its sagittal position. The inclination of the lower incisor (IMPA) was related to cortical bone thickness. The cemento-enamel junction to alveolar crest measurement (bone height) was related to the antero-posterior position of the lower incisor in men. The facial pattern was unrelated to any of the variables.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The angle and sagittal position of the upper and lower incisors were associated with alveolar bone thickness in men. Only the antero-posterior position of the lower incisor was related to its alveolar bone height. In women, only the angle of the lower incisor was associated with bone thickness.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectivesTo seek information regarding the relationship between the quantity of alveolar bone and the angle and sagittal position of the incisors. This was to be further determined in relation to the basal bones and facial pattern with the aim of establishing a predictive model based on the study of a lateral cephalogram.MethodsThe distance from the cemento-enamel junction to the labial alveolar crest and the bone thickness half-way along the root of the most prominent upper and lower incisor were measured in a sample of 100 cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans of patients aged between 15 and 34 years. Lateral cephalograms of the patients were extracted from the scans and used to measure the buccolingual angle and antero-posterior position of the incisors in addition to the facial pattern of each patient.ResultsA correlation was found between bone thickness around the upper incisor and the variables of the incisal angle and its sagittal position. The inclination of the lower incisor (IMPA) was related to cortical bone thickness. The cemento-enamel junction to alveolar crest measurement (bone height) was related to the antero-posterior position of the lower incisor in men. The facial pattern was unrelated to any of the variables.ConclusionsThe angle and sagittal position of the upper and lower incisors were associated with alveolar bone thickness in men. Only the antero-posterior position of the lower incisor was related to its alveolar bone height. In women, only the angle of the lower incisor was associated with bone thickness.

Alveolar bone height and thickness assessed by CBCT

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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ObjectivesTo seek information regarding the relationship between the quantity of alveolar bone and the angle and sagittal position of the incisors. This was to...

Alveolar bone height and thickness assessed by CBCT

Published Online: Jul 30, 2021

Page range: 187 - 193

Received: Jun 01, 2016

Accepted: May 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2020-097

© 2017 Verónica García-Sanz et al., published by Sciendo

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