Quantitative Evaluation of the Infrazygomatic Crest Thickness in Polish Subjects: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study
Infrazygomatic crest (IZC) mini-implants are frequently used as an absolute anchorage when intrusive or distally directed forces are required during orthodontic treatment. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the thickness of the IZC area in Polish patients as well as to assess dependency be...
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author | Marta Gibas-Stanek Julia Ślusarska Michał Urzędowski Szczepan Żabicki Małgorzata Pihut |
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description | Infrazygomatic crest (IZC) mini-implants are frequently used as an absolute anchorage when intrusive or distally directed forces are required during orthodontic treatment. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the thickness of the IZC area in Polish patients as well as to assess dependency between bone availability, sex, and age. The study material was 100 cone beam computed tomography scans (CBCT) of the maxilla of patients of the University Dental Clinic in Krakow (50 men and women each). IZC bone thickness was measured at nine different points. The biggest bone thickness was recorded in the interdental space between the first and second molar at the height of 12 mm (6.03 ± 2.64 mm). The thinnest bone depth was localized at the level of the mesial root of the first molar, 16 mm above the occlusal plane (2.42 ± 2.16). There was a significant and negative correlation between bone thickness and age in the case of measurements taken buccally to the first molar. Only two out of nine measurements showed a sex dependency (points I2 and I3). Considering vertical and sagittal dimensions, the most favorable conditions for IZC mini-implant placement were found interdentally, between the first and second molar, 12 mm above the occlusal plane. |
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spelling | doaj.art-432fa1754f7245c1a9fd961e532ccf992023-11-18T22:36:56ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-07-011315874410.3390/app13158744Quantitative Evaluation of the Infrazygomatic Crest Thickness in Polish Subjects: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography StudyMarta Gibas-Stanek0Julia Ślusarska1Michał Urzędowski2Szczepan Żabicki3Małgorzata Pihut4Department of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics, Dental Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Montelupich St. 4/108, 31-155 Krakow, PolandDepartment of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics, Dental Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Montelupich St. 4/108, 31-155 Krakow, PolandDepartment of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics, Dental Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Montelupich St. 4/108, 31-155 Krakow, PolandDepartment of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics, Dental Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Montelupich St. 4/108, 31-155 Krakow, PolandDepartment of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics, Dental Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Montelupich St. 4/108, 31-155 Krakow, PolandInfrazygomatic crest (IZC) mini-implants are frequently used as an absolute anchorage when intrusive or distally directed forces are required during orthodontic treatment. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the thickness of the IZC area in Polish patients as well as to assess dependency between bone availability, sex, and age. The study material was 100 cone beam computed tomography scans (CBCT) of the maxilla of patients of the University Dental Clinic in Krakow (50 men and women each). IZC bone thickness was measured at nine different points. The biggest bone thickness was recorded in the interdental space between the first and second molar at the height of 12 mm (6.03 ± 2.64 mm). The thinnest bone depth was localized at the level of the mesial root of the first molar, 16 mm above the occlusal plane (2.42 ± 2.16). There was a significant and negative correlation between bone thickness and age in the case of measurements taken buccally to the first molar. Only two out of nine measurements showed a sex dependency (points I2 and I3). Considering vertical and sagittal dimensions, the most favorable conditions for IZC mini-implant placement were found interdentally, between the first and second molar, 12 mm above the occlusal plane.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/15/8744bone screwmaxillaorthodonticsX-ray computed tomography |
spellingShingle | Marta Gibas-Stanek Julia Ślusarska Michał Urzędowski Szczepan Żabicki Małgorzata Pihut Quantitative Evaluation of the Infrazygomatic Crest Thickness in Polish Subjects: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study Applied Sciences bone screw maxilla orthodontics X-ray computed tomography |
title | Quantitative Evaluation of the Infrazygomatic Crest Thickness in Polish Subjects: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study |
title_full | Quantitative Evaluation of the Infrazygomatic Crest Thickness in Polish Subjects: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study |
title_fullStr | Quantitative Evaluation of the Infrazygomatic Crest Thickness in Polish Subjects: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Quantitative Evaluation of the Infrazygomatic Crest Thickness in Polish Subjects: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study |
title_short | Quantitative Evaluation of the Infrazygomatic Crest Thickness in Polish Subjects: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study |
title_sort | quantitative evaluation of the infrazygomatic crest thickness in polish subjects a cone beam computed tomography study |
topic | bone screw maxilla orthodontics X-ray computed tomography |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/15/8744 |
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