Evaluación de la dimensión y morfología del cóndilo mandibular en pacientes peruanos con el patrón esquelético clase I utilizando tomografías Cone Beam

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the dimension and morphology of the mandibular condyle with the Class I skeletal pattern using Cone Beam tomography in patients aged 18 to over during the period 2016-2017. Materials and methods: We evaluated 71 tomographies from a diagnostic imaging center in the city of Lima, Peru. The antero-posterior diameter (A-P) and the medial-lateral diameter (M-L) in mm were evaluated. The coronal and sagittal plane morphology was also evaluated. Results: Measurements of the anterior-posterior diameter of the right condyle has a mean of 8.72 mm ± 1.25 and the left a mean of 8.50 mm ± 1.50. The medial - lateral diameter of the right condyle has a mean of 19.24 mm ± 2.03 and the left diameter has a mean of 18.97 mm ± 1.87. The condyle morphology with the highest prevalence in the study was round. The dimension of the left condyle in the mid - lateral plane had greater length in the male sex (p> 0.05). Conclusion: The morphology with the greatest manifestation in this study was of the round type. It was shown that there is a significant difference (p <0.05) of the left condyle in the medial-lateral diameter in relation to the sex. However, we found no association between the condyle morphology and sex.