American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Original articleComparison of cephalometric measurements and cone-beam computed tomography-based measurements of palatal bone thickness
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Material and methods
This study was approved by the local ethics committee of School of Dentistry, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea (CDMDIRB 1218-86). Thirty sets of CBCT images and cephalograms (for 15 male and 15 female subjects) were selected from among the CBCT and cephalogram sets from patients for whom CBCT was performed during an orthodontic examination (Table I). The exclusion criteria included pathologic findings, cleft palate, missing or supernumerary teeth, and previous orthodontic treatment. The
Results
The incisive canal was encountered in 60% of P1P2, 13% of P2, and 3% of P2M1 measurements in the CBCT images at 1.5 mm off-center. The maxillary sinus was encountered in 57% of 10-mm off-center measurements and in 20% of 7.5-mm off-center measurements (Table III).
In Bland-Altman plots, the limits of agreement were defined as ±1.96 SD, and the 95% confidence interval (CI) values for the limits of agreement were identified (Fig 4). The 95% limits of agreement were 0.9 ± 3.1 mm (mean, ±1.96 SD)
Discussion
The null hypothesis was rejected in favor of an alternative hypothesis that there is a strong correlation between cephalometric measurements and CBCT-based measurements of the palate, especially at 5 and 7.5 mm off-center (Fig 4). In the Bland-Altman plots,16, 17 the 5-mm and 7.5-mm off-center measurements showed minimal mean differences and relatively small limits of agreement, with the smallest limits of agreement at 5 mm off-center (−0.2 ± 1.7 mm). This indicates that the bone at 5 mm
Conclusions
Among the areas measured in this study, the palatal bone at 5 mm off-center is most likely to be depicted in cephalograms as palatal bone contours. Bone at 1.5 mm off-center is thicker than shown on cephalograms in the areas from P2M1 to M1M2 because of the increasing height of the nasal crest.
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Supported by research funding from Chosun University, 2012.