Şalli Gülay Altana, Öztürkmen Zeynepb
aBeykent University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey
bBiruni University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey
Summary
Background/Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of a canalis sinuosus (CS) in the anterior maxilla. Material and Methods: CBCT images of 673 patients (322 females and 351 males) were examined retrospectively with regard to age, gender, location of CS and relation to impacted canines. The age of the patients ranged from 14 to 82 years; the mean age of the female patients was 43.54 years and that of the males was 45.75 years. IBM SPSS 22 for Windows was used for statistical analysis of the results. Statistical comparisons between two categorical variables were conducted using chi-square tests. Significance was set at (p< 0.05). Results: It was observed that 8.17% of the patients in this study exhibited accessory canals (AC) of CS (n= 55). There was no significant difference in CS prevalence between ages, age groups, and location in our study (p> 0.5). There was significant difference in CS prevalence between the genders (p< 0.5). Conclusions: It is important to take into consideration the presence of AC of the CS during surgical procedures in the anterior maxilla. It was also found that CBCT is more helpful than other techniques in detecting accessory canals in the region of interest.
Keywords: accessory canal; canalis sinuosus; anterior alveolar superior nerve; maxilla; CBCT
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