Vikash Ranjan
Department of Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Radiology, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Research
Anatomical and Morphological Characterization of Nasopalatine Canal Using Focused Small Field of View on Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
Author(s): Vikash Ranjan*, Soumendu Bikash Maiti, Pratyush Sharma, Vinay Kumar Mathadey, Tasaduq Ahmad Wani and Garima Sharma
Background and Aim: Present retrospective study was performed to evaluate the general anatomy, size, shape, angulations, and curvature of the nasopalatine canal using focused small field of view On Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and to determine the correlation of these variability with different age groups and gender. Materials and Methods: The retrospective study included 45 subjects aged between 14 and 79 years who further divided into the following 3 group’s i.e.14-35 years, 36-57 years, 58-79years. Out of 45 subjects 30 were male and 15 were females. CBCT was performed using a standard exposure and patient positioning protocol. The data of the CBCT images were sliced in three dimensions. Image planes on the three axes (X, Y, and Z) were sequentially analyzed for the location, morphology and dimensions of the nasopalatine canal. The correlation of age and gender with a.. Read More»