Study of Lingual foramen on CBCT
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- CBCT indicated for implant purpose
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/11/010405
- Lead Sponsor
- Private imaging centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1 Age between 12-80 years
2 Absence of any pathological lesions in the anterior mandible.
3 Good quality of the CBCT mandibular scans at 5x5 and 5x8 will be taken for various purposes.
4 Absence of the severe atrophy of the lower jaw.
5 Absence of impacted teeth in the mandible.
6 Absence of any kind of h/o systemic diseases.
Exclusion Criteria
1 Patients who refuse to give consent to share their CBCT scans
2 Mandibles with large pathologic lesions, bone fractures or deeply impacted teeth
3 Inadequate picture quality (artifacts caused by metallic implants or osteosynthesis plates; low resolution; patient movement during imaging).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Location of the lingual foramen <br/ ><br>2)Type of lingual foramen <br/ ><br>3)Diameter/width at three levels i.e. at the lingual cortex, at the buccal cortex and at the middle of the canal <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 01/06 2018
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 4)Vertical distance from the lingual foramina to alveolar crest <br/ ><br>5)Vertical distance from the lingual foramina to lower border of mandible <br/ ><br>6)Length/depth of the lingual canal <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 01/06/2018