Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2014

Radiographic Correlative Study of Ponticulus Posticus in Dental Patients

Dr. Priyanka Chintaman Saokar, Dr Sudhir Nawale

Abstract :

 Upper surface of atlas has wide groove for the verteal artery in some cases a bony arch may form thereby converting this groove into a foramen. This bony arch is known as ponticulus posticus. Bridging of sella turcica is the fusion of anterior and posterior clinoid processes. The objective of the present study was to find out the association between the sella turcica idging and ponticulus posticus. For the study, 50 pretreatment lateral cephalometric radiographs with sella turcica idging and 50 without sella turcica idging were taken. Retrospective study was performed to assess the presence of ponticulus posticus. The results indicated that there was a significant association between the presence of sella turcica idging with ponticulus posticus. Thereby, suggesting that lateral cephalogram must be looked upon as a baseline screening/ diagnostic/ prediction tool for detecting anomalies and pathology of the head and neck region. 

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Dr. Priyanka Chintaman Saoka, Dr Sudhir Nawale Radiographic Correlative Study of Ponticulus Posticus in Dental Patients Indian Journal of Applied Research, Volume.4, Issue.5, May-2014

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