LOCALISATION OF BIFID MANDIBULAR CANALS BY USING CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

GEORGE BORJA DE FREITAS; RODRIGO JOSE WERLANG; JOSE LUIZ CINTRA JUNQUEIRA; MILENA BORTOLOTTO FELLIPE SILVA; SERGIO LUCIO PEREIRA DE CASTRO LOPES; LUIZ ROBERTO COUTINHO MANHAES JR

Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

LOCALISATION OF BIFID MANDIBULAR CANALS BY USING CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

George Borja De Freitas, Rodrigo Jose Werlang, Jose Luiz Cintra Junqueira, Milena Bortolotto Fellipe Silva, Sergio Lucio Pereira De Castro Lopes, Luiz Roberto Coutinho Manhaes Jr

Abstract :

The sample consisted of 300 CBCT examinations obtained with Classic I–Cat scanner operating at voxel of 0.25 mm and FOV of 13 x 17 cm. Of the 300 patients, 188 (62.7%) were female and 112 (37.3%) male, with age ranging from 13 to 87 years old. Of the 300 examinations assessed, bifurcations were found in 90 cases (30%), with 51 (56.7%) belonging to females and 39 (43.3%) to males. With regard to affected sides, 32.2% of the cases (n = 29) were on the right side and 24.5% (n = 22) on the left side, with 43.3% (n = 39) on both. According to the results of the present study, it was possible to conclude that the localisation of BMC was at the centre of the mandibular body, presenting a relatively short distance between CM1 and CM2.