@article{article_430141, title={Sella turcica variations in lateral cephalometric radiographs and their association with malocclusions}, journal={Anatomy}, volume={12}, pages={13–19}, year={2018}, author={Öktem, Hale and Tuncer, N. İrem and Sencelikel, Tugçe and Bagci, Z. İlayda and Cesaretli, Sude and Arslan, Almina and Gürsel, İlgaz Tuana and Degirmenci, Bengisu}, keywords={sella turcica; lateral cephalometric radiography; malocclusion; skeletal class I,II,III}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">Objectives: Classification of the skeletal facial types is performed using certain reference points and planes in lateral </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">cephalometric radiographs to plan orthodontic treatments. One of these reference points is sella turcica which is closely associated </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">with craniofacial bone development. The aim of this study was to identify the association between the sella turcica </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">variations and skeletal Class I, II, and III malocclusions. </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">Methods: This study retrospectively evaluated 94 orthodontic patients (48 males and 46 females) between 14–26 years of age. </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">Lateral cephalometric radiographs of the patients with skeletal Class I, II, and III malocclusions were classified into six groups </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">according to sella turcica morphology: normal sella turcica, oblique anterior wall, double contour of the floor, sella turcica bridge, </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">irregularity in the posterior part, and pyramidal shape of sella turcica. The length, depth, and diameter of sella turcica were measured. </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">Sella turcica variations and radiographs of patients with Class I, II, and III malocclusions were compared statistically. </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">Results: The correlation between the sella turcica variations and skeletal sagittal classification was statistically significant </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">(p=0.017). 36.8% of the radiographs, which were classified as normal sella turcica were classified as Class I patients. There were </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">no statistically significant differences between the skeletal Class I, II, and III malocclusions and sella turcica variations in terms of </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">the length, depth, and diameter. </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">Conclusion: For adequate patient referral and management, orthodontists should recognize sella turcica variations in lateral </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">cephalometric radiographs, and these findings should arise an index of suspicion for associated pathologies, especially of </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">the hypophyseal gland. </span> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy}