Evaluation of Variations in Morphology and Morphometry of the Hard Palate Using CBCT Images: A Radio-Surgical Perspective

Year 2025, Volume: 35 Issue: 3, 232 - 236, 24.07.2025

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https://doi.org/10.17567/currresdentsci.1484849

Abstract

Objective: This retrospective study aims to unveil the changes in morphology and morphometric features of hard palate on CBCT images and evaluate its age- and gender- related variations in a Turkish subpopulation.
Methods: The present investigation analyzed CBCT of 300 individuals aged between 19 and 71 retrospectively. Measurements of palate dimension (length, breadth, and height) and palate inclination (superiorly, parallel, and inferiorly) and the calculation of palatine index (leptostaphyline, mesostaphyline, and brachystaphyline) and palatine height index (chamestaphyline, orthostaphyline, and hypsistaphyline), were quantified and statistically evaluated.
Results: The mean length, breadth, and height of hard palate were found as 48.79±3.8 mm, 39.67±3.43 mm, and 12.79±3,01 mm, respectively. The palatine index was mostly brachystaphylline (99.67%), followed by leptostaphylline (0.33%) and mesostaphylline (0%). The palatal height index was orthostaphyline (58.33%), followed by chamestaphyline (28%) and hypsistaphyline (13.67%). A significant difference between genders was not detected in the palate inclination, palatine index and height index compared to other parameters (p˂0.05). The largest palate breadth and inferiorly inclined palate are mostly observed in those aged ≥25 years than in those aged ≤24 years (p=0.015 and p=0.010, respectively; p˂0.05).
Conclusion: The results of present investigation will provide useful radio-anatomical data for the prevention of possible complications of surgical procedures.

Keywords

Morphometry , Morphology , Hard Palate , Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

Sert Damak Morfolojisi ve Morfometrisindeki Değişikliklerin KIBT Görüntüleri Kullanılarak Değerlendirilmesi: Radyo-Cerrahi Bakış Akışı

Abstract

Amaç : Bu retrospektif çalışma, KIBT görüntülerinde sert damağın morfolojik ve morfometrik özelliklerindeki değişikliklerin ortaya konulmasını ve Türk alt popülasyonunda yaşa ve cinsiyete bağlı değişikliklerin değerlendirilmesini amaçlamaktadır.
Yöntemler : Mevcut çalışmada, yaşları 19 ila 71 arasında değişen 300 kişinin KIBT’ı retrospektif olarak analiz edildi. Damak boyutu (uzunluk, genişlik ve yükseklik), damak eğimi (yukarı yönde, paralel ve aşağı yönde) damak endeksi (leptostafilin, mezostafilin ve brakistafilin) ve damak yükseklik endeksinin (kamestafilin, ortostafilin ve hipsistafilin) ölçümleri yapılmış ve istatistiksel olarak değerlendirilmiştir.
Bulgular : Sert damağın ortalama uzunluğu, genişliği ve yüksekliği sırasıyla 48.79±3.8 mm, 39.67±3.43 mm ve 12.79±3.01 mm olarak bulunmuştur. Damak endeksi çoğunlukla brakistafilin (%99,67) olup bunu sırasıyla leptostafilin (%0.33) ve mezostafilin (%0) izlemiştir. Damak yükseklik endeksi çoğunlukla ortostafilin (%58.33) olup bunu sırasıyla kamestafilin (%28) ve hipsistafilin (%13.67) takip etmiştir. Damak eğimi, damak endeksi ve damak yükseklik endeksinde diğer parametrelere kıyasla cinsiyetler arasında anlamlı bir fark saptanmamıştır (p˂0.05). Damak genişliği ve aşağı yönde eğimli damak, ≥24 yaş grubuna kıyasla en fazla ≥25 yaş grubunda gözlenmiştir (sırasıyla p=0.015 ve p=0.010; p˂0.05).
Sonuç : Mevcut araştırmanın sonuçları, cerrahi prosedürlerin olası komplikasyonlarının önlenmesinde faydalı radyo-anatomik bilgiler sağlayacaktır.

Keywords

Morfometri , Morfoloji , Sert Damak , Konik-Işınlı Bilgisayarlı Tomografi

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