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01-04-2011 | Original Article

Morphological variation in dentate and edentulous human mandibles

Authors: Bruno Ramos Chrcanovic, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu, Antônio Luís Neto Custódio

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 3/2011

Abstract

Purpose

The aim of the study was to examine the different morphometric variations of the human mandibles, comparing between males and females in dentate and edentulous mandibles.

Methods

Eighty adult human dry mandibles were studied. Thirty-two variations were evaluated according to the presence and absence of teeth. Kolmogorov–Smirnov test was performed to evaluate the normal distribution of the morphometric variables. Levene test evaluated homoscedasticity. Student t tests and Mann–Whitney U tests, when indicated, were performed to compare each of the morphometric variables between dentate and edentulous mandibles. Statistical differences were considered when the P value was less than 0.05.

Results

Considerable numbers of measurements were statistically significantly different when comparing the influence of dental status on the anatomical measurements; the position and anatomical relations of the mental foramen and overall dimensions of the mandible are especially influenced. Only a few measurements were statistically significantly different in the comparison between males and females.

Conclusions

The results of this research showed that the presence or absence of the teeth can alter mandibular shape and that mandibular edentulism may be associated with specific shape changes in the mandible. The dental status has a higher influence on the mandibular anatomy than the difference in gender.

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Title: Morphological variation in dentate and edentulous human mandibles
Authors: Bruno Ramos Chrcanovic
Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu
Antônio Luís Neto Custódio
Publication date: 01-04-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-010-0731-4

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