Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
Oral Radiol. 2020 Apr;36(2):190-196. doi: 10.1007/s11282-019-00398-x. Epub 2019 Jul 22.
To assess the relationship between chronologic age, mandibular condyle cortication, and sphenooccipital synchondrosis (SOS) fusion.
Cone Beam Computed Tomography data of 253 patients were retrospectively evaluated. Mandibular condyle cortication was divided into three classes as Types I, II, and III. SOS fusion grade was categorized using a four-stage system (0-3). These variables were evaluated in relation to age and sex.
There were significant positive relationships between age and condyle cortication, and between age and SOS fusion stage and between cortication type and SOS fusion stage.
Due to the positive correlation between the degree of SOS fusion stage, the condyle cortication type, and the chronological age, these indicators can be used for age estimation.
评估颞颌关节髁突皮质化、蝶枕联合融合与年龄的关系。
回顾性分析 253 例患者的锥形束 CT 数据。髁突皮质化分为 3 型（I、II、III 型）。蝶枕联合融合程度采用 4 级系统（0-3 级）进行分类。评估这些变量与年龄和性别之间的关系。
年龄与髁突皮质化、年龄与蝶枕联合融合分期以及皮质化类型与蝶枕联合融合分期之间均呈显著正相关。
由于蝶枕联合融合分期、髁突皮质化类型与年龄之间存在正相关，因此这些指标可用于年龄推断。
