Department of Oral Anatomy, Dental College Dankook Institute for Future Science and Emerging Convergence, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
Department of Bio Health Convergency Open Sharing System, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 4;19(15):9605. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159605.
(1) Background: Among the four paranasal sinuses, the frontal sinus is in the frontal bone. Recent research trends have been focusing on identifying sex based on the frontal sinus. Thus, this study aimed to provide reference data for the frontal sinus in Korean adults by comparing their sizes using a 3D program. Moreover, this study examined the correlation between the size of the frontal sinus and the length of cranial bone. (2) Methods: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) data were obtained from 60 (male 30, female 30) patients in their 20 s who visited the Department of Dankook University Hospital (DKUDH IRB 2020-01-007). The provided patient CBCT data were utilized to reconstruct the patients' frontal sinuses and cranial bones in 3D using the Mimics (version 22.0, Materialise, Leuven, Belgium) 3D program. All measurements were analyzed using SPSS (ver. 23.0, IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA). (3) Results: By comparing the frontal sinus size of Korean adults according to sex using a 3D program, this study revealed that males had larger frontal sinuses than females. (4) Conclusions: The findings of this study could help in preventing complications that occur in various clinical treatments and analyzing the growth of the frontal sinus in the future.
(1) 背景：在四个副鼻窦中，额窦位于额骨内。最近的研究趋势集中在基于额窦来识别性别。因此，本研究旨在通过使用 3D 程序比较韩国成年人额窦的大小，为额窦提供参考数据。此外，本研究还检查了额窦大小与颅骨长度之间的相关性。
(2) 方法：从访问堂谷大学医院（DKUDH IRB 2020-01-007）的 60 名（男性 30 名，女性 30 名）20 多岁患者中获得了锥形束计算机断层扫描（CBCT）数据。使用 Mimics（版本 22.0，Materialise，比利时鲁汶）3D 程序提供的患者 CBCT 数据来重建患者的额窦和颅骨 3D。使用 SPSS（版本 23.0，IBM 公司，纽约州阿蒙克）分析所有测量值。
(3) 结果：通过使用 3D 程序比较韩国成年人的额窦大小，本研究表明男性的额窦大于女性。
(4) 结论：本研究的结果有助于预防各种临床治疗中出现的并发症，并有助于分析额窦的未来生长。
