Ravichandran Sudarsan, Vadivel Jayanth Kumar
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Adv Pharm Technol Res. 2022 Nov;13(Suppl 1):S63-S66. doi: 10.4103/japtr.japtr_126_22. Epub 2022 Nov 30.
The presence of calcifications or hard deposits within the pulp chamber of the teeth is referred to as pulp stones. There is a geographic and ethnic variation in the occurrence of these calcifications in the population. The article assessed the occurrence of pulp stones. As a secondary objective, the gender or age difference was also assessed. This study was carried out retrospectively by analyzing the archived dental radiographs. A total of 100 radiographs were taken for the analysis based on random sampling. The selected samples were scanned for the occurrence of pulp stones. From a total of 100 subjects, 15% had more than one pulp stone. This study revealed the prevalence of dental stones in the sample population was low. However, of the teeth examined, the mandibular arch had a higher incidence when compared to the maxillary arch. No significant correlation was found among gender or age. Further studies on a larger scale are required to find possible associations that would help determine clinical outcomes.
牙齿髓腔内存在钙化或硬沉积物被称为髓石。这些钙化在人群中的发生存在地域和种族差异。该文章评估了髓石的发生情况。作为次要目标，还评估了性别或年龄差异。本研究通过分析存档的牙科X光片进行回顾性研究。基于随机抽样共拍摄了100张X光片用于分析。对所选样本扫描以检查髓石的存在情况。在总共100名受试者中，15%的人有不止一颗髓石。本研究表明样本人群中牙石的患病率较低。然而，在所检查的牙齿中，下颌牙弓的发病率高于上颌牙弓。未发现性别或年龄之间存在显著相关性。需要进行更大规模的进一步研究以发现可能有助于确定临床结果的关联。
