Department of Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University - Unesp, Rua Humaitá 1680, Araraquara, SP, 14.801-903, Brazil.
Department of Diagnosis and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University - Unesp, Rua Humaitá 1680, Araraquara, SP, 14.801-903, Brazil.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2024 Jun;20(2):462-471. doi: 10.1007/s12024-023-00666-7. Epub 2023 Jun 17.
The purpose of this study was to analyze the volume and area of sphenoid sinuses of Brazilian individuals' cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images using the beta version of the DDS-Pro™ 2.14.2_2022 software (DPP Systems, Czestochowa, Poland), to assess a potential correlation to sex, age, skin color, and nutritional status, and to evaluate differences between the right and left sides. Three-dimensional volume and area measurements were made with the software using CBCT images of 113 living Brazilian individuals of both sexes (67 females and 46 males). TEM, rTEM, and R were used to assess the reproducibility of inter- and intra-examiner measurements. The measurement means were estimated with 95% confidence intervals according to sex and age group. There were no significant differences between the left and right sides for both volume and area and between the sexes and black and white individuals. Volume and area were significantly higher in 18 years or older (p < 0.05) and in individuals with normal body mass index (BMI) (p < 0.05). The obtained results do not allow indicating the use of sphenoid sinuses volume and area measurements to estimate sexual dimorphism, and the same occurred for skin color. However, such measures can help to estimate age. Further studies are suggested with a larger sample, especially for the nutritional status variable.
本研究旨在使用 DDS-Pro™ 2.14.2_2022 软件的 beta 版本（DPP Systems，Czestochowa，波兰）分析巴西个体锥形束 CT（CBCT）图像中蝶窦的体积和面积，评估其与性别、年龄、肤色和营养状况的潜在相关性，并评估左右两侧的差异。使用该软件对 113 名巴西活体检者的 CBCT 图像进行了三维体积和面积测量，其中包括 67 名女性和 46 名男性。使用 TEM、rTEM 和 R 评估了测量的重复性。根据性别和年龄组，使用 95%置信区间估计测量平均值。左右两侧的体积和面积以及性别和黑白个体之间均无显著差异。18 岁或以上（p<0.05）和正常体重指数（BMI）（p<0.05）个体的体积和面积明显更高。获得的结果不允许使用蝶窦体积和面积测量来估计性别二态性，对于肤色也是如此。然而，这些措施有助于估计年龄。建议进行进一步的研究，样本量更大，特别是针对营养状况变量。
