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Volume measurement of crowns in mandibular primary central incisors by micro-computed tomography
Jin-Lan Ma1, Si-Zhen Shi, Y Ide
1Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PR China.
Objective:
To determine sex differences in the tissue proportions of crowns of mandibular primary central incisors in Chinese children and to quantify the volume of crown components in three dimensions using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT).
Materials And Methods:
The specimens used in this study were 41 mandibular first deciduous incisor teeth with intact crowns (21 males and 20 females) obtained from patients between 5-6 years of age. Each specimen was scanned using micro-CT at a resolution of 0.05 mm and 3D-rendered images were created. The volume of each component of the crown was measured and examined for differences in different sex and ages.
Results:
The pulp chamber volume decreased with age and the volume ratio of the pulp chamber to the whole crown was significantly smaller in 6-year-olds than in 5-year-olds (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:
Males had significantly larger tooth crown volumes and dentin volumes than females did (p < 0.001), while the volume of enamel showed no sexual dimorphism.
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