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Changes in the architectonics of the lower jaw in children depending on age
Rostyslav Yehorov1, Oleksandr Kaniura, Andrii Kopchak
1Department of Surgical dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery of Pediatric Age, Bogomolets National Medical University, T. Shevchenko Blvd 13, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine. dr.egorovr@icloud.com.
Objective:
To study the peculiarities of the anatomical structure and architecture of the mandibular in children at different age to CT data.
Methods:
161 CT scans of the bones of the facial skull of children aged 1 to 18 years were selected. Orientation of the tomographic slices was based on the standardized protocol of CT studies. Differences were considered significant when p values were lower than 0.05.
Results:
The width of the lower jaw was greatest in the area of the angle and chin symphysis. The general dynamics of the thickening of the cortical layer of the lower jaw from the vestibular side differed from the dynamics of the formation of the lingual cortex. The density of the cortical layer increased with age: the difference between its average value in the age groups of 1-3 years and 14-17 years was 16-46%.
Conclusions:
The width of the lower jaw in the process of its growth and development increases in different areas by an average of 6-58%. The thickening of the cortical layer with age is more intensive than the general increase in its thickness and amounts to 41-51% for various areas of the jaw, except for the head of the condylar process. The radiological density of the cortical layer increases with age by 6-67%, and reaches 2064.2±180.54 in the older age group.
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