Objective : To determine the relationship of tongue volume as determined from Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) scan reconstructions with maxillary and mandibular arch width, axial cross-sectional palatal perimeter, palatal index and axial inclination of upper and lower first premolars and molars.
Method: Thirty subjects without prior orthodontic treatment swished barium sulfate to coat the tongue prior to CBCT imaging. The scan reconstructions were analyzed with three after-market softwares and intra-examiner reliability was assessed.
Results: Absolute agreement intra-class correlation coefficients were used to determine reliability of the measurements. Pearson correlation coefficients and regression analysis were used to determine relationships.
Conclusions: Tongue volume was strongly correlated with upper inter-molar width and palatal perimeter at the molar level, and least correlated with lower inter-molar width and axial inclination of the upper and lower first premolars and molars. The differences in measurements obtained from the three softwares were not statistically significant.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:AEU.10048/1389 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Mandich, Marie-Alice |
| Contributors | Major, Paul (Department of Dentistry), Carey, Jason (Mechanical Engineering Department), Flores-Mir, Carlos (Department of Dentistry), Heo, Giseon (Department of Dentistry), Wright, Erin (Department of Surgery) |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 4195093 bytes, application/pdf |
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