Bone is constantly undergoing remodeling of its bony matrix in response to various stimuli impinged upon the tissue. Bony remodeling occurs in both the dentate and edentulous states, but the edentulous lose more bone over time. This study analyzed sex, age and years edentulous for their influence on the height, width and shape of the anterior residual alveolar ridge of the jaws. Significantly greater amounts of mandibular residual alveolar bone height were found in males (p < 0.0001) and in those with more edentulous years in the maxilla (p = 0.003). The maxilla showed significantly greater amounts of residual alveolar bone height in the group with fewer edentulous years (p = 0.004). No significant associations were detected when sex, age and years edentulous were compared with anterior maxillary bone width. Statistical analysis of this study population also revealed no significant associations between sex, age, and years edentulous and anterior maxillary bone shape.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.31555 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Villafranca, Melissa. |
| Contributors | Feine, J. S. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| 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 | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Faculty of Dentistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001803830, proquestno: MQ70524, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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