Cone beam computed tomography assessment of the maxillary incisive canal and foramen: considerations of anatomical variations when placing immediate implants.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The maxillary incisive canal connects the roof of the oral cavity with the floor of nasal cavity and has the incisive and nasal foramina respectively at its two opposite ends. Its close proximity with the anterior incisors affects one's ability to place immediate implants in ideal position.

Objective

To avoid causing complication, variations in their dimensions were studied.

Material and methods

Images of ninety Mongoloids patients examined with i-CAT Cone Beam Computed Tomography were included. The sizes of the nasopalatine foramen, the incisive canal and foramen, and anterior maxillary bone thickness were measured. The direction and course of the canals were assessed.

Results

The mean labiopalatal and mesiodistal measurements of the incisive fora

SUBMITTER: Al-Amery SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4332502 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature