Assessment of Anatomical Variations of Greater Palatine Foramen in a Sample of Egyptian Population (CBCT)

Launched by CAIRO UNIVERSITY · Jul 11, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

A) Setting and location:

1. The CBCT Scans of this study will be obtained from the data base available at the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
2. Being a retrospective study, CBCT scans of Egyptian patients who have already been subjected to CBCT examination as part of their dental diagnosis and/or treatment planning will be included according to the proposed eligibility criteria.

B)Participants:

Based on sample size calculation, a sample of 173 hemi-palate belonging to Egyptian individuals will be examined.

C) Variabl...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • CBCT scans of Adult Egyptian population older than 18 years.
• • CBCT scans showing the floor of the maxillary sinus.
• • No artifacts in the maxillary region, which will affect the quality of the image
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • CBCT sans of completely edentulous maxilla.
• • Patients with trauma, craniofacial surgery, orthognathic surgery and malignancies involving the maxillofacial region.
• • Patients with cleft palate and other craniofacial anomalies.
• • Dental implants in the alveolar region of premolars and molars due to artifacts.