Journal article
The prevalence of radiographically evident mandibular tori in the University of Iowa dental patients
Dento-maxillo-facial radiology, Vol.29(5), pp.291-296
09/01/2000
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600547
PMID: 10980565
Abstract
OBJECTIVESTo evaluate the radiographic prevalence of mandibular tori and to determine the attributes which make tori radiographically evident.METHODSThe prevalence of mandibular tori was determined from 1600 radiographic surveys of patients attending the College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, 200 for each decade of life from the first to the eighth. Dry skulls were evaluated at the National Museum of Natural History. Mandibular tori were measured, classified and radiographed to correlate the radiographic findings with the physical characteristics.RESULTSOverall, 16.9% of the patient population had radiographically detectable mandibular tori with some cohorts within the population as high as 33%. Lobulated tori extending 4 mm or more mediolaterally were radiographically detectable.CONCLUSIONSThis study revealed one of the higher prevalence rates of mandibular tori in the literature for a population within the United States. Radiographic threshold analysis suggests that this group of Iowans has a high percentage of medium to large discretely lobulated tori.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The prevalence of radiographically evident mandibular tori in the University of Iowa dental patients
- Creators
- A RuprechtJ HellsteinK BobinetC Mattinson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Dento-maxillo-facial radiology, Vol.29(5), pp.291-296
- DOI
- 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600547
- PMID
- 10980565
- ISSN
- 0250-832X
- eISSN
- 1476-542X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2000
- Academic Unit
- Radiology; Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine; Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984367735402771
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