1Assistant Lecturer, Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
2Lecturer, Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Tikrit, College of Dentistry, Tikrit, Iraq
3Assistant Lecturer, Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Baghdad, College of Dentistry, Baghdad, Iraq
4Dentist, Ministry of Health, Iraq
*Corresponding e-mail: omaral_basha@yahoo.com
Online published on 19 November, 2018.
To compare the ramus height between dentulous and edentulous groups using dental panoramic tomography.
Orthopantomographic images of 15 dentulous and 15 edentulous subjects, aged 20–60 years were compared and evaluated to measure the ramus height.
The results showed significant difference in ramus height between dentulous and edentulous mandibles (p=0.001).
It can be concluded that mandibular basal bony morphology changes as a consequence of tooth loss, which could be expressed as shortening of ramus height measurement and ramus height could be the best parameter to predict edentulous and dentate status.
As seen in this study, the ramus height would be decreased due to teeth loss and this may affect the morphology of the face of edentulous patients, so fabricating of a new dental prosthesis of the loosing tooth or teeth immediately may limit ramus height decreasing after losing of teeth.
Dental panoramic tomography, Mandible, Ramus height
