Morphological and Dimensional Analysis of the Nasopalatine Canal: Insights from Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Imaging in a Large Cohort

Ashraf Mohammed Alhumaidi; Abdulrahman Ahmed Aseri; Manea Musa M. Alahmari; Hafiz Ahmed Adawi; Khalid Aldhorae; Thrya S. Gadah; Mohammed E. Sayed; Nasser M. Al Ahmari; Abdulelah Ali Daghriri; Abdulrahman H. Alzahrani; Mohammed M. Al Moaleem

doi:10.12659/MSM.944424

13 June 2024 : Clinical Research

Morphological and Dimensional Analysis of the Nasopalatine Canal: Insights from Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Imaging in a Large Cohort

Ashraf Mohammed Alhumaidi^1ABDE*, Abdulrahman Ahmed Aseri^2DFG, Manea Musa M. Alahmari^3ACEG, Hafiz Ahmed Adawi^4AEG, Khalid Aldhorae^56AF, Thrya S. Gadah

^7DEG, Mohammed E. Sayed

^4ADE, Nasser M. Al Ahmari

^7EFG, Abdulelah Ali Daghriri^8ADG, Abdulrahman H. Alzahrani

^9BDF, Mohammed M. Al Moaleem

^4CEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.944424

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e944424

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Table 3 Association of sex and age groups with the nasopalatine canal and the adjacent buccal bone plate parameters in mm.

Variables		Number	IF	SF	Nasopalatine canal length	Mid-level of NPC	M-L IF	Buccal bone plate 1	Buccal bone plate 2	Buccal bone plate 3
Variables		Number	Mean (SD)
Gender	Male	142	5.25± 1.46	2.76± 1.36	12.58± 2.45	1.87± 0.93	3.45± 0.91	6.16± 1.45	6.32± 1.37	7.19± 1.54
Gender	Female	193	5.04± 1.43	2.44± 1.15	11.21± 2.39	1.75± 0.86	3.04± 0.96	5.92± 1.09	5.83± 1.14	6.65± 1.41
p-value			0.194	0.033^*	0.000^*	0.224	0.000^*	0.011^*	0.000^*	0.001^*
Edentulous	Yes	10	5.53± 1.59	2.60± 1.59	13.09± 1.85	2.09± 0.78	4.05± 0.68	3.37± 1.49	4.22± 1.27	5.93± 1.74
Edentulous	No	325	5.12± 1.44	2.57± 1.24	11.75± 2.51	1.79± 0.89	3.19± 0.96	6.10± 1.16	6.09± 1.22	6.91± 1.47
p-value			0.286	0.798	0.098	0.215	0.004^*	0.000^*	0.000^*	0.049^*
Age group	18–35	208	5.02± 1.46	2.50± 1.23	11.50± 2.40	1.76± 0.90	3.06± 0.98	6.16± 1.09	6.08± 1.23	6.82± 1.50
	36–50	86	5.22± 1.43	2.73± 1.34	11.78± 2.68	1.88± 0.86	3.42± 0.90	5.90± 1.44	5.92± 1.28	6.83± 1.44
	≥51	41	5.50± 1.37	2.61± 1.17	13.31± 2.13	1.83± 0.892	3.57± 0.83	5.56± 1.54	6.07± 1.43	7.33± 1.50
p-value			0.023^*	0.569	0.001^*	0.305	0.000^*	0.001^*	0.338	0.171
^* Statistically significant at level p≤0.05.

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