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 Alhumaidi1ABDE*, Abdulrahman Ahmed Aseri2DFG, Manea Musa M. Alahmari3ACEG, Hafiz Ahmed Adawi4AEG, Khalid Aldhorae56AF, Thrya S. Gadah
7DEG, Mohammed E. Sayed 4ADE, Nasser M. Al Ahmari 7EFG, Abdulelah Ali Daghriri8ADG, Abdulrahman H. Alzahrani 9BDF, Mohammed M. Al Moaleem 4CEF
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.944424
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e944424
Table 5 Association of morphological variants of nasopalatine canal in axial, sagittal, and coronal planes based on sex, dental status, and age group.
| Parameter | Axial plane | Sagittal plane | Coronal plane | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oval | Round | Triangle | Heart | Funnel | Cylindrical | Hour-glass | Banana | Single | Two parallel | Y-shaped | ||
| Gender | Male | 6.3% | 16.1% | 12.8% | 7.2% | 20.6% | 9.6% | 7.8% | 4.5% | 18.5% | 2.7% | 21.2% |
| Female | 6.9% | 26.6% | 15.5% | 8.7% | 28.7% | 18.5% | 7.2% | 3.3% | 27.2% | 2.1% | 28.4% | |
| p-value | 0.518 | 0.069 | 0.475 | |||||||||
| Dental status | MCI 0 | 1.2% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2.7% | 0.3% | 2.7% |
| MCI 1 | 1.2% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 2.7% | |
| MCI 2 | 10.7% | 39.7% | 24.2% | 14.9% | 45.1% | 23.9% | 14.0% | 6.6% | 41.5% | 3.9% | 44.2% | |
| p-value | 0.231 | 0.583 | 0.639 | |||||||||
| Age group | 18–35 | 6% | 29% | 17.3% | 9.9% | 32.2% | 16.1% | 9% | 4.8% | 30.1% | 2.7% | 29.3 |
| 36–50 | 4.8% | 8.7% | 7.2% | 5.1% | 11.3% | 7.5% | 4.8% | 2.1% | 10.4% | 1.1% | 14% | |
| ≥51 | 2.4% | 5.1% | 3.9% | 0.8% | 5.7% | 4.5% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 5.1% | 1% | 6.3% | |
| p-value | 0.106 | 0.702 | 0.678 | |||||||||