Journal of Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (치과방사선)

Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (대한영상치의학회)
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THE HORIZONTAL ANGULATION OF THE MANDIBULAR CONDYLAR HEAD AND ITS EFFECT ON INTERPRETATION

하악과두 수평경사각이 하악과두 판독에 미치는 영향

  • Choi Soon-Chul (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee Sam-Sun (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
  • 최순철 (서울대하교 치과대학 구강악안면방사선학 교실) ;
  • 이삼선 (서울대하교 치과대학 구강악안면방사선학 교실)
  • Published : 1995.06.01
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Abstract

A number of panoramic radiographic images of the condylar head taken at various horizontal angulations were compared. A small artificial osteophyte was attached to the eight different portions of the condylar head and a small hole was created in four different portions of the condylar head. Three oral and maxillofacial radiologists evaluated the panoramic condylar images. The results were as follows : 1. Osteophytes in the superomedial, anterocentral and anterolateral portions could be detected easily, but those in the lateral, superolateral and medial portions were very hard to identify. 2. The greater the condylar horizontal angle, the easier it was to detect an osteophyte. But there was no statistically significant difference except between 0 and 40 degrees of horizontal angulation. 3. Holes in the anterocentral and superocentral portions could be detected easily, but those in the lateral and medial portions were very hard to identify. There were no differences between the various condylar horizontal angles.

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