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Relationship of Frontal Sinus Size and Maturation of Cervical Vertebrae for Assessment of Skeletal Maturity

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the relationship of frontal sinus height and width with the cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) for assessment of skeletal maturity.
Materials and Methods: This retrospective study evaluated lateral cephalograms of 132 patients between 8 to 21 years, including 66 males and 66 females. For each of the six stages of the CVM, 22 patients (11 males and 11 females) were evaluated. The Ertuk’s method was used to measure the height and width of the frontal sinus. The sinus height to width ratio was calculated and considered as the sinus index. The CVM was evaluated on the same lateral cephalograms using the Baccetti’s method. The correlation of frontal sinus height and width with the CVM was analyzed, and comparisons were made using independent t-test, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney test, and Kendall's tau-b correlation coefficient.
Results: The sinus width was 10.85±2.7 mm in males and 9.47±2.6 mm in females. The sinus index was 2.43±0.37 in males and 2.66±0.32 in females (P<0.000). The frontal sinus index and width were significantly greater in males but the sinus length was not significantly different between males and females (P=0.383). Significant differences were found in stages 2 and 3, and also 4 and 5 in females and 2 and 3, 3 and 4, and 4 and 5 in males. The mean frontal sinus index had a significant correlation with the CVM stage in both groups. 
Conclusion: According to the results, the frontal sinus index cannot be used as a predictor of skeletal maturity. 

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Frontal Sinus Cervical Vertebrae Growth and Development Cephalometry
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Alijani S, Farhadian N, Alafchi B, Najafi M. Relationship of Frontal Sinus Size and Maturation of Cervical Vertebrae for Assessment of Skeletal Maturity. Front Dent. 2020;17.