Condylar-mandibular asymmetry, a reality

Authors

  • R Boratto Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italia
  • U Gambardella Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italia
  • P Micheletti Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italia
  • L Pagliani Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italia
  • L Preda Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italia
  • TL Hansson Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italia

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the possibility to recognize a condylar-mandibular asymmetry through a panoramic radiograph. Results from a previous work, in which 100 skulls from the Museum of the Institute of Anatomy of the University of Pavia were studied and measured, showed the presence of asymmetry. Using the same skulls we examined the possible correlation between morphological and radiological data. We did not find out correlation's between the condylar asymmetry evaluated at the anatomical level and the radiological asymmetry which was indeed found. This is probably due to the different positioning of the jaws during the two different measuring processes. Nevertheless our results confirm the daily experience of dentistry: asymmetry of mandibular condyle can be one of the mayor causes for the asymmetry of the stomatognatic apparatus.

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2008-12-23

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Vol. 44 No. 2 (2002)

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Original Research Articles

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