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Cranio-Facial Measurments in Tunisian Children With Sella Turcica Shape’s Anomalies.
Objectives: To evaluate the cephalometric measurements of a Tunisian pediatric population with sella turcica anomalies.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conduct in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry of Monastir on lateral cephalograms between January and June 2019.Rdiographs were obtained from patients aged between 7 and 12 years old(n=104).The inclusion criteria were the good visibility of anatomical structures and the absence of congenital craniofacial deformities.The cephalometric analysis was conduct according to Segner and Hassund ‘s method.Sella Turcica shape was established according to Becktor’s classification.The sample size was divided in 2 groups: group 01 with normal Sella Turcica's shape and group 02 with anomaly.The statistics were performed with IBM SPSS STATISTICS 22.The normality of variance was tested.Comparaison of means between groups was performed with T-test.
Results: The inclination of upper incisors towards maxilla varied in children with Sella Turcica’s anomaly.The only two variables which showed a statistic significative relationship between the abnormalities of Sella Turcica and cephalometric measures were: 1+NA with p=0.03 and NL-NSL with p=0.04.
Conclusions: The prevalence of aberreations of Sella Turcica's shape in Tunisian children is about 59.6% .
It seems that the anomaly of Sella Turcica influences the position of maxilla to the crane base and the position of upper incisors to the maxilla.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conduct in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry of Monastir on lateral cephalograms between January and June 2019.Rdiographs were obtained from patients aged between 7 and 12 years old(n=104).The inclusion criteria were the good visibility of anatomical structures and the absence of congenital craniofacial deformities.The cephalometric analysis was conduct according to Segner and Hassund ‘s method.Sella Turcica shape was established according to Becktor’s classification.The sample size was divided in 2 groups: group 01 with normal Sella Turcica's shape and group 02 with anomaly.The statistics were performed with IBM SPSS STATISTICS 22.The normality of variance was tested.Comparaison of means between groups was performed with T-test.
Results: The inclination of upper incisors towards maxilla varied in children with Sella Turcica’s anomaly.The only two variables which showed a statistic significative relationship between the abnormalities of Sella Turcica and cephalometric measures were: 1+NA with p=0.03 and NL-NSL with p=0.04.
Conclusions: The prevalence of aberreations of Sella Turcica's shape in Tunisian children is about 59.6% .
It seems that the anomaly of Sella Turcica influences the position of maxilla to the crane base and the position of upper incisors to the maxilla.