Open Access
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2023; 15(01): 037-041
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1756478
Original Article

The Relationship between Age and Pulp Cavity Size Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

Hurraia Zahid
1   Department of Oral Biology, Sardar Begum Dental College, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
,
Neelofar Nausheen
1   Department of Oral Biology, Sardar Begum Dental College, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
,
Pashmina Nisar
1   Department of Oral Biology, Sardar Begum Dental College, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
,
Sobia Salam
2   Department of Oral Biology, Rehman College of Dentistry, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
,
Asma Ali
3   Department of Oral Biology, Bacha Khan College of Dentistry, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
,
Abu Bakar Siddique
4   Department of Oral Biology, Multan Medical and Dental College, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
,
Irfan Ullah
5   Department of Life Sciences, School of Science, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, Pakistan
› Institutsangaben

Funding and Sponsorship None.
Preview

Abstract

Introduction This study aims to determine the relationship between chronological age and pulp cavity size and determine which type of tooth has a strong relationship between age and pulp cavity size.

Materials and Methods Cone-beam computed tomography images from 200 patients aged between 18 and 55 years were analyzed. The software program (version 2.21) exported the images in the DICOM format, and the MIMICS software program (version 10.01) was used to calculate. The relationship between chronological age and pulp cavity size and determination of which type of tooth strongly relates to age and pulp cavity size were evaluated by Pearson correlation coefficient and Linear regression model.

Results A total of 200 patients were included in the study. The minimum age recorded was 18 years, and the maximum period recorded was 55 years. The mean age was 35 years. The relationship between chronological age and pulp cavity size was statistically significant. Maxillary central incisor and mandibular first molar showed a strong relationship between chronological age and pulp cavity size.

Conclusions In this study, the pulp cavity size of both maxillary central incisor and mandibular first molar showed a statistically significant correlation with age. The correlation between right and left is strong. So, maxillary central incisor and mandibular first molar is a valuable index for human age estimation with reasonable precision and accuracy.

Authors' Contributions

All named authors contributed to the conceptualization of study, data collection and analysis, and drafting and revision of the manuscript. They all take responsibility for all the contents and conclusions.


Compliance with Ethical Principles

The study was approved by the research ethical committee of Sardar Begum Dental College, Gandhara University Peshawar in its 19th meeting held on May 2, 2019. Informed consent (verbal/written) was obtained.




Publikationsverlauf

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
17. November 2022

© 2022. The Libyan Biotechnology Research Center. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
A-12, 2nd Floor, Sector 2, Noida-201301 UP, India