Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35304654›Full record

ArticleOral and maxillofacial surgery2023

Morphological and topographic evaluation of the mandibular canal and its relationship with the facial profile, skeletal class, and sex.

Gustavo Moraes Prado, Rocharles Cavalcante Fontenele, Eliana Dantas Costa, Deborah Queiroz Freitas, Matheus L Oliveira

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Oral and maxillofacial surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Gustavo Moraes PradoDivision of Oral Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, 901, Limeira Ave, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-7176
Rocharles Cavalcante FonteneleDivision of Oral Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, 901, Limeira Ave, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6426-9768
Eliana Dantas CostaDivision of Oral Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, 901, Limeira Ave, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4463-7436
Deborah Queiroz FreitasDivision of Oral Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, 901, Limeira Ave, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1425-5966
Matheus L OliveiraDivision of Oral Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, 901, Limeira Ave, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. matheuso@unicamp.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8054-8759

Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2019/17615-4
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate the morphology and topography of the mandibular canal in patients with different facial profiles, skeletal classes, and sexes.

methodsCone-beam computed tomography volumes of 103 patients were classified according to facial profile and skeletal class. Two examiners classified the mandibular canal into a linear, spoon-shaped, elliptical arc, or turning curvature and measured four related linear distances. The most frequent mandibular canal curvature was identified and multi-way ANOVA with Tukey's test compared the linear measurements between facial types, skeletal class, and sexes (α = 0.05). Kappa and intraclass correlation coefficients were used to assess the reproducibility of qualitative and quantitative variables, respectively.

resultsThe examiners showed excellent reproducibility. The four curvatures of the mandibular canal were found, but the spoon-shaped and elliptical arch were the most frequent. No significant differences were observed for most of the linear measurements between the different facial profiles, skeletal classes, and sexes (p > 0.05).

conclusionSpoon-shaped and elliptical arch are the most frequent curvatures of the mandibular canal; furthermore, its morphology and topography seem to be little influenced by the facial profile, skeletal class, and sex.

Indexed as

MandibleMandibular CanalCone-Beam Computed TomographyFaceHumansReproducibility of ResultsAnatomyCone-beam computed tomographyMandibleMandibular nerve

Identifiers

PMID35304654

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.