M. Yamaoka et al., RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF BONE LOSS OF MANDIBULAR LINGUAL CORTICAL PLATE ACCOMPANIED BY 3RD MOLAR DEVELOPMENT, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 80(6), 1995, pp. 650-654
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9
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Objective. The purpose was to determine the features of mandibular lin
gual cortical bone loss around the root of the mandibular third molar.
Study design. We examined occlusal radiographs in 2210 persons aged 1
1 to 78 years. Results. Prominent increase of incidence of bone lass w
as evident in subjects in their third decade compared with those in th
eir second decade. The incidence was not decreased into the sixties. T
he incidence of bone loss in men was significantly higher than that in
women. The incidence was not influenced by inflammation around the to
oth crown of the third molar, by tooth caries, or by metal fillings pr
esent in the third molar. Conclusions. The present observations sugges
t that bone loss is induced by physiologic processes that accompany no
t formation of the third molar after mandibular growth.