DOI: https://doi.org/10.22263/2312-4156.2024.6.31
V.B. Shadlinski, A.S. Abdullayev
Maxillo-alveolar breadth and length in age and gender aspects and their correlation with craniometric data
Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan
Vestnik VGMU. 2024;23(6):31-39.
Abstract.
Objectives. To study the maxillo-alveolar breadth and length in age and gender aspects and their correlation with craniometric data.
Material and methods. The research material included 200 skulls (20 skulls of adolescence age, I adulthood age 68, II adulthood age 72, and elderly age 40). In total, there were 86 male skulls and 114 female skulls. The mean (M), median (Me), 25% and 75% percentiles (Percentile 25, Percentile 75) of the studied parameters were calculated. The statistical significance of the difference between the groups’ indicators was assessed by the Student-Bonferroni t-test, F-Fisher tests, nonparametric Mann-Whitney U-test, and nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis H-test. Non-parametric Spearman’s ρ-rank correlation was also used in the study.
Results. Application of the Kruskal-Wallis H-test made it possible to establish a statistically significant difference for the maxillo-alveolar breadth by age periods (PH =0.044). A significant difference was found for the maxillo-alveolar breadth between male and female skulls (PF=0.043; PU=0.028). Using the F-Fisher and H-Kruskal-Wallis criteria, a statistically significant difference was revealed for the maxillo-alveolar length indicators on male skulls (PF=0.023; PH =0.045). Comparison of male and female skulls by age period revealed a significant difference for the maxillo-alveolar length only in adolescence (PF=0.017; PU=0.017). Both studied parameters directly correlated with the height dimensions of the skull (basion-bregma height, nasion-prosthion height, nasal height, left orbital height, right orbital height and mastoid height).
Conclusions. Data on age and gender characteristics of the maxillo-alveolar breadth and maxillo-alveolar length, as well as their correlation with craniometric data were obtained on the craniological material. The data obtained are of interest, both theoretically and clinically, and can be used by anatomists, anthropologists, orthodontists, and forensic experts. Nonparametric ρ-Spearman rank correlation made it possible to establish connections between the studied parameters and the main craniometric parameters of the skulls.
Keywords: maxillo-alveolar breadth, maxillo-alveolar length, age periods, male skulls, female skulls, correlation, craniometric data.
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Submitted 16.09.2024
Accepted 04.12.2024
Information about authors:
V.B. Shadlinski – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, consulting professor of the Chair of Human Anatomy and Medical Terminology, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku,
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9296-5963;
A.S. Abdullayev – Doctor of philosophy in medicine, associate professor, head of the Chair of Human Anatomy and Medical Terminology, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7447-5311,
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