Efeitos da expansão rápida da maxila na posição do côndilo em tomografias computadorizadas - Cone Beam

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Squeff, Karine
• Orientador(a): Menezes, Luciane Macedo de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre
• Palavras-chave em Português: ODONTOLOGIA; ORTOPEDIA FACIAL; ORTODONTIA; CÔNDILO MANDIBULAR - FRATURAS; TOMOGRAFIA COMPUTADORIZADA
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10923/461

Introduction: The condyle position in relation to the joint cavity may serve as a basis for studies related to temporo maxillo mandibular disorders (TMD). During the rapid maxillary expansion (RME), an intense activity occurs between sutural bones in which the jaw is articulated, including the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) now allow the possibility to visualize the position of the condyle in coronal, sagittal and axial views, which before, due to anatomical reasons, was always difficult to interpret.Objectives: Propose a method to standardize the assessment of the cranium to assess the condyle using CBCT and to evaluate the condyle position in relation to the joint cavity before, immediately after and six months after the ERM, in the axial and sagittal ways in CBCT.This was a retrospective study with patients aged 7 to 14 years. Inter and intra-examiner measurements of 10 CBCT were made of the condylar position in relation to the joint cavity. To standard the position of the head, anatomical stable structures and easily identified were used. Data was analyzed using descriptive measures (mean and standard deviation). After that, 34 patients were evaluated, 11 males and 23 females, with constricted maxilla without crossbite (group 1), and unilateral crossbite (group 2). The size of the condyle (TCO), the superior space (ES), posterior space (EP), anterior space (EA) and the angulation of the condyle (AC) was measured. It was evaluated the position of the condyle in relation to the joint cavity - anterior, centered or posterior.Results: The statistical results indicated intra and inter-examiner reliability. In groups 1 and 2, it was not observed a pattern changes in relation to initial condyle position (anterior, central or posterior). There was a transient change immediately after the ERM, with increased the ES and EA of the condyle in relation to the joint cavity, but in six months after the ERM it was back to the initial position. In group 2, in the crossbite side, six months after the ERM there was a return of the condyle to its original position. In group 2, not cross-side, there was an increase in the EA that occurred immediately after the ERM, with a slight reduction in six months, but still increased compared to the initial position. TCO and AC showed no significant differences in the groups and times evaluated. There was no statistical difference between genders also.It was found high reliability and methodology in the study demonstrated stable assessments of condylar position in relation to the glenoid fossa in CBCT. There was not a definite pattern in the changing of the condyle position before, immediately and six months after the ERM. There was a transient change immediately after the ERM, with increased space superior and anterior condyle in relation to the joint cavity and in six months after the ERM back to initial position.