Year : 2020

Volume : Volume 11

Issue : Issue 2

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Abhishek Gupta.
drabhishekgupta30373a@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  variations in shapes of mandibular condyles among the patients visiting the Dental hospital. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted in department of orthodontics during in November 2020, among the patients >18 years of age who previously (March 2019 to Februrary 2020) visited the department for orthodontic treatments and were advised for Orthopantomographs (OPGs) as a routine, before treatment planning. Tracing of bilateral condyles was done on 300 selected digital OPGs  using a tracing software and the shapes were noted.     Results: Among the selected 300 OPGs (600 condyles) on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria , 142 were of males and 158 were of females. The average age was 22.35 years. Among the 600 condyles, most of them i.e 207 (34.5%) were round/oval including followed by Diamond/angled i.e 182 (30.33%), followed by flattened i.e 84 (14%), followed by mixed i.e 67 (11.16 %), followed by bifid 32 (5.33%). The least common was crooked finger shaped i.e 28 (4.66%). Conclusion: Our study concluded that round/oval shape condyle is most commonly seen our Indian as well as Jharkhand population followed by diamond/angled shape and least common is crooked finger shape and bifid condyle.

Keywords: Mandibular Condyle; Radiography; Panoramic.