Expanding the theoretical knowledge of medical anthropology in the modern field of dental services is one of the main drivers of progress in the orthodontic field. The only way to successfully develop the relationship of these disciplines is to create and fill a database of normative data and search for correlations between various, both obviously related and, at first glance, completely unrelated structures of the human body. The purpose of the study was to determine the features of the relationship between the linear dimensions of molars with the cephalometric parameters of practically healthy men of the first mature age, residents of the western region of Ukraine. Cone-beam computed tomography was performed in 36 practically healthy men of the first mature age, residents of the western region of Ukraine (from Rivne, Volyn, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions) followed by odontometry research and cephalometry. Statistical processing of the results was performed in the license package “Statistica 6.1” using non-parametric Spearman’s statistics. As a result of quantitative analysis of reliable and average strength of unreliable correlations of linear computed tomographic sizes of molars with cephalometric indicators and indices of practically healthy men of the western region of Ukraine it is established that the percentage, mainly direct, reliable and average strength of unreliable correlations of linear sizes of molars with cephalometric indices and with indicators of the cerebral or facial skull is almost no different. The largest number of reliable and medium-strength unreliable correlations of linear molars sizes with cranial indices was found with vestibular-lingual and mesio-distal tooth sizes (20.5% with upper molars and 25.0% with lower molars). The highest number of reliable and medium-strength unreliable correlations of linear molars sizes with facial skull indices was found for upper molars with tooth height, crowns and root length (10.8%) and vestibular-lingual and mesio-distal dimensions (12.8%), and for lower molars – only with vestibular-lingual and mesio-distal dimensions (19.4%). The obtained data testify to the prospects of the chosen scientific direction of research, which will further improve the work of physicians in various fields of medicine, including preventive.
The high prevalence of pathologies of the dental and tooth-jaw system both in Ukraine and abroad requires scientists to search for new, fundamental discoveries, in particular, to identify patterns of the relationship between cephalometric and odontometric indicators within certain ethnic populations. The purpose of the study is to establish the features of the correlations of computed tomography sizes of molars with cephalometric parameters of practically healthy men in the southern region of Ukraine. 33 practically healthy men of the first mature age, inhabitants of the southern region of Ukraine (from Mykolayiv, Kherson, Odesa, Zaporizhia regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) underwent cephalometry and cone-beam computed tomography followed by odontometry of molars. The correlations between odonto- and cephalometric parameters were assessed in the license package “Statistica 6.1” using non-parametric Spearman statistics. In almost healthy men of the southern region of Ukraine in the qualitative analysis of multiple nature, mostly direct reliable and medium unreliable correlations, found only between most sizes of molars on the lower jaw and the length and height of the nose. Quantitative analysis revealed the most significant correlations between computed tomography sizes of molars and face sizes (7.4 % on the upper jaw, most of which are inverse, and 13.2 % on the lower jaw, almost evenly straight and inverse). With the indicators of the skull, the relative majority of reliable, mostly inverse correlations are observed with the height of the teeth, their crowns and the length of the roots (on the upper jaw 11.4 %, on the lower jaw 5.4 %); and with indicators of the facial skull – almost evenly with the height of the teeth, their crowns and the length of the roots (on the upper jaw 6.4 %, on the lower jaw 14.6 %, in both cases mostly reverse) and with vestibular-lingual and mesio-distal dimensions (on the upper jaw 8.7 %, mostly reverse, on the lower jaw 11.8 %, mostly straight). The obtained results of correlation analysis of computed tomography sizes of molars with cephalometric indicators and indices confirm the population specificity of the features of the dental system and are necessary for the correct construction of regression models.
The study of the parameters of the upper respiratory tract has become one of the leading directions of medical research, due to the connection of this structure with the occurrence and course of many diseases of both childhood and adulthood. The study of normative indicators of this structure and its relationship with craniometric indicators should be the first step before further research of samples with pathologies. The purpose of the study is to establish correlations of cephalometric parameters of the upper respiratory tract in Ukrainian young men and young women with an orthognathic bite, regardless of the type of face. Primary lateral radiographs of 49 Ukrainian young men (aged 17 to 21 years) and 76 Ukrainian young women (aged 16 to 20 years) with an orthognathic bite and the absence of upper respiratory tract pathology taken from the database of the research center and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry age of National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, with the help of the licensed medical software OnyxCeph3™, version 3DPro (Image Instruments GmbH, Germany) and the diagnostic program “UniqCeph”, a cephalometric analysis of the upper respiratory tract was performed. In the “Statistica 6.0” license package, correlations between cephalometric indicators of the upper respiratory tract were assessed using non-parametric Spearman statistics. In Ukrainian young men, multiple, mostly direct, medium-strength (r= from 0.32 to 0.48) and strong (r= from 0.65 to 0.83) correlations were established between most of the characteristics of the upper respiratory tract or tongue; in young women, there are also predominantly direct, medium-strength (r= from 0.33 to 0.57) and strong (r= from 0.62 to 0.85) correlations between most of the characteristics of the upper respiratory tract or tongue, as well as medium-strength inverse (r= -0.30 and -0.40) and direct (r= 0.45 and 0.85) correlations between most characteristics of the soft palate. In addition, in Ukrainian young men, multiple inverse correlations of mainly medium strength (r= from -0.33 to -0.49) were established between the value of the PASmin distance and the UAA section with the value of the SPT distance and the SPA section, and between the value of the NL/PM-U angle and most of the characteristics the tongue, as well as multiple direct, mostly medium strength (r= from 0.30 to 0.55), connections between the characteristics of the upper respiratory tract itself and the hyoid bone or tongue and between the characteristics of the hyoid bone and the tongue; in young women, there are mainly straight lines of medium strength (r= from 0.33 to 0.55) between the value of the AH-CV distance and most of the characteristics of the upper respiratory tract itself, between the value of the AH-FH distance and all characteristics of the tongue, and between the value of the PM-U distance and by the distance VT and the section TA. Thus, the most pronounced manifestations of sexual dimorphism of connections are established between the characteristics of the soft palate, between the characteristics of the upper respiratory tract itself and the soft palate or tongue, as well as between the characteristics of the soft palate and the hyoid bone.
In 82 practically healthy urban youths and 86 girls of the Podillia region of Ukraine, when distributed into different craniotypes, reliable regression models of computational-tomographic dimensions of thalamus were constructed depending on anthropometric and somatotypological parameters with a determination coefficient greater than 0.6. In mesocephalic boys, of 4 possible models, 3 were constructed with a determination coefficient from 0.731 to 0.938; and in brachycephals boys only 1 model (the determination coefficient is 0.620). In girls-dolichocephals and brachycephals all 4 models have been constructed (accordingly, the determination coefficient is from 0.750 to 0.926 and from 0.760 to 0.925); and in mesocephalic girls only 2 models (the determination coefficient is 0.640 and 0.690). The built models most often included: in mesocephalic boys – the circumferential dimensions of the body and the thickness of skin and fat folds (by 25.0%); in dolichocephals girls – body diameters (26.9%) and evenly cephalometric indices, total, longitudinal, circumferential sizes of the body and width of distal epiphyses of long limb bones (by 11.5%); in mesocephalic girls, the thickness of skin and fat folds (30.8%) and the width of distal epiphyses of long limb bones (23.1%); in girls brachycephals – the circumferential dimensions of the body (30.8%), body diameters (26.9%), and the thickness of skin and fat folds (19.2%).
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