Evaluation of the zygomatic bone by cone beam computed tomography

Abstract

It was found an altered pattern similar to pneumatization in ZB; however, its prevalence was low (3.3% of the studied population). Our results indicate that the ZB should be evaluated in tomographic images prior to surgical treatments carefully.

Zygomatic air cell defect - a brief review

“…[20,21,25,26] however only one study by Ribeiro-Nascimento et al (2015) using CBCT has reported lower prevalence rate of 3.3%. [3] Prevalence rate as high as 68.5% also have been reported in studies conducted using CBCT. [26] Gender variation in the occurrence of ZACD Most of the studies have reported of a higher rate of occurrence in the female study subjects when compared to male study, however the difference have not been statistically significant in many of these studies.…”

“…Although studies on ZACD have been conducted at many countries most of the published literature originates from population based studies from Iran [4,12,24,25], Turkey [16,17,18,19,20 ] India [22,23,27], USA [5,13,14], Brazil [3,21], Germany [15]. the prevalence rates of ZACD was observed to more in studies conducted on the Iranian, Turkish and American population when compared to Indian population, however it is to be noted that most of the recent studies on the later population has been conducted with CBCT therefore more prevalence was observed owing to better visualization of the ZACD.…”

“…However after 2010 researchers have preferred using cone beam computed tomography for their research. [3,20,21,25] The increased use of CBCT by the researchers could be attributed to its higher diagnostic accuracy compared to panoramic radiography especially in areas like the medial portion of the articular eminence. [28] Panoramic radiographs present with disadvantages like superimposition of adjacent structure, distortion, and low resolution.…”

“…[2] It is believed that the pneumatisation of the bone occurs as a result of opportunistic epithelial expansion into the bone. [3] Mastoid air cells commonly undergo pneumatisation but sometimes accessory air cells develop in the other locations of temporal bone like the zygomatic arch region. [4]…”

A Preliminary Study of Prevalence and Characteristics of Pneumatization of Articular Eminence on Cone Beam Computed Tomography

“…These pneumatic regions can emerge at different sites including the temporal bone. The best known of these are the mastoid air cells in the temporal bone (1,2) .…”