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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Do gender and torus mandibularis affect mandibular cortical index? A cross-sectional study | Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Research Open Access Do gender and torus mandibularis affect mandibular cortical index A cross-sectional study Serdar Uysal 1 Berna L Qagirankaya2 and Mujgan Gungor Hatipoglu3 Address 1Hacettepe University Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology Sihhiye Ankara Turkey 2Hacettepe University Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology Sihhiye Ankara Turkey and 3Dumlupinar University Research and Training Hospital Dental Clinic Kutahya Turkey Email Serdar Uysal - suysal@hacettepe.edu.tr Berna L Qagirankaya - lbartvinli@yahoo.com Mujgan Gungor Hatipoglu - mujgan121@yahoo.com Corresponding author Published 30 October 2007 Head Face Medicine 2007 3 37 doi l0.ll86 l746-l60X-3-37 Received 15 December 2006 Accepted 30 October 2007 This article is available from http www.head-face-med.cOm content 3 l 37 2007 Uysal et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The interactions between torus and several factors such as age gender and dental status have not been studied comprehensively. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of gender on the mandibular cortical index MCI and to investigate a possible association between torus mandibularis TM and MCI. Methods The study consisted of 189 consecutive patients referred to Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology of Hacettepe University within 30 workdays. Patients who did not have systemic disorders affecting bone density were included and the age gender dental status and existing TM of the patients were recorded. Morphology of the mandibular inferior cortex was determined according to Klemitti s classification on panoramic radiographs. Results MCI was affected by age and
