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Anatomical study of the maxillary sinus: which characteristics can influence its volume?

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Abstract

Purpose

To investigate whether there is a relationship between the volume of the maxillary sinus and individual parameters such as gender, side, posterior tooth absence, sinus membrane thickening, bony septa, vertical and sagittal skeletal patterns.

Methods

The tomographic volume of the maxillary sinus from 211 individuals (422 sides) was evaluated using Horos DICOM Viewer Software. Bony septa and sinus membrane thickening were classified as absent or present. At the same time, loss of one or more teeth in the posterior region of the maxilla (except for the third molars) was considered. The t test was applied to analyze maxillary sinus volume according to gender, age, side, posterior tooth absence, sinus membrane thickening and bony septa. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Tukey’s post-hoc test was applied to compare sagittal and vertical patterns. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was also used to verify the association between maxillary sinus volume, age and skeletal patterns.

Results

Concerning the sagittal skeletal pattern, a statistically significant difference was observed between Classes II and III (p = 0.05) and it was confirmed by the Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r = − 0.107/p = 0.029). No statistically significant differences were observed between the maxillary sinus volume according to gender (p = 0.06), side (p = 0.37), posterior tooth absence (p = 0.92), sinus membrane thickening (p = 0.47), bony septa (0.89) and vertical skeletal pattern (p = 0.67). No significant differences were observed with age (r = − 0.076/p = 0.109) and the vertical skeletal pattern (r = − 0.078/p = 0.108).

Conclusion

Maxillary sinus volume was influenced by the sagittal skeletal pattern and was higher in Class III individuals.

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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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    Anne Maria Guimarães Lessa, Vitor Silva Oliveira, Roberta Basanez Aleluia Costa, Alana Tavares Ribeiro Meneses, Iêda Crusoé-Rebello & Frederico Sampaio Neves

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AMGL: manuscript writing and editing, Data analysis. VSO: protocol/project development and manuscript writing. RBAC: data collection or management. ATRM: data analysis. IMCR: data collection. FWGC: manuscript editing. FSN: project development, data collection, manuscript writing. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Lessa, A.M.G., Oliveira, V.S., Costa, R.B.A. et al. Anatomical study of the maxillary sinus: which characteristics can influence its volume?. Surg Radiol Anat 45, 81–87 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-022-03055-x

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