Document Type : Original Article
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* Assistant Professor, Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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MSc student, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Oral and Maxillary Diseases Research Center, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Abadan University of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
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Professor, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Professor, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Professor, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Cellular and molecular Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran
Abstract
Background and Aims: Greater palatine foramen is a place for block of maxillary and greater palatine nerves. Knowledge of its morphometry is important for dentists, anatomists and anthropologists. Therefore, in this study we examined the morphometric indices of greater palatine foramen in dry skulls.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 30 skulls in 2017-2018. Fractures, deformities, or macroscopic pathological forms were excluded. Angle of greater palatine foramen, the distance between the openings of the greater palatine to the posterior margin of the palatine bone, the petrygoid hook, midline of the palatine bone and the incisive foramen were measured. Finally, the data were entered into SPSS software and analyzed by descriptive statistics.
Results: The mean distance between the openings of greater palatine foramen and the posterior margin of the palatine bone was 1.29 ± 0.98 cm. The average distance between the openings of the greater palatine foramen and the petrygoid hook was 1.08 ± 0.53 cm. In addition, the mean distance between the openings of the greater palatine foramen to the middle of the palatine bone was 1.39 ± 0.39 cm and the angle of the greater palatine with the midline of the palatine bone was 26.55 ± 7.1 degrees. The average distance between the openings of the greater palatine foramen and the incisive foramen was 3.55 ± 0.76 cm.
Conclusion: Morphometric studies of skull bone are useful for dentists, ENT specialists, anthropologists and anatomists. To conclude more precisely, more studies with high sample sizes on skull bones, as well as panoramic radiography and MRI images in different breeds seem to be necessary
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