A radiographic study of nutrient canals

Intra-oral periapical study of nutrient canals in relation to diabetes mellitus, hypertension and normal subjects

“…This was in accordance with the study by Patel and Wuehrmann [8] who stated that the frequency of appearance of nutrient canals increased through the 3 decades from ages 25-55 years and then decreased substantially during the ages 55 years to 65 years.…”

“…This was in accordance to the studies by Sweet [12] and Patel and Wuehrmann [8] which showed that the incidence of nutrient canals was unrelated to sex.…”

“…The p-value was found to be 0.334 (Table 1). Similar findings were also reported in the studies of Patel and Wuehrmann [8], according to which 58.4% of diabetic patients showed nutrient canals as compared to the non-diabetic/control group with 43.9%.…”

“…According to Hirschfeld (1927, [7]) and Patel and Wuehrmann [8], the nutrient canals are typically found in the areas of mandibular incisors radiographically because the alveolar bone is thin and the canals are not readily obscured by the trabeculation and overlapping anatomical structures as occurs in the posterior areas of the jaws [7,8]. According to Wang et al (2001, [9]), periapical dental radiographs, despite being two dimensional and limited in size, appear to be the best projection to identify nutrient canals in the anterior mandible.…”

“…According to the study conducted by Wang et al [9] and that conducted by Greer et al [16], the nutrient canals were more often seen in males as compared to females especially in the Negro population. According to the studies conducted by Patel and Wuehrmann [8] and Patni et al [6], the frequency of nutrient canals seen was unrelated to the gender of the patients.…”