Three-dimensional observation of decrease in pulp cavity volume using micro-CT: age-related change

Bull Tokyo Dent Coll. 2010;51(1):1-6. doi: 10.2209/tdcpublication.51.1.

Abstract

We investigated three-dimensional decrease in the volume of the pulp chamber caused by age-related secondary dentin formation using micro-CT and evaluated the applicability of the results to evaluation of age taking into account sex, age and tooth type. Decrease was slightly higher in females than in males, and a higher correlation between decrease and aging was observed in females. A comparison between age-groups revealed that decrease progressed between the fifties and sixties in males, and the forties and fifties in females. A stronger correlation between aging and decrease was observed in the mandibular central incisors than in the mandibular second premolars. This correlation was higher than other correlations between sexes and age-groups.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Determination by Teeth
  • Aged
  • Aging / physiology*
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Bicuspid / anatomy & histology
  • Bicuspid / diagnostic imaging
  • Dental Pulp Cavity / anatomy & histology*
  • Dental Pulp Cavity / diagnostic imaging
  • Dentin, Secondary / growth & development
  • Dentin, Secondary / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Incisor / anatomy & histology
  • Incisor / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Regression Analysis
  • X-Ray Microtomography
  • Young Adult