Frontal Sinus Pneumatization Pattern with Age

• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Enugu, Nigeria. 2016-11-01
• Series: Journal of Experimental Research
• Online Access: http://www.er-journal.com/papers/Ezemagu_june2013_1_1.pdf

Understanding the mechanism of frontal sinus pneumatization depends on availability of accurate anatomical, physiological and pathological information in sufficient detail. It will also involve verification of certain prognostic factors, which may include simple anthropometric parameters. This study demonstrated the relationship between the variation in frontal sinus dimensions with age. In this study, lateral and anteroposterior radiographs of 74 males and 46 females between the ages of 9 and 75 years were measured. The three parameters of height, breath and length of the frontal sinus were taken from the radiographs. Data were analyzed using excel package of a tabletop computer, employing chi-square test (x2) to determine the association between sinus dimensions and age. The results demonstrated a strong positive relationship between variation in sinus height and breadth (pneumatization in vertical portion of the frontal bone) with variation in age while variation in depth may not depend on age. Thus establishing the fact that some metric and morphologic characteristics of the frontal sinus vary with age. Therefore, it follows that advancement in age leads to increase in size of frontal sinus.