title: Three-dimensional evaluation of the mandibular third molars' development in unilateral crossbite patients: A cone beam computed tomography study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to investigate mandibular third molar (3M)'s maturation in the crossbite and normal sides by two- and three-dimensional analyses using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was performed using CBCT of 25 patients (16 females and 9 males; mean age: 16.8 ± 2.9 years) with unilateral posterior crossbite. The formation stages and the volume of the mandibular 3Ms were evaluated by means of CBCT data of the patients without knowing the crossbite side of the patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically no significant differences were found in the development of the 3Ms between the crossbite and the control sides, whereas the volume of 3M was found to be less in the crossbite side than in the normal side (P = 0.021).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A volume of 3M was found to be less in the crossbite side than in the normal side.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Halicioglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Mevlut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celikoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Suleyman Kutalmis
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Buyuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Ahmet Ercan
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Sekerci
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Faruk Izzet
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Ucar
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkiye.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yavuz
keywords: Dental growth; dental maturation; third molar development; unilateral crossbite