TY - JOUR ID - TI - Palatal rugea patterns in relation to arch forms, depth of vaults and gender AU - Wasmaa S. Mahmood AU - Faiza M. Hussain PY - 2009 VL - 21 IS - 2 SP - 59 EP - 62 JO - Journal of baghdad college of dentistry مجلة كلية طب الاسنان بغداد SN - 18171869 23115270 AB - ABSTRACT
Background: The aim is to determine whether rugea patterns had a relation to depth of vaults and form of maxillary
arches and to compare the number and shapes of rugea in edentulous men with those of edentulous women.
Materials and method: This study consisted of150 maxillary master cast of completely edentulous patient, the casts
were divided into three groups according to depth of the vault and form of the arches.
Results and conclusions: The findings were that curved and straight forms were the most common shape in the three
groups, also no significant gender differences were found regarding 10 , 20 and fragmental rugea, also we reported
that female had fewer rugea in the right side of the palate compared to male who have more on the right side of
palate.
Key words: Rugea pattern, arch, shape. (J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2008; 20(2):59-62)

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