Estimation of Mandibular Buccal Shelf Cortical Bone Thickness at Variable Sites, Heights and Angulations in Three Different Growth Patterns-A Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study.

Researchers used CBCT scans to measure cortical bone thickness on the mandibular buccal shelf across three growth patterns, finding that horizontal growth pattern individuals had significantly greater thickness than normal or vertical patterns, with optimal placement at 7mm height and 80° angulation distal to the second molar.

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