Palatal rugea patterns in relation to arch forms, depth of vaults and gender

Abstract EN

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 of 150 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 palate compared to male who have more on the right side of palate.