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OLIVEIRA, Dirceu Virgolino de; MARTINS, Valber Barbosa  e  OLIVEIRA, Marcelo Vinícius de. Tomographic evaluationof the third molar by the classification of winter. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.2, pp. 17-23. ISSN 1808-5210.

The aim of this study was to evaluate dental inclusions according to the classification of Winter using the panoramic images of CT scans of patients on dental Polyclinic of the University do Estado do Amazonas. The sample included patients between 18 and 40 years of both genders in the June period 2013 to March 2014. The classification of winter sorts the third molars according to the inclination of his long shaft in relation to the second molar, in vertical, angular mesial, angular distal, horizontal and inverted. The study found that the most common position for both maxilla and mandible, and the most prevalent inclination to the male and female gender. Were analyzed 100 panoramic images that contained at least one tooth included, of which 54 were male and 37 female. The most prevalent dental inclusions in descending order were the vertical with 42.8%, 33.5% angular mesial, angular dist 22.4% and horizontal with 1.3%. The most prevalent position for the jaw was the vertical, and for the mandible was the mesial angular. As for the genre, for both the male and female, the most frequent inclination to the jaw was the vertical, followed by the angular mesial in the mandible.

Palavras-chave : Tooth included; Panoramic radiography; Tomography..