en پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Aims:</span></b><b> </b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">The morphology of the condyle varies according to the race of the population in different places. Moreover, the identification of morphologies can be effective in diagnosing the pathogenesis and type of treatment of patients</span><span cambria="" style="font-family:">. This study aimed to examine condyle morphology images using digital panoramic imaging.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Material & Methods: </span></b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">This study was performed as a retrospective using panoramic images available in the archives of the Private Radiology Center located in Ahvaz in Iran 2021. The digital panoramic images were taken by a South Korean VATECH.PEH 2500 panoramic device. The images were investigated in terms of condyle shape, age, sex, and bilateral symmetry.</span><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> SPSS</span><b> </b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">16 software was used for data analysis. The Chi-square test was used for the statistical analysis of data.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Finding: </span></b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">The results showed that 47.7% of patients had round morphology, 11.9% had diamond morphology, 21.9% had finger morphology and 18.5% had bird beak morphology. After evaluations, the results showed that there was no significant relationship between age and sex of patients with condylar morphology.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Conclusion:</span></b><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Round morphology was higher in all populations than in other morphologies. Also, its prevalence was higher in both sexes than in other morphologies. However, no significant relationship was observed between them.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Temporomandibular Joint,Mandible Condyles,Panoramic Radiography, 27 30 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-156-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 T. Zaheri 10031947532846005657 10031947532846005657 No Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Department, School of Dentistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. Ahvaz, Iran A. Dabbaghi 10031947532846005658 10031947532846005658 No Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Department, School of Dentistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. Ahvaz, Iran T. Daneshnia tahadaneshnia@yahoo.com 10031947532846005659 10031947532846005659 Yes Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Department, School of Dentistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. Ahvaz, Iran