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- Title
Clinical and CBCT-based diagnosis of furcation involvement in patients with severe periodontitis.
- Authors
Cimbaljevic, Milena M.; Spin-Neto, Rubens R.; Miletic, Vesna J.; Jankovic, Sasa M.; Aleksic, Zoran M.; Nikolic-Jakoba, Natasa S.
- Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the use of periodontal probing and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images in the diagnosis of furcation involvement (FI) in patients with chronic generalized severe periodontitis. Method and Materials: Fifteen patients with chronic generalized severe periodontitis were included in this study. In total, 174 furcation sites (all in molar teeth) were analyzed. FI was assessed at three sites (buccal, mesiopalatal, and distopalatal) of maxillary molars, and at two sites (buccal and oral) of mandibular molars. FI was assessed both clinically (periodontal probing) and on CBCT images, using a dichotomous scale (present/absent). The agreement between clinical and CBCT-based findings was calculated. Results: FI were more often detected by means of CBCT than by means of clinical examination. Agreement between the evaluation methods was present in 46.9% of cases (63.3% in maxilla, 45.0% in mandible). FI detected clinically was confirmed by means of CBCT in 24% of the evaluated sites. The largest agreement (73.7%) in FI detection was found in the distopalatal maxillary sites between CBCT and clinical probing. The smallest agreement (36.6%) was found in the buccal sites of the mandibular molars, in which 63.3% of FI were detected using CBCT only, but not clinically. Conclusion: The number of FI detected by means of CBCT was larger than by means of periodontal probing. In those cases in which chronic generalized severe periodontitis is clinically diagnosed, and surgical treatment is necessary, CBCT may be suggested as an adjunct tool for FI assessment.
- Subjects
PATIENTS; PERIODONTAL disease diagnosis; CHRONIC diseases; COMPUTED tomography; CONFIDENCE intervals; DIAGNOSIS; MOLARS; PERIODONTAL disease; PERIODONTITIS; RESEARCH funding; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Quintessence International, 2015, Vol 46, Issue 10, p863
- ISSN
0033-6572
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3290/j.qi.a34702