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- Title
HOW USEFUL IS THE CT SCAN IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE MANDIBULAR BONE.
- Authors
Teslaru, Silvia; Indrei, Anca; Mârţu, Silvia; Duvernoil, Nadine Martin; Haba, Danisia
- Abstract
This study aims to assess how useful are the dental CT scans in the investigation of severe periodontal disease for diagnosis purposes and whether the jawbone density is correlated or not with the number of teeth lost and with the superior and inferior mandibular panoramic index. Materials and method: We analyzed 30 CT scans, made with the dental-CT software, belonging to some patients who wanted dental implants or dental treatments and to a control group formed by 10 patients who had undertaken an emergency cranial CT scan for severe head trauma, and a jawbone reconstruction using the Dental CT software. There have been performed symmetrical jawbone measurements on both the left and right sides. Results: The collected data show major differences regarding the cortical width at the gonion depending on the sex of the patient. The following have been noticed: symmetrical changes to the cortical bone density on the right-left side of the menton hole, to the cortical bone thickness around the menton hole, to the mandible cortical bone density at gonion, to the cortical bone thickness at the gonion; there have also been emphasized the correlations between the mandible cortical bone density and the cortical bone thickness at the gonion and between the cortical bone density at the menton hole and the Panoramic mandibular index (inferior) (Benson). Conclusion: The hereby study confirms the efficiency of the dental computed tomography in the analysis of the mandible bone and the imaging-based diagnosis of potential lesions at this level.
- Subjects
TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL radiography; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR joint; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; BONE density; DENTAL implants; DENTURES; ARTIFICIAL implants; DENTISTRY
- Publication
Romanian Journal of Functional & Clinical, Macro & Microscopical Anatomy & of Anthropology / Revista Româna de Anatomie Functionala si Clinica, Macro si Microscopica si de Antropologie, 2010, Vol 9, Issue 4, p408
- ISSN
1583-4026
- Publication type
Article