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- Title
Improving Dental Implant Outcomes: CNN-Based System Accurately Measures Degree of Peri-Implantitis Damage on Periapical Film.
- Authors
Chen, Yi-Chieh; Chen, Ming-Yi; Chen, Tsung-Yi; Chan, Mei-Ling; Huang, Ya-Yun; Liu, Yu-Lin; Lee, Pei-Ting; Lin, Guan-Jhih; Li, Tai-Feng; Chen, Chiung-An; Chen, Shih-Lun; Li, Kuo-Chen; Abu, Patricia Angela R.
- Abstract
As the popularity of dental implants continues to grow at a rate of about 14% per year, so do the risks associated with the procedure. Complications such as sinusitis and nerve damage are not uncommon, and inadequate cleaning can lead to peri-implantitis around the implant, jeopardizing its stability and potentially necessitating retreatment. To address this issue, this research proposes a new system for evaluating the degree of periodontal damage around implants using Periapical film (PA). The system utilizes two Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) models to accurately detect the location of the implant and assess the extent of damage caused by peri-implantitis. One of the CNN models is designed to determine the location of the implant in the PA with an accuracy of up to 89.31%, while the other model is responsible for assessing the degree of Peri-implantitis damage around the implant, achieving an accuracy of 90.45%. The system combines image cropping based on position information obtained from the first CNN with image enhancement techniques such as Histogram Equalization and Adaptive Histogram Equalization (AHE) to improve the visibility of the implant and gums. The result is a more accurate assessment of whether peri-implantitis has eroded to the first thread, a critical indicator of implant stability. To ensure the ethical and regulatory standards of our research, this proposal has been certified by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) under number 202102023B0C503. With no existing technology to evaluate Peri-implantitis damage around dental implants, this CNN-based system has the potential to revolutionize implant dentistry and improve patient outcomes.
- Subjects
DENTAL implants; PERI-implantitis; IMAGE enhancement (Imaging systems); CONVOLUTIONAL neural networks; DENTAL technology; IMAGE intensifiers; OSSEOINTEGRATED dental implants
- Publication
Bioengineering (Basel), 2023, Vol 10, Issue 6, p640
- ISSN
2306-5354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bioengineering10060640