Cargando…

Low-dose CBCT imaging of alveolar buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth— a pilot study

OBJECTIVES: Accurate description of buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth is helpful for planning and monitoring periodontal and orthodontic treatment. Low-dose cone beam computed tomography (LD-CBCT) imaging has shown promising results for very small dental structures in animals. This s...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ruetters, Maurice, Gehrig, Holger, Kronsteiner, Dorothea, Doll, Sara, Kim, Ti-Sun, Lux, Christopher J., Sen, Sinan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9072474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00784-022-04389-x
_version_ 1784701069558808576
author Ruetters, Maurice
Gehrig, Holger
Kronsteiner, Dorothea
Doll, Sara
Kim, Ti-Sun
Lux, Christopher J.
Sen, Sinan
author_facet Ruetters, Maurice
Gehrig, Holger
Kronsteiner, Dorothea
Doll, Sara
Kim, Ti-Sun
Lux, Christopher J.
Sen, Sinan
author_sort Ruetters, Maurice
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVES: Accurate description of buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth is helpful for planning and monitoring periodontal and orthodontic treatment. Low-dose cone beam computed tomography (LD-CBCT) imaging has shown promising results for very small dental structures in animals. This study asserts that LD-CBCT is sufficiently accurate to measure buccal alveolar bone adjacent to human mandibular anterior teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Buccal bone level adjacent to 16 mandibular anterior teeth from four human cadavers was measured radiographically using one high-dose (HD) CBCT protocol and two LD-CBCT protocols. The resulting radiographic measurements of buccal bone height (bl) and thickness (bt) were compared with reference probe and reflected-light microscopy measurements. Measurement medians and Bland–Altman plots were calculated, and a linear mixed model was used to compare raters and imaging modalities. RESULTS: All regression coefficients were approximately 0, indicating high interrater, intrarater, and intermodality agreement. No significant differences were found between reference measurements and CBCT protocols. The mean differences for bl measurements were 0.07 mm (rater 1 [r1]) and 0.12 mm (rater 2 [r2]) for HD-CBCT; 0.07 mm (r1) and 0.13 mm (r2) for LD-CBCT-1; and 0.02 mm (r1) and 0.01 mm (r2) for LD-CBCT-2. For bt measurements, mean differences were 0.02 mm (r1) and 0.02 mm (r2) for HD-CBCT; 0.01 mm (r1) and 0.01 mm (r2) for LD-CBCT-1; and 0.00 mm (r1) and 0.01 mm (r2) for LD-CBCT-2. CONCLUSIONS: Within the limitations of the present study, LD-CBCT seems to be a precise method for describing buccal bone and its thickness adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth in this experimental setting. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: For the first time, this study showed LD-CBCT produces excellent results and is a reliable modality for imaging buccal bone in vitro. If clinical studies confirm these results, LD-CBCT could enable better treatment planning and monitoring at a radiation dose that is far lower than that of conventional HD-CBCT but similar to that of panoramic views. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00784-022-04389-x.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9072474
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-90724742022-05-07 Low-dose CBCT imaging of alveolar buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth— a pilot study Ruetters, Maurice Gehrig, Holger Kronsteiner, Dorothea Doll, Sara Kim, Ti-Sun Lux, Christopher J. Sen, Sinan Clin Oral Investig Original Article OBJECTIVES: Accurate description of buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth is helpful for planning and monitoring periodontal and orthodontic treatment. Low-dose cone beam computed tomography (LD-CBCT) imaging has shown promising results for very small dental structures in animals. This study asserts that LD-CBCT is sufficiently accurate to measure buccal alveolar bone adjacent to human mandibular anterior teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Buccal bone level adjacent to 16 mandibular anterior teeth from four human cadavers was measured radiographically using one high-dose (HD) CBCT protocol and two LD-CBCT protocols. The resulting radiographic measurements of buccal bone height (bl) and thickness (bt) were compared with reference probe and reflected-light microscopy measurements. Measurement medians and Bland–Altman plots were calculated, and a linear mixed model was used to compare raters and imaging modalities. RESULTS: All regression coefficients were approximately 0, indicating high interrater, intrarater, and intermodality agreement. No significant differences were found between reference measurements and CBCT protocols. The mean differences for bl measurements were 0.07 mm (rater 1 [r1]) and 0.12 mm (rater 2 [r2]) for HD-CBCT; 0.07 mm (r1) and 0.13 mm (r2) for LD-CBCT-1; and 0.02 mm (r1) and 0.01 mm (r2) for LD-CBCT-2. For bt measurements, mean differences were 0.02 mm (r1) and 0.02 mm (r2) for HD-CBCT; 0.01 mm (r1) and 0.01 mm (r2) for LD-CBCT-1; and 0.00 mm (r1) and 0.01 mm (r2) for LD-CBCT-2. CONCLUSIONS: Within the limitations of the present study, LD-CBCT seems to be a precise method for describing buccal bone and its thickness adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth in this experimental setting. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: For the first time, this study showed LD-CBCT produces excellent results and is a reliable modality for imaging buccal bone in vitro. If clinical studies confirm these results, LD-CBCT could enable better treatment planning and monitoring at a radiation dose that is far lower than that of conventional HD-CBCT but similar to that of panoramic views. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00784-022-04389-x. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-02-01 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9072474/ /pubmed/35103838 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00784-022-04389-x Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Original Article
Ruetters, Maurice
Gehrig, Holger
Kronsteiner, Dorothea
Doll, Sara
Kim, Ti-Sun
Lux, Christopher J.
Sen, Sinan
Low-dose CBCT imaging of alveolar buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth— a pilot study
title Low-dose CBCT imaging of alveolar buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth— a pilot study
title_full Low-dose CBCT imaging of alveolar buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth— a pilot study
title_fullStr Low-dose CBCT imaging of alveolar buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth— a pilot study
title_full_unstemmed Low-dose CBCT imaging of alveolar buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth— a pilot study
title_short Low-dose CBCT imaging of alveolar buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth— a pilot study
title_sort low-dose cbct imaging of alveolar buccal bone adjacent to mandibular anterior teeth— a pilot study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9072474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00784-022-04389-x
work_keys_str_mv AT ruettersmaurice lowdosecbctimagingofalveolarbuccalboneadjacenttomandibularanteriorteethapilotstudy
AT gehrigholger lowdosecbctimagingofalveolarbuccalboneadjacenttomandibularanteriorteethapilotstudy
AT kronsteinerdorothea lowdosecbctimagingofalveolarbuccalboneadjacenttomandibularanteriorteethapilotstudy
AT dollsara lowdosecbctimagingofalveolarbuccalboneadjacenttomandibularanteriorteethapilotstudy
AT kimtisun lowdosecbctimagingofalveolarbuccalboneadjacenttomandibularanteriorteethapilotstudy
AT luxchristopherj lowdosecbctimagingofalveolarbuccalboneadjacenttomandibularanteriorteethapilotstudy
AT sensinan lowdosecbctimagingofalveolarbuccalboneadjacenttomandibularanteriorteethapilotstudy