Accuracy and reliability of different cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) devices for structural analysis of alveolar bone in comparison with multislice CT and micro-CT.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that most CBCT machines may be able to quantitatively assess alveolar bone quality, with a level of accuracy and reliability that approaches micro-CT. One may therefore propose to extrapolate this to clinical CBCT imaging, certainly when there is a need for implant rehabilitation in dentate jaw bones. Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest to declare. FUNDING: Fellowship support was received from Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) from the Belgian government and from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) programme, Science without Borders, from the Brazilian government. PMID: 28327698 [PubMed - in process]
Source: European Journal of Oral Implantology - Category: Dentistry Authors: Tags: Eur J Oral Implantol Source Type: research