Ex vivo assessment of the buccal and oral bone by CBCT.

PURPOSE: Identifying buccal and oral bone as an important supporting periodontal structure for teeth provides important information for treatment planning in periodontics and orthodontics. This study aims to add evidence to the knowledge of preciseness of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) measurements of the vertical dimension of buccal and oral bone. The hypothesis is that CBCT is an accurate and reliable method to measure vertical vestibular and oral bone loss. METHODS: The amount of vertical buccal and oral bone loss (bl) of 260 sites of 10 human cadavers was investigated clinically and radiographically by CBCT. Radiographic measurements were rated by two blinded raters. Measurements and the corresponding differences between clinical and radiological findings are described by medians and quartiles (Q1-Q3). For statistical analysis, Lin's concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) and Bland-Altman plots were calculated. RESULTS: The CCC between the raters was 0.994 (95% confidence interval 0.992-0.995). The median bone loss (bl) distance from the cementoenamel junction (CEJ) to the bony defect (BD) was 3.5 mm (range 3-5 mm). The median bl measured in the CBCT was 3.8 mm (range 3.1-4.8 mm). The median difference of the 2 measurements for all sites included in the study (N = 260) was -0.2 mm (-0.7 to 0.3 mm). CONCLUSIONS: CBCT seems to be an accurate and highly reliable method to detect and describe vertical buccal and oral bone loss. It could improve planning and prediction for successful combined periodontal and orthodontic therapies.

[Dental implantation planning in the cases of bone deficiency and prevention of perioperative complications. Part 1. Radiological diagnostics].

The primary goal of reconstructive procedures before dental implantation is restoration of bone volume to prevent the damage of anatomic structures during implantation. Radiological methods are the important component of complex follow-up. Application of radiological methods in planning of the given kind of treatment allows choosing optimum tactics of surgical treatment and their dynamic application in the postoperative period gives the chance to reveal and address in time the developing complications thus improving the success rate.