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Economic and health implications of routine CBCT examination before surgical removal of the mandibular third molar in the Danish population.
Petersen, L B; Olsen, K R; Matzen, L H; Vaeth, M; Wenzel, A.
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  • Petersen LB; 1 Section for Oral Radiology, Department of Dentistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Olsen KR; 2 Department of Business and Economy, Research Unit of General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
  • Matzen LH; 1 Section for Oral Radiology, Department of Dentistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Vaeth M; 3 Section for Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Wenzel A; 1 Section for Oral Radiology, Department of Dentistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Dentomaxillofac Radiol ; 44(6): 20140406, 2015.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25785820
OBJECTIVES: This epidemiological study aimed to analyse economical and societal consequences in Denmark if CBCT is used routinely as a diagnostic method before removal of the mandibular third molar. Furthermore, the aim was to calculate the excess cancer incidence from this practice. METHODS: 17 representative dental clinics in the regions of Denmark were visited by two observers, who registered the total number of patients in each clinic, the number of removed mandibular third molars from patients' files together with the age and gender of these patients. The data were collected from 2008 to 2014. The total number of removed mandibular third molars in Denmark each year was derived from the collected data and information on patients' contacts with dentists from Statistics Denmark as a sum of contributions from each region. The contribution of a region was obtained as the number of removed mandibular third molars in the selected clinics in the region times the ratio of the number of patients in the selected clinics in the region to the total number of patients with contact to a general practitioner in the region in 2011. Existing knowledge on the costs for panoramic and CBCT imaging was used to calculate total costs. The cancer incidence was calculated from lifetime attributable risk curves based on linear risk assumptions. RESULTS: The selected clinics included 109,686 patients, and 1369 mandibular third molars had been surgically removed. Using data from Statistics Denmark gave an estimated annual number of removed mandibular third molars of 36,882 at a total cost of €6,633,400. The additional cancer incidence was estimated to be approximately 0.46 per year. CONCLUSIONS: The data should be used in a cost-effectiveness analysis of the clinical efficacy of CBCT imaging before removal of mandibular third molars.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Tomografía Computarizada de Haz Cónico / Tercer Molar Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Health_economic_evaluation / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Dentomaxillofac Radiol Año: 2015 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Dinamarca

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Tomografía Computarizada de Haz Cónico / Tercer Molar Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Health_economic_evaluation / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Dentomaxillofac Radiol Año: 2015 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Dinamarca