ArticleMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2021
Gray value measurement for the evaluation of local alveolar bone density around impacted maxillary canine teeth using cone beam computed tomography.
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- Permanent Canine Impaction: A Systematic Review of Incidence, Distribution, and Etiology.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of osseodensification in enhancing implant stability and ridge expansion in esthetic zone: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Odontology · 2026Trial
- Assessment of bone density around impacted maxillary canine teeth by gray value analysis on cone-beam computed tomography images.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Prevalence, extent and surrounding bone density of ankylosed impacted maxillary canines.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Evaluation of trabecular architecture and bone density in periradicular bone of dilacerated mandibular third molars: a cone beam computed tomography study.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- Three-dimensional assessment of the skeletal characteristics accompanying unilateral maxillary canine impaction: a retrospective cone-beam computed tomography study.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Assessment of the Trabecular Bone Microstructure Surrounding Impacted Maxillary Canines Using Fractal Analysis on Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Images.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comparison of Trabecular Bone in Impacted and Normal Erupted Unilateral Maxillary Canine Teeth Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography in Patients Scheduled for Orthodontic Treatment at the Universitas Airlangga Dental and Oral Hospital.Acta medica Philippina · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate whether any relationship between local alveolar bone density and maxillary canine impaction using gray values from cone beam computed tomography. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe cone beam computed tomography images of 151 patients were retrospectively evaluated. Maxillary canine was defined as an impacted tooth when root formation was complete and the patient's age older than 13 or the other side of the maxillary canine has completely erupted. Similarly, complete eruption was defined as the tooth in its expected occlusion and position. Using the cone beam computed tomography software, the region of interest which was 5 mm2 in area, was placed in the trabecular bone on cross sectional cone beam computed tomography images and the gray value measurements were recorded. After measuring the gray values of all the teeth, the images were grouped according to the field of view size. Comparison of the gray values of impacted and non-impacted teeth was made between images with the same field of view size.
resultsA total of 151 patients, 101 (66.9%) female and 50 (33.1%) male, were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 24.94 ±13.9. In images with a 40X40 field of view, the gray values of the impacted canine teeth were higher than the gray values of the non-impacted ones and statistically significant difference was found between them (p=0.003). However no statistically significant difference was found between the gray values of impacted and non-impacted canine teeth in 60x60 and 100x50 field of view (p=0.197, p=0.170, respectively).
conclusionsWe suggest using the smallest field of view size when evaluating bone density using gray values from cone beam computed tomography images and we support the idea that the local increased bone density may influence on impaction.
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