ArticleOral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology2022
Ultrasonographic evaluation of edentulous crestal bone topography: A proof-of-principle retrospective study.
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- Are dental magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography techniques reliable alternatives for treatment planning dental implants? A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of implant dentistry · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical outcomes of using operating microscope for alveolar ridge preservation: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of periodontology · 2025Trial
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- Diagnostic Applications of Ultrasound Imaging in Dental Implantology: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Ultrasonography-Guided Dental Implant Surgery: A Feasibility Study.Clinical implant dentistry and related research · 2025Article
- Ultrasound-based jawbone surface quality evaluation after alveolar ridge preservation.Journal of periodontology · 2024Article
- Assessment of periodontal dehiscence and fenestration using ultrasonography and cone-beam computed tomography: an in vitro study.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Preliminary Experience in Transducer Preparation for Intraoral Imaging.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2023Article
- Overview of Ultrasound in Dentistry for Advancing Research Methodology and Patient Care Quality with Emphasis on Periodontal/Peri-implant Applications.Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik · 2023Review
- A miniaturized ultrasound transducer for monitoring full-mouth oral health: a preliminary study.Dento maxillo facial radiology · 2023Article
- Posterior photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging of the periodontal pocket with a compact intraoral transducer.Photoacoustics · 2022Article
- High-resolution ultrasonography of gingival biomarkers for periodontal diagnosis in healthy and diseased subjects.Dento maxillo facial radiology · 2022Article
- Photoacoustic imaging of posterior periodontal pocket using a commercial hockey-stick transducer.Journal of biomedical optics · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveEdentulous crestal bone ridge assessment, an essential task for planning of implant and bone regenerative procedures, is performed through radiographs. Ultrasonography, providing point of care and cross-sectional images without radiation, could be an adjunct for this purpose. The aim was to investigate the feasibility of ultrasound (US) in assessing bone ridge width (BRW) and crestal bone surface quality (CBSQ) compared with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). STUDY
designRecords of patients who were planned for implant placement in at least 1 healed edentulous ridge space with available CBCT and US images were included. The BRWs at 1, 2, and 3 mm from the crest were measured and compared. The CBSQ agreement evaluated using a 3-tier grading system was calculated.
resultsA total of 45 sites were included. The mean correlation of BRW was 0.97. The mean BRW differences ranged from 0.048 mm (95% confidence interval, -0.69 to 0.78 mm) at the 1-mm level to 0.18 mm (95% confidence interval, -0.92 to 1.3 mm) at the 3-mm level. There was a 91% agreement in CBSQ between the 2 methods.
conclusionsPreliminary data with a limited clinical sample size suggested that US is feasible in evaluating crestal BRW and surface quality assessment compared with CBCT.
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