ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023
Utility of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography in the Detection of Low Bone Mass-A Systematic Review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative Diagnostic Performance of Cone Beam Computed Tomography and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry for Low Bone Density Assessment. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2026Pooled it
- Alveolar bone heterogeneity during aging: a cone-beam CT based assessment of alveolar bone in tooth loss patients.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Comprehensive assessment of primary and secondary low bone mass using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and cone beam CT-a cross-sectional study.Dento maxillo facial radiology · 2025Article
- The Early Detection of Osteoporosis Through the Measurement of Hard Palate Thickness (HPT) Using Dental Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT): A New Indicator for Osteoporosis?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Post-Extraction Bone Changes in Molars Within Personalized Implant-Prosthetic Therapy as Evaluated with Fractal Analysis of CBCT.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- The assessment of bone health in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis; comparison of different imaging-based methods.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2024Article
- The Value of Mandibular Indices on Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Secondary Causes of Low Bone Mass.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The Utility of Radiomorphometric Mandibular Indices on Cone Beam Computer Tomography in the Assessment of Bone Mass in Postmenopausal Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Analysis of Gingival Fibroblasts Behaviour in the Presence of 3D-Printed versus Milled Methacrylate-Based Dental Resins-Do We Have a Winner?Journal of functional biomaterials · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionCone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is widely used in the preoperative qualitative and quantitative assessment of dental implant sites, offering dimensional accuracy, spatial resolution, gray density, and contrast comparable to those of classical CT scan, yet with disputable ability to determine bone mass density. MATERIALS AND
methodsA systematic review of the literature was performed using the PubMed and SCOPUS databases, with terms referring to low bone mass and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
resultsSixteen studies were included in the review. The results show different perspectives, but the evidence favors the use of CBCT, combined with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry bone density scan (DXA) evaluation, for the assessment of the osteoporosis status of the aging population and, more specifically, in postmenopausal women. Radiographic density (RD) values of the dens and the left part of the first cervical vertebra show the strongest correlation coefficients and the highest sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for predicting osteoporosis (OP) in the lumbar vertebrae and the femoral neck.
conclusionsOur review suggests the potential of CBCT as a screening tool for patients with low bone mass using different radiomorphometric indices. Linear measurements of the inferior mandibular cortex were lower in osteoporotic individuals, indicating the perspective of CBCT also as a diagnostic tool for this disease.
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