Evaluation of the effect of amalgam fillings on the diagnosis of proximal caries using cone-beam computed tomography technique.

Mehrdad Abdinian, Mohadeseh Sharifi, Kioumars Tavakoli Tafti

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Mehrdad AbdinianDepartment of Maxillofacial Radiology, Dental Implants Center, Radiology Research Committee, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Mohadeseh SharifiDepartment of Maxillofacial Radiology, Dental Implants Center, Radiology Research Committee, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Kioumars Tavakoli TaftiStudents' Research Committee, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

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Background: Diagnosis of dental caries using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) may be hindered due to several introduced and inherent artifacts. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of amalgam fillings on the accuracy of diagnosis of proximal caries in CBCT. Materials and Methods: In this Results: The result sensitivity and specificity of CBCT imaging in the first group of images before placement of the restored teeth were 0.96 and 0.36, respectively. In the second group of images after placement of the restored teeth, these values were 0.78 and 0.18, respectively. Moreover, statistical analysis showed that there is a good agreement in interproximal caries diagnosis between histopathologic and CBCT imaging findings without placement of amalgam restorations ( Conclusion: Diagnosis of proximal caries using CBCT is not an efficient method where there are amalgam restorations adjacent to the suspected teeth.

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