ArticleDento maxillo facial radiology2024
Identification and classification of pulp calcifications in posterior teeth according to dental condition using digital panoramic radiography and cone beam CT.
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- Associations Between Imaging-Detected Pulp Calcification and Systemic Diseases: A Systematic Review, Thematic Analysis, and Meta-Analysis.International endodontic journal · 2026Pooled it
- Pulp calcification and pulp canal obliteration: from biological mechanisms to contemporary clinical management and digital navigation.The Saudi dental journal · 2026Review
- Comparative Detection and Inter-Modality Agreement of Pulp Stones Using Digital Periapical Radiography and CBCT at Two Voxel Sizes: An Ex Vivo Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Advances in clinical and translational research in endodontics: A comprehensive overview.Brazilian dental journal · 2025Review
- Pulp calcification identification on cone beam computed tomography: an artificial intelligence pilot study.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Transfer learning models in the detection of pulp calcifications- A preliminary study.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchArticle
- Comparative evaluation of CNN architectures for detection of dental pulp calcifications on CBCT slices.Science progressArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare digital panoramic radiography (DPR) and cone beam CT (CBCT) in the detection and classification of pulp calcifications in posterior teeth in relation to tooth condition and its location.
methodsTwo hundred and fifty patients with simultaneous DPR and CBCT scans were selected from a dental image bank. For each posterior tooth, its condition was registered (healthy, restored, or decayed). The presence of calcifications was assessed and classified according to location (coronal or radicular) and type (total obliteration, partial obliteration, narrowing, and no calcification). Chi-square and McNemar tests were used to compare DPR and CBCT results, with a significance level of 5%. DPR diagnostic values were calculated using CBCT as reference.
resultsDecayed and restored teeth showed a significantly (P < .001) higher prevalence of pulp calcifications than healthy teeth in both imaging exams. There was a significant discrepancy between the imaging modalities in the identification of calcifications (P < .001), especially for radicular calcifications of maxillary teeth (DPR = 55.2%; CBCT = 30.9%). In the case of coronal calcifications, there was a greater discrepancy between CBCT and DPR in the mandibular teeth (10.7%) than in the maxillary teeth (7.7%). Overall, DPR presents higher sensitivity (0.855) than specificity (0.483) for pulp calcifications detection.
conclusionDPR considerably overestimates pulp calcifications in posterior teeth, as compared to CBCT. A higher prevalence of pulp calcifications is related to decayed and restored teeth.
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