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ArticleJMIRx med2024

Dental Tissue Density in Healthy Children Based on Radiological Data: Retrospective Analysis.

Aleksey Reshetnikov, Natalia Shaikhattarova, Margarita Mazurok, Nadezhda Kasatkina

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Aleksey Reshetnikov *Department of Oral Surgery, Resto Dental Clinic Ltd, Izhevsk, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0002-8710-9724
Natalia Shaikhattarova *Department of Oral Surgery, Resto Dental Clinic Ltd, Izhevsk, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0002-5688-0022
Margarita Mazurok *Department of Oral Surgery, Resto Dental Clinic Ltd, Izhevsk, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0001-9294-8891
Nadezhda KasatkinaDepartment of Dentistry, Lobachevsky State University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0002-4458-7937

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Abstract

Background: Information about the range of Hounsfield values for healthy teeth tissues could become an additional tool in assessing dental health and could be used, among other data, for subsequent machine learning. Objective: The purpose of our study was to determine dental tissue densities in Hounsfield units (HU). Methods: The total sample included 36 healthy children (n=21, 58% girls and n=15, 42% boys) aged 10-11 years at the time of the study. The densities of 320 teeth tissues were analyzed. Data were expressed as means and SDs. The significance was determined using the Student (1-tailed) t test. The statistical significance was set at P<.05. Results: The densities of 320 teeth tissues were analyzed: 72 (22.5%) first permanent molars, 72 (22.5%) permanent central incisors, 27 (8.4%) second primary molars, 40 (12.5%) tooth germs of second premolars, 37 (11.6%) second premolars, 9 (2.8%) second permanent molars, and 63 (19.7%) tooth germs of second permanent molars. The analysis of the data showed that tissues of healthy teeth in children have different density ranges: enamel, from mean 2954.69 (SD 223.77) HU to mean 2071.00 (SD 222.86) HU; dentin, from mean 1899.23 (SD 145.94) HU to mean 1323.10 (SD 201.67) HU; and pulp, from mean 420.29 (SD 196.47) HU to mean 183.63 (SD 97.59) HU. The tissues (enamel and dentin) of permanent central incisors in the mandible and maxilla had the highest mean densities. No gender differences concerning the density of dental tissues were reliably identified. Conclusions: The evaluation of Hounsfield values for dental tissues can be used as an objective method for assessing their densities. If the determined densities of the enamel, dentin, and pulp of the tooth do not correspond to the range of values for healthy tooth tissues, then it may indicate a pathology.

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