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ArticleOral radiology2025

Accuracy of intraoral ultrasound to evaluate alveolar bone level: an ex vivo study in human cadavers.

Claudiu Corbea, Lawrence H Le, Neelambar R Kaipatur, Mengxun Li, Kim Cuong Nguyen, Giseon Heo, Carlos Alberto Figueredo, Paul W Major, Fabiana T Almeida

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Claudiu CorbeaSchool of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Lawrence H LeDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Neelambar R KaipaturSchool of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Mengxun LiDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Kim Cuong NguyenDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Giseon HeoSchool of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Carlos Alberto FigueredoSchool of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Paul W MajorSchool of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Fabiana T AlmeidaSchool of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. fabiana@ualberta.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-2088-4224

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objectivesThis study aimed to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of an intraoral ultrasound (US) device to evaluate alveolar bone by comparing it between different raters and to microCT (µCT) measurements.

methods38 teeth distributed across three human cadavers were prepared by placing two notches on the facial enamel surface. The maxillary and mandibular teeth were imaged with a custom-designed intraoral 20 MHz ultrasound and µCT with 0.03 mm voxel size. µCT was considered the reference standard for this study. For each sample, the distance from the inferior border of the most apical notch to the tip of the alveolar bone crest on the facial aspect of the teeth was measured from the US and µCT images. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and standard deviation were calculated.

resultsThe intra-examiner and inter-examiner reliability for both the µCT and US alveolar bone measurements were found to be excellent (intra-examiner ICC was 0.998 for µCT and 0.997 for US, inter-examiner ICC was 0.996 for µCT and between 0.947 and 0.950 for US). The accuracy of the US was found to be good compared to µCT (ICC between 0.885 and 0.894).

conclusionThe study demonstrated that intraoral ultrasound is highly reliable and accurate compared to the µCT reference standard for evaluating facial alveolar bone height.

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Alveolar ProcessCadaverHumansMaxillaMouthToothUltrasonographyAlveolar bonePeriodontiumUltrasonographyX-ray microtomography

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