ArticleBMC oral health2025
Accuracy and reliability of a three-dimensional superimposition method for maxillary jaws and dentition.
Article in BMC oral health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Clinical Outcomes of Sequential Distalization with Clear Aligners: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Effect of Fiducial Marker Design (Shape, Size, and Configuration) on the Trueness and Precision of CBCT Marker-Geometry Reproduction for CBCT-Intraoral Scan Registration: An In Vitro Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Digital and tomographic identification of risk indicators for gingival recession in the mandibular anterior region: A cross-sectional study.Journal of periodontology · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to develop a method for three-dimensional (3D) superimposition of the maxillary jaws and dentition using Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and intraoral scan data, and to evaluate its accuracy and reliability. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study included 32 adult patients with Angle Class II malocclusion who underwent clear aligner therapy (CAT). The patients were categorized into two groups: Group 1 (TMEM: Third Molar Extraction Management group), including 16 individuals who had undergone maxillary third molar extraction prior to treatment. Group 2 (RMEM: Retained Maxillary Third Molar group), consisting of 16 patients who retained their maxillary third molars throughout the treatment period. CBCT scans and intraoral scan data were obtained at pre-treatment and post-treatment stages. Voxel-based superimposition and surface-based alignment techniques were applied to register the CBCT images before and after treatment. Subsequently, the digitized maxillary dentition model from intraoral scans was integrated with the CBCT dataset. Image alignment was performed, and its accuracy was verified. The precision and reliability of both alignment methods were systematically evaluated.
resultsThe measurement results revealed that the average alignment accuracy of the CBCT images before and after treatment was 0.52 ± 0.03 mm (0.52 ± 0.03 mm in the TMEM group and 0.53 ± 0.03 mm in the RMEM group, the difference between the two groups was not significant, p = 0.782, p > 0.05), while the average alignment accuracy of the intraoral scan model integrated onto the CBCT images was 0.20 ± 0.02 mm (0.20 ± 0.01 mm in the TMEM group and 0.20 ± 0.01 mm in the RMEM group, the difference between the two groups was not significant, p = 0.551, p > 0.05). All registration methods demonstrated excellent inter-examiner reproducibility within each group (ICC > 0.9).
conclusionThis study identified a reproducible and reliable method for 3D superimpose of the maxillary jaw and dentition before and after orthodontic treatment. This method can be used to assess changes in the position of the maxillary dentition and jaw morphology following orthodontic treatment.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.