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Volume 7 Issue 5 (May, 2019)

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Digital Panoramic radiography for implant planning- Quick and Simple method
Sagar Ashok Khairnar, Swati Kharat, Pritesh Gangde, Rajat Bajaj, Monica Mahajania, Amruta Khadse

Aim & Objectives: To assess the accuracy of vertical height measurements on direct digital panoramic radiographs. Material & methods: 10 dry adult human hemi-mandibles were taken. Acrylic templates were prepared on mandibles with wax layer below it as a soft tissue simulator. Metal balls were embedded in acrylic templates as a reference object. Digital panoramic radiographs of mandibles with acrylic template were taken. Radiological length of metal ball and vertical alveolar bone height was measured on imaging software with mouse driven calliper. The magnification factor was calculated at the given site by dividing the actual diameter of the object by the diameter measured on the radiographic image. Actual bone height directly measured by sectioning of dry hemi-mandibles at marked site. Radiological (ABH1) and actual measurements (ABH2) were compared and data was statistically analysed. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between two groups (ABH1 & ABH2) found (p=0.86). Conclusion: In conclusion vertical measurements had acceptable accuracy and reproducibility when software based calibrated measurement tool used, Confirming that digital panoramic radiography can be reliably utilised to determine the pre-operative implant length in molar mandibular segment. Hence using this simple and quick method the real bone height can be arythmatically evaluated.
Key words: Panoramic radiography,  implant imaging,  Digital panoramic radiography,  implant planning.

Received: 23 January, 2019                             Revised: 29 March, 2019                  Accepted: 30 March, 2019

Corresponding Author: Dr. Sagar Ashok Khairnar, Assistant professor, Dept of Oral Medicine & Radiology, YCMM & RDF'S Dental College & Hospital, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India;

This article may be cited as: Khairnar SA, Kharat S, Gangde P, Bajaj R, Mahajania M, Khadse A. Digital Panoramic radiography for implant planning: Quick and Simple method.  J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(5): 95-98.

 
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