Measurability and reliability of assessments of root length and marginal bone level in cone beam CT and intraoral radiography: a study of adolescents.

CONCLUSIONS:: As measurability and reliability were high for root length measurements in CBCT, this may be the method of choice for scientific analyses in orthodontics. For clinical praxis, we recommend PA following the "as low as diagnostically acceptable" principle, as clinical decisions seem to be influenced only when severe root resorption occurs.
PMID: 30794436 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Dentomaxillofacial Radiology - February 24, 2019 Category: Radiology Tags: Dentomaxillofac Radiol Source Type: research