Reliability of Interproximal Bone Height Measurements in Bone- and Tissue-Level Implants: A Methodological Study for Improved Calibration Purposes.

CONCLUSION: Image quality, as well as the interpreter, influenced the measurements' reproducibility by prosthodontists. Bone height assessments at bone-level implants seem to be slightly more variable compared with tissue-level assessments; however, there were no significant differences. Specific guidelines on how to estimate DIB for calibration purposes in the case of suboptimal radiographic image quality and how to obtain optimal images need to be developed. The radiographic quality index for periapical imaging assessment is expected to be adopted in future studies.
PMID: 32142565 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants - March 7, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants Source Type: research