Abhishek Ranjan Pati1, Vijayalakshmi K R2, Sanat Kumar Bhuyan3, Rajat G Panigrahi4, Smita R Priyadarshini1, Satyaranjan Misra5, Chandravir Singh6. 1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, SOA University, Room No 101, IDS & SUM Hospital , K-8, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India . 2. Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Govt Dental College and Research Institute , Fort, City Bangalore, Karnataka, India . 3. Professor and Head of Department, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, SOA University , Room No 101, IDS & SUM Hospital, K-8, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India . 4. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, SOA University , Room No 101, IDS & SUM Hospital, K-8, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India . 5. Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, SOA University, Room No 101, IDS & SUM Hospital , K-8, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India . 6. Senior Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences , New Delhi, India .
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The identification and radiographic interpretation of periapical bone lesions is important for accurate diagnosis and treatment. The present study was undertaken to study the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of colour coded digital radiographs in terms of presence and size of lesion and to compare the diagnostic accuracy of colour coded digital images with direct digital images and conventional radiographs for assessing periapical lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty human dry cadaver hemimandibles were obtained and periapical lesions were created in first and second premolar teeth at the junction of cancellous and cortical bone using a micromotor handpiece and carbide burs of sizes 2, 4 and 6. After each successive use of round burs, a conventional, RVG and colour coded image was taken for each specimen. All the images were evaluated by three observers. The diagnostic accuracy for each bur and image mode was calculated statistically. RESULTS: Our results showed good interobserver (kappa > 0.61) agreement for the different radiographic techniques and for the different bur sizes. Conventional Radiography outperformed Digital Radiography in diagnosing periapical lesions made with Size two bur. Both were equally diagnostic for lesions made with larger bur sizes. Colour coding method was least accurate among all the techniques. CONCLUSION: Conventional radiography traditionally forms the backbone in the diagnosis, treatment planning and follow-up of periapical lesions. Direct digital imaging is an efficient technique, in diagnostic sense. Colour coding of digital radiography was feasible but less accurate however, this imaging technique, like any other, needs to be studied continuously with the emphasis on safety of patients and diagnostic quality of images.
OBJECTIVES: The identification and radiographic interpretation of periapical bone lesions is important for accurate diagnosis and treatment. The present study was undertaken to study the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of colour coded digital radiographs in terms of presence and size of lesion and to compare the diagnostic accuracy of colour coded digital images with direct digital images and conventional radiographs for assessing periapical lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty human dry cadaver hemimandibles were obtained and periapical lesions were created in first and second premolar teeth at the junction of cancellous and cortical bone using a micromotor handpiece and carbide burs of sizes 2, 4 and 6. After each successive use of round burs, a conventional, RVG and colour coded image was taken for each specimen. All the images were evaluated by three observers. The diagnostic accuracy for each bur and image mode was calculated statistically. RESULTS: Our results showed good interobserver (kappa > 0.61) agreement for the different radiographic techniques and for the different bur sizes. Conventional Radiography outperformed Digital Radiography in diagnosing periapical lesions made with Size two bur. Both were equally diagnostic for lesions made with larger bur sizes. Colour coding method was least accurate among all the techniques. CONCLUSION: Conventional radiography traditionally forms the backbone in the diagnosis, treatment planning and follow-up of periapical lesions. Direct digital imaging is an efficient technique, in diagnostic sense. Colour coding of digital radiography was feasible but less accurate however, this imaging technique, like any other, needs to be studied continuously with the emphasis on safety of patients and diagnostic quality of images.
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Conventional radiography; Digital radiography; Periapical lesions
Authors: R Nomoto; A Mishima; K Kobayashi; J F McCabe; B W Darvell; D C Watts; Y Momoi; S Hirano Journal: Dent Mater Date: 2007-10-17 Impact factor: 5.304