Assessment of the intrasinusidal volume before and after maxillary sinus augmentation using mri - a pilot study of eight patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the suitability, accuracy, and reliability of a non-invasive 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging technique (3 T-MRI) for the visualization of maxillary sinus grafts in comparison to conventional, X-ray-based, established standard imaging techniques.

Methods

A total of eight patients with alveolar bone atrophy who required surgical sinus floor augmentation in the course of dental implantation were included in this pilot study. Alongside pre-operative cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), 3 T-MRI was performed before and 6 months after sinus floor augmentation. Two investigators measured the maxillary sinus volume preoperatively and after bone augmentation.

Results

In all cases, MRI demonstrated accurately the volumes of

SUBMITTER: Flick K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10823631 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature