Evaluation of the accuracy of a simplified hybrid method versus the traditional digital method for measuring palatal volume.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to compare a direct conventional 3D digital technique vis a vis a hybrid method in measuring palatal volume.

Materials and methods

Thirty maxillary casts were obtained from the records of patients undergoing orthodontic treatment and pre-conceived boundaries of the palatal vault were marked. Sample was categorised into Group I (Volume estimation using CBCT scan) and Group II (Volume estimation using hybrid method). Estimation of the palatal volume in this study involved filling the volume of interest in the palate with gypsum (Type IV) stone material and carefully carving according to the boundaries and anatomy. This positive reproduction of the palatal space was safely retrieved and then scanned in the NewTom GiANO HR Cone Beam Imaging setup. The

SUBMITTER: Rana SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11629331 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature