Comprehensive peri-implant tissue evaluation with ultrasonography and cone-beam computed tomography: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the present study was to explore the feasibility of ultrasonography (US) for clinical imaging of peri-implant tissues.

Material and methods

Patients with ≥1 implant, a cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan, an US scan, and clinical photographs taken during the surgery were included. The crestal bone thickness (CBT) and facial bone level (FBL) were measured on both US and CBCT modalities, and direct FBL measurements were also made on clinical images. US measurements were compared with CBCT and direct readings.

Results

A total of eight implants from four patients were included. For FBL measurements, US and direct (r2 = 0.95) as well as US and CBCT (r2 = 0.85) were highly correlated, whereas CBCT correlated satisfactorily with the direct reading

SUBMITTER: Siqueira R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8266744 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature