Dental and Maxillofacial Cone Beam CT-High Number of Incidental Findings and Their Impact on Follow-Up and Therapy Management.

ABSTRACT: Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is increasingly used for dental and maxillofacial imaging. The occurrence of incidental findings has been reported, but clinical implications of these findings remain unclear. The study's aim was to identify the frequency and clinical impact of incidental findings in CBCT. A total of 374 consecutive CBCT examinations of a 3 year period were retrospectively evaluated for the presence, kind, and clinical relevance of incidental findings. In a subgroup of 54 patients, therapeutic consequences of CBCT incidental findings were queried from the referring physicians. A total of 974 incidental findings were detected, involving 78.6% of all CBCT, hence 2.6 incidental findings per CBCT. Of these, 38.6% were classified to require treatment, with an additional 25.2

SUBMITTER: Braun MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9139763 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature