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Volume 26 , Issue 6
November/December 2006
Pages 607-612

Three-Dimensional Display with Quantitative Analysis in Alveolar Bone Resorption Using Cone-Beam Computerized Tomography for Dental Use: A Preliminary Study

Munetaka Naitoh, DDS, PhD / Shohzoh Yamada, DDS, PhD / Toshihide Noguchi, DDS, PhD / Eiichiro Ariji, DDS, PhD / Jiro Nagao, MS / Kensaku Mori, PhD / Takayuki Kitasaka, PhD / Yasuhito Suenaga, PhD

PMID: 17243334
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0720

The current study used advanced three-dimensional (3-D) images with quantitative information to show the bottom of an intrabony defect. The 3-D data were corrected by means of a compact computerized tomography unit for dental use using a cone-beam method (3DX, Morita). 3-D images at the bottom of the intrabony defect in which the distance between the surface of the tooth and bone reached 0.5 mm were combined to provide a reconstructed image of the entire defect. Advanced 3-D images with quantitative information to show the bottom of an intrabony defect can display visually and in three dimensions the depth of an intrabony defect all around a tooth. Moreover, the distance between the cementoenamel junction and the bottom of an intrabony defect can be measured automatically using this technique. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2006;26:607–612.)

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