Comparative study of the reliability and accuracy of anterior tooth root angulation measurements in lateral skull tele-radiography and CBCT from an image bank of the faculty of dentistry of the University of Cuenca

Paula Daniela Arévalo Vintimilla, Adriana Lucia Cajamarca Farez * and Belén Estefanía Sanmartín Zhunio

Student of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(02), 444–452
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.2.0140
 
Publication history: 
Received on 13 December 2022; revised on 22 January 2023; accepted on 25 January 2023
 
Abstract: 
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to compare the reliability and accuracy of central incisor root angulation measurements performed by two different methods: CBCT and lateral skull teleradiography.
Materials and methods: The inclination angle in the vestibule-lingual direction of the upper and lower central incisor of 40 patients was measured by lateral skull teleradiography and CBCT and used excel 2016.
Results: The angulation of anterior tooth roots presented a statistically significant difference in the measurements performed in the lateral skull teleradiography and CBCT (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Measurements of the vestibule­lingual inclination of the upper and lower central incisors performed on CBCT showed greater efficacy and reliability compared to measurements taken on TeleRx. 
 
Keywords: 
Lateral skull teleradiography; CBCT; Root angulation; Reliability
 
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