1Professor, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
2Post Graduate Student, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
3Professor and Head, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
4Associate Professor, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Pankaj Goyal, Post Graduate Student, Department of Periodontology, Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India Email: panku25goyal@gmail.com
Online published on 15 September, 2022.
Dental Implant treatment is widely regarded as a reliable treatment option to replace missing teeth, both for function and esthetics. Successful dental implant treatment requires accurate preoperative surgical planning.
This study included 20 patients. Initially, while planning for assessment of the length and width was done on the basis of Orthopantomagram (OPG) and final planning on Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) examination to complement diagnosis and later, comparison was made between the actual dimensions of the implants while doing surgery and with those obtained during initial and final planning.
20 patients were included and the accordance in implant length was 59.8% between initial and final planning and the correct forecast of the actual implant length was 59.8% and 100% and implant width ranged from 65.6% to 100%, using panoramic radiograph and cone-beam computed tomography exams, respectively. Paired t-test showed greater frequency of alterations in initial planning for implant length (p<0.005), but not for implant width (p=0.017).
It was concluded that cone-beam computed tomography improves the ability of predicting the actual implant length and reduces inaccuracy in surgical dental implant planning.
