Khojastepour Leila, Bronoosh Pegah, Khosropanah Shahdad, Rahimi Elham
Associated Professor, Department of Oral Radiology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Radiology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
J Dent (Tehran). 2013 Sep;10(5):456-60. Epub 2013 Sep 30.
To report the association of pulp calcification with that of cardiovascular disease (CVD) using digital panoramic dental radiographs.
Digital panoramic radiographs of patients referred from the angiography department were included if the patient was under 55 years old and had non-restored or minimally restored molars and canines. An oral and maxillofacial radiologist evaluated the images for pulpal calcifications in the selected teeth. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of panoramic radiography in predicting CVD were calculated.
Out of 122 patients who met the criteria, 68.2% of the patients with CVD had pulp chamber calcifications. Pulp calcification in panoramic radiography had a sensitivity of 68.9% to predict CVD.
This study demonstrates that patients with CVD show an increased incidence of pulp calcification compared with healthy patients. The findings suggest that pulp calcification on panoramic radiography may have possibilities for use in CVD screening.
使用数字化全景牙科X线片报告牙髓钙化与心血管疾病（CVD）之间的关联。
纳入血管造影科转诊患者的数字化全景X线片，患者年龄在55岁以下，且磨牙和尖牙未修复或修复程度最低。口腔颌面放射科医生评估所选牙齿的牙髓钙化图像。计算全景X线摄影预测CVD的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值。
在122名符合标准的患者中，68.2%的CVD患者存在牙髓腔钙化。全景X线摄影中牙髓钙化预测CVD的敏感性为68.9%。
本研究表明，与健康患者相比，CVD患者牙髓钙化的发生率更高。研究结果表明，全景X线片上的牙髓钙化可能有用于CVD筛查的可能性。
