Garlapati Komali, Babu D B Gandhi, Chaitanya Nallan C S K, Guduru Harika, Rembers Anusha, Soni Pratima
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Panineeya Mahavidyala Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
Pol J Radiol. 2017 May 4;82:248-251. doi: 10.12659/PJR.900864. eCollection 2017.
Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) has become a reliable adjunctive tool for both diagnosis and treatment planning in the field of dentistry. There are numerous advantages of CBCT over 2D imaging techniques (OPG). There is a need to evaluate the changing trend of preference and purpose of utilisation of these imaging modalities by dental practitioners. This study was carried out to evaluate and compare the purpose and preference of utilisation of CBCT and OPG by various dental practitioners in their clinical practice.
MATERIAL/METHODS: A retrospective, cross-sectional study was carried out on CBCT and OPG data of 620 different cases treated by different dental practitioners from imaging centres in the twin cities of Telangana (Hyderabad & Secunderabad). For comparisons, we used the Mann-Whitney U test (Z test).
The analysis of data showed that among the dental practitioners OPG was more commonly ordered by general dentists (31%) followed by prosthodontists (30%), whereas CBCT was more advocated by general dental practitioners (25%) followed by OMFS (23%). OPG preference was greater for fixed partial denture planning (FPD) 59%, whereas CBCT was highly preferred for implant planning 61%.
The present study showed that general dentists preferred OPG and CBCT compared to other dental practitioners, and OPG was advocated for FPD planning, whereas CBCT was advocated for implant planning. Moreover, and it was found that there had been a drastic increase in the preference of CBCT over OPG in recent times.
锥形束计算机断层扫描（CBCT）已成为牙科领域诊断和治疗计划的可靠辅助工具。与二维成像技术（全景片）相比，CBCT有诸多优势。有必要评估牙科从业者对这些成像方式的偏好变化趋势及使用目的。本研究旨在评估和比较不同牙科从业者在临床实践中使用CBCT和全景片的目的及偏好。
材料/方法：对来自特伦甘纳邦双城（海得拉巴和塞康德拉巴德）影像中心的不同牙科从业者治疗的620例不同病例的CBCT和全景片数据进行了回顾性横断面研究。为进行比较，我们使用了曼-惠特尼U检验（Z检验）。
数据分析表明，在牙科从业者中，全科牙医开具全景片的情况更为常见（31%），其次是口腔修复科医生（30%），而全科牙医对CBCT的推崇程度更高（25%），其次是口腔颌面外科医生（23%）。在固定局部义齿修复计划（FPD）方面，全景片的偏好率更高，为59%，而在种植计划方面，CBCT的首选率高达61%。
本研究表明，与其他牙科从业者相比，全科牙医更倾向于使用全景片和CBCT，全景片适用于FPD计划，而CBCT适用于种植计划。此外，还发现近年来CBCT相对于全景片的偏好急剧增加。
