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The dimensions of the facial alveolar bone at tooth sites with local pathologies: a retrospective cone-beam CT analysis

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Abstract

Objective

To assess the impact of various local pathologies on facial alveolar bone dimensions at tooth sites.

Materials and methods

Cone-beam computed tomography images of 60 patients were analyzed. Healthy teeth and teeth with local pathologies (i.e., endodontically treated, periodontally diseased teeth, and teeth with periapical lesions) were included. The thickness of the facial alveolar bone was measured at five locations: (1) the bone crest (W0), (2) 25% (W25), (3) 50% (W50), (4) 75% (W75) of the distance from the bone crest to the root apex (A), and (5) in the A region (W100). The results were considered statistically significant at p < 0.0008 (adjustment according to the statistical correction for multiple testing).

Results

A total of 1174 teeth (707 healthy and 467 with the local pathologies) were assessed. Periodontally diseased maxillary premolars and anterior teeth in the mandible in the W0 position, as well as maxillary molars in the W25 position, tended to have a lower facial bone thickness when compared to the healthy teeth (0.68 mm vs. 0.84 mm, p = 0.008; 0.47 mm vs. 0.55 mm, p = 0.004; and 1.27 mm vs. 1.72 mm; p = 0.009, respectively). In contrast, the observed tendency pointed towards thicker facial bone wall for the periodontally diseased mandibular anterior teeth in the W50 position (0.74 vs. 0.52, p = 0.001). Healthy maxillary molars tended to display a thicker facial alveolar bone compared to the teeth with local pathologies in the W25, W50, and W75 positions (p = 0.001, p = 0.005, and p = 0.004, respectively).

Conclusions

The present analysis has indicated that local pathologies are commonly associated with a compromised socket morphology.

Clinical relevance

The facial bone thickness was particularly reduced at periodontally diseased teeth, which may challenge implant therapy.

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  1. Department of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Carolinum Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7; Building 29, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Ausra Ramanauskaite, K. Becker & F. Schwarz

  2. Department of Oral Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Ausra Ramanauskaite & J. Becker

  3. Department of Orthodontics, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    K. Becker

  4. Private practice, Wuppertal, Germany

    H. C. Kassira

  5. Department for Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Medical Center of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 29, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    R. Sader

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Ramanauskaite, A., Becker, K., Kassira, H.C. et al. The dimensions of the facial alveolar bone at tooth sites with local pathologies: a retrospective cone-beam CT analysis. Clin Oral Invest 24, 1551–1560 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-019-03057-x

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