title: Presurgical evaluation for dental implants using a reformatting program of computed tomography: maxilla/mandible shape pattern analysis (MSPA).
abstract: A new analysis technique that provides a shape pattern of the maxilla or mandible is described. This technique uses a software program of computed tomography multiplanar reformation (CT/MPR). The successive cross-sectional images obtained by the CT/MPR are numbered, and the height and width of the maxilla and mandible at each of these cross-sectional images at specified levels are measured. The measured height and width are plotted against the number of the cross-section. This technique, termed maxilla/mandible shape pattern analysis (MSPA), creates an easy profile of the shape of the maxilla and mandible, and it enhances treatment planning for the placement of dental implants.
authors: Mt Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Shimura
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Babbush
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Majima
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Yanagisawa
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Sairenji
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed