Radiographic measurement of alveolar bone loss: a perspective in vitro.
In the present study, radiographs of a model simulating several degrees of alveolar bone height were taken at different vertical projection angles. Bone height was measured by three examiners utilizing a projection technique similar to that originally employed by Björn et al. (1966, 1969). Correlation coefficients of inter- and intra-examiner readings were found to be statistically significant. The 95% confidence interval of the mean deviation between the observed bone height and the true bone height was less than 5.5%. Further investigations are planned to determine whether this method of quantitating the information on radiographs exposed under various conditions is applicable in clinical practice.
D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008954:Models, Biological; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013223:Statistics as Topic