title: [Investigation of accuracy of premolar length measured by cone beam CT in vivo].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of length measurement of in vivo teeth by using cone beam CT (CBCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Before orthodontic extraction, 109 vital premolars from 40 participants were scanned by using CBCT and reconstructed by using InVivoDental software. Buccal-lingual sectional images along the long axis of teeth were then acquired, and the crown, root, and tooth length were measured separately. After careful extraction and fixation, the corresponding length of the same tooth was measured by using a digital caliper. CBCT measurement accuracy was then verified by using physical measurements as reference.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CBCT and the physical method did not obtain significantly different measurements of the root, crown, and tooth length of experimental teeth (P=0.790, P=0.621, P=0.657, respectively), and the measurements were found to be consistent. The 95% limits of agreement of root, crown, and tooth length were -1.10 mm to 1.13 mm, -1.00 mm to 0.96 mm, and -1.00 mm to 1.05 mm, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The difference between CBCT and the physical method was not significant, and good consistency was shown. CBCT could be applied in noninvasive measurement of in vivo teeth.
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Conghua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xing-qi
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Qinhua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D006801:Humans; D014070:Tooth; D014092:Tooth Root