Ultrasound Crestal Bone Topography of Edentulous Ridges

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ultrasonography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04487379

HUM00183733

Details and patient eligibility

About

A successful implant surgery primarily relies on a prudent evaluation of oral anatomy and meticulous treatment planning. Additionally, of paramount importance that dictates the types of procedures, material selection and ultimately success of implant surgery is the quality and quantity of the edentulous ridge. Ultrasound imaging (US), another cross-sectional imaging modality, has been extensively used in the medical diagnostics field. The ability of ultrasound to image soft tissue-bone interface makes it particularly promising for studying bone ridge width and crestal bone topography. Therefore, this retrospective human study aimed to compare bone width measurements between US and CBCT. This study also investigated the possible correlation between the crestal bone surface quality imaged by US and CBCT.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient records at the Graduate Periodontal Clinic
• With both US and CBCT scans taking within 3 months between each other from Jan 2016 to Mar 2020
• These images had to include at least one edentulous ridge at the anterior, premolar or molar site.
• Multiple sites in a given patient may be included.

Trial design

28 participants in 1 patient group

Group with edentulous ridge

Description:

This group had edentulous ridge planning to receive a dental implant and had ultrasound and cone-beam computed tomography images of the ridge.