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. 2012 Mar 1;17(2):e218-22.
doi: 10.4317/medoral.17475.

Evaluation of enamel pearls by cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)

N Akgül  1 , F Caglayan, N Durna, M-A Sümbüllü, H-M Akgül, D Durna
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Evaluation of enamel pearls by cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)

N Akgül et al. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. .

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of enamel pearls according to population, sex and tooth groups on Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) or Dental Volumetric Tomography (DVT) scans of patients, retrospectively.

Study design: In this study, 15185 teeth belonging to 768 patients, 430 female and 338 male, was performed cross-sectional examination by CBCT. The volumetric Computed Tomography used in the study is Newton FP based on flat-panel. The data were analyzed with Pearson chi-squared test.

Results: Enamel pearls were detected in 36 subjects (4.69%). Of these enamel pearls, 19 were detected in male and 17 were in male. There was no statistically a significant association between prevalence of enamel pearls and sex. All of enamel pearls were detected in molar teeth, for prevalence 0.83%.

Conclusion: All of enamel pearls are found upper and lower molar teeth, especially the most commonly in maxillary second and third molars.

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