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. 2022 Feb 1;51(2):20210279.
doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20210279. Epub 2021 Sep 14.

Impact of cone beam CT on diagnosis of external cervical resorption: the severity of resorption assessed in periapical radiographs and cone beam CT. A prospective clinical study

Julie Suhr Villefrance  1 , Lise-Lotte Kirkevang  1 , Ann Wenzel  1 , Michael Væth  2 , Louise Hauge Matzen  1
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Impact of cone beam CT on diagnosis of external cervical resorption: the severity of resorption assessed in periapical radiographs and cone beam CT. A prospective clinical study

Julie Suhr Villefrance et al. Dentomaxillofac Radiol. .

Abstract

Objectives: To compare the severity of external cervical resorption (ECR) observed in periapical (PA) images and cone beam CT (CBCT) using the Heithersay classification system and pulp involvement; and to assess inter- and intraobserver reproducibility for three observers.

Methods: CBCT examination was performed in 245 teeth (in 190 patients, mean age 40 years, range 12-82) with ECR diagnosed in PA images. Three observers scored the severity of ECR using the Heithersay classification system (severity class 1-4) and pulp involvement (yes/no) in both PA images and CBCT. Percentage concordance and κ-statistics described observer variation in PA images and CBCT for both inter- and intraobserver reproducibility.

Results: For all three observers, the ECR score was the same in the two modalities in more than half of cases (average 59%; obs1: 54%, obs2: 63%, obs3: 61%). However, in 38% (obs1: 44%, obs2: 33%, obs3: 36%) of the cases, the observers scored more severe ECR in CBCT than in PA images (p < 0.001). The ECR score changed to a less severe score in CBCT only in 3% (obs1: 1%, obs2: 4%, obs3: 4%). For pulp involvement, 14% (obs1: 7%, obs2: 20%, obs3: 15%) of the cases changed from "no" in PA images to "yes" in CBCT. In general, κ values were higher for CBCT than for PA images for both the Heithersay classification score and pulp involvement.

Conclusions: ECR was generally scored as more severe in CBCT than PA images using the Heithersay classification and also more cases had pulp involvement in CBCT.

Keywords: Cone beam CT; Diagnostic efficacy; External cervical resorption.

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Figure 1.
Distribution of tooth type.
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A case with ECR in tooth 21, in which Heithersay class 3 was scored based on PA images (a, b) by two observers, while one observer scored class 4. (c, d) show CBCT sections in the coronal and sagittal plane. Based on CBCT, two observers changed to score 4, which was in accordance with the last observer. All observers scored “yes” for pulp involvement in both PA images and CBCT. CBCT, cone beam CT; ECR, external cervical resorption; PA, periapical.
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