Valuate The Accuracy Of Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Imaging Of Furcation Involvement In Periodontal Diseases: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis

Abstract

Background and aim: The aim of current systematic review and meta-analysis study was evaluate the accuracy of cone-beam computed tomographic imaging of alveolar bone level and furcation involvement in periodontal diseases.

Methods: From the electronic databases, PubMed, Scopus, LILACS, Web of Science, EBSCO, LIVIVO, and Embase have been used to perform a systematic literature over the last five years between 2016 and September 2021. Mean differences with 95% confidence interval (CI), fixed effect model and Inverse-variance method were calculated. The Meta analysis have been evaluated with the statistical software Stata/MP v.16 (The fastest version of Stata).

Results: 451 studies were selected to review the abstracts, the full text of 50 studies was reviewed. Finally, eleven studies were selected. Mean difference of Alveolar bone level between CBCT measurement and control group was -0.22 mm (MD, -0.22mm 95% CI -0.49mm, 0.05mm. P= 0.11). The CBCT versus intrasurgical furcation measurements were 2.18 ± 0.86 mm and 2.30 ± 0.89 mm for furcation height.

Conclusions: Most of the findings of the studies indicate that CBCT measurements are similar to intra-surgical alveolar bone measurements and no significant difference was observed in their findings.