Research Article

REASONS OF DENTAL VOLUMETRIC TOMOGRAPHY REQUESTS IN A FACULTY OF DENTISTRY

Volume: 25 Number: Supplement March 25, 2022
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REASONS OF DENTAL VOLUMETRIC TOMOGRAPHY REQUESTS IN A FACULTY OF DENTISTRY

Abstract

ABSTRACT Objectives: Examining the reasons for the request of Dental Volumetric Tomography (DVT) by physicians may be beneficial in terms of improving the technique by determining the usage areas in dentistry faculties. The aim of this study is to examine the causes of DVT requests in patients who applied to the faculty of dentistry, and the distribution of these requests according to department, age and gender. Material and Methods: In this study, Dental Volumetric Tomography (Veraviewapocs 3D R100 (J. Morita Corp., Kyoto, Japan)) request forms of 1571 patients between 2016-2019, taken at the Department of Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology of the Faculty of Dentistry of Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, were retrospectively analyzed. The age and gender of the patients included in the study, the reasons for requesting DVT and the departments requesting DVT were recorded. Chi-square test was applied on the obtained data to evaluate the relationship between descriptive statistics and reasons for desire age and gender. SPSS 22.0 Package Data Program (SPSS 22.0 Software Package Program, Inc.. Chicago, IL, ABD) was used as statistical software in the study. Results: Of the 1571 patients included in the study, 836 were female and 735 were male, and the mean age was 40.44±0.624 and 39.93±0.683 respectively. Considering the reasons for the DVT request of the patients included in the study, it is seen that the most requests were made for the evaluation of pre-operative implant planning (29.5%), the lesion (20.6%), and the third molar (11.6%) impacted in the mandible, respectively. In addition to these, a total of 26 different causes of DVT were identified, such as TMJ, sinus and trauma evaluations. When we look at the relationship between the reasons for the request and gender in the whole patient group, a significant difference was found compared to the chi-square test. (p<0.05) Conclusions: With the use of DVT in dentistry, its diagnosis and diagnosis capacity has started to develop rapidly. DVT, which enables three-dimensional imaging, enables the evaluation of anatomical structures in the head and neck region with its high resolution capacity. The use of Dental Volumetric Tomography in dentistry is increasing day by day due to its advantages such as giving clear images in terms of radiographically and examining the obtained sections from different angles.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 25, 2022

Submission Date

November 18, 2021

Acceptance Date

February 17, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 25 Number: Supplement

EndNote
Geduk G, Haylaz E (March 1, 2022) REASONS OF DENTAL VOLUMETRIC TOMOGRAPHY REQUESTS IN A FACULTY OF DENTISTRY. Cumhuriyet Dental Journal 25 Supplement 13–18.

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