Feasibility analysis of digital method for measuring supracrestal tissue height crest around implant

doi:10.7518/hxkq.2023.2023089

Abstract

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Objective This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of measuring the soft tissue height of bone cristae around implant by digital method. Methods A total of 36 patients with dental implants were selected from the Dental Medicine Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (Anhui Provincial Hospital) from August 2022 to December 2022. A total of 43 dental implants were enrolled. All postoperative cone beam CT (CBCT) imaging data and intraoral digital impressions obtained before surgery were immediately obtained by the patients on the day of completion of oral implant surgery and they were imported into oral implant surgery planning software for image fitting. Then, virtual implants of the same specification were placed in the planting area, and the implant position was adjusted to overlap with the implant shadow in the CBCT image. Supracrestal tissue height (STH) was measured at the implant view interface (digital group). During the operation, implant holes were prepared step by step in accordance with the standard preparation method, and implants were implanted. The upper edge of the implant was flushed with the crest of the alveolar ridge. STH was measured by perio-dontal probing (periodontal probe group). Paired t-test was used to compare the STH differences between the digital and periodontal probe groups. Bland-Altman test was used to analyze the consistency of the two methods. Intra-group correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to verify the reliability of the results measured by different surveyors using di-gital methods. Results No statistical significance was observed in the STH difference between the two methods (P>0.05). Bland-Altman test showed good consistency between the two methods, but the measurement of mandibular posterior teeth showed that the results of periodontal probe were greater than those of digital method. The ICC and 95%CI of the STH results measured digitally by different surveyors are 0.992 (0.986-0.996). Conclusion The digital me-thod is in good agreement with the periodontal probe method in measuring the soft tissue height of the bone cristae around the implant.

Key words: digitization, supracrestal tissue height, cone beam CT

CLC Number:

R 783.6

Li Luxin, Liu Honghong, Chen Jia, Zhang Zhihong, Sang Xiao, Zhang Lili, Wang Yuantian.. Feasibility analysis of digital method for measuring supracrestal tissue height crest around implant[J]. West China Journal of Stomatology, 2023, 41(4): 426-433.

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组别	颊侧	舌侧	近中	远中
数字化方法测量组	2.26±1.02	2.54±0.89	3.00±0.94	2.79±0.91
牙周探诊测量组	2.24±1.17	2.59±1.34	2.91±1.15	2.72±1.22
t值	-0.127	0.425	-1.060	-0.801
P值	0.899	0.673	0.295	0.427

组别	上牙	下牙	前牙	后牙
数字化方法测量组	3.19±1.19	2.41±0.80	3.71±1.42	2.56±0.90
牙周探诊测量组	3.15±1.33	2.36±0.87	4.00±1.73	2.47±0.93
t值	-0.346	-0.850	1.626	-1.460
P值	0.735	0.402	0.203	0.153

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