March, 2008, Vol. 10, No. 1

CONTENTS

REVIEWS

Microorganisms in root canal infections: a review
Vytaute Peciuliene, Rasmute Maneliene, Estera Balcikonyte, Saulius Drukteinis, Vygandas Rutkunas
4 -9

Maxillary complete denture outcome with two-implant supported mandibular overdentures. A systematic review
Vygandas Rutkunas, Hiroshi Mizutani, Vytaute Peciuliene, Ruta Bendinskaite, Tomas Linkevicius
10 -15

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Antibacterial potential of contemporary dental luting cements
Povilas Daugela, Rimantas Oziunas, Gediminas Zekonis
16 -21

Papilla Preservation Technique combined with Emdogain® in the treatment of intrabony defects: a novel treatment regimen for chronic periodontitis
Asta Miliauskaite, Denis Selimovic, Mohamed Hassan, Futami Nagano, Martine Soell, Hidehiko Sano, Alina Puriene
22 -26

REVIEWS

Biologic Width Around Implants. An Evidence-Based Review
Tomas Linkevicius, Peteris Apse
27-35

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Observer performance based on marginal bone tissue visibility in ScanoraÒ panoramic radiography and posterior bitewing radiography
Deimante Ivanauskaite, Christina Lindh, Madeleine Rohlin
36 -43

Comparative cephalometric study of Class II division 1 malocclusion between Lithuanian and Jordanian females
Baher Adli Bader, Arunas Vasiliauskas, Ahmad Salim Qadri
44 -48

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Observer performance based on marginal bone tissue visibility in Scanora® panoramic radiography and posterior bitewing radiography

Deimante Ivanauskaite, Christina Lindh, Madeleine Rohlin

Summary

Objectives. To evaluate image quality for marginal bone tissue assessment on panoramic radiographs taken with the Scanora dental programme and on posterior bitewing radiographs.

Methods. Panoramic and bitewing radiographs were taken of 96 patients. Six observers rated marginal bone level visibility as excellent, acceptable, or unacceptable. Five observers assessed image quality for detection of vertical bone defects and furcation involvements as acceptable or unacceptable. Observer agreement was calculated as overall agreement and kappa values.

Results. Image quality of 36% of the panoramic and 6% of the bitewing sites was rated unacceptable for marginal bone loss assessment in the maxillae while 8% of the panoramic and bitewing sites in the mandible were unacceptable. For detecting vertical bone defects, image quality was unacceptable at one-third of the maxillary sites and 5% of the mandibular sites on the panoramic radiographs. Detection of furcation involvement was acceptable at most sites on both types of radiographs. Kappa values for intra- and inter-observer agreement were higher for panoramic than for bitewing radiographs. The kappa value for marginal bone loss assessment by several observers was moderate (0.45) for panorama and fair (0.28) for bitewing radiography. Corresponding kappa values for detection of vertical bone defects were substantial (0.62) and fair (0.25).

Conclusion. Image quality as evaluated by visual grading analysis is adequate for marginal bone tissue assessment in mandibular molar and premolar regions and unacceptable in maxillary molar and premolar regions on panoramic radiographs taken with the Scanora technique compared to bitewing radiography.

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¹Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
²Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

Deimante Ivanauskaite¹ – D.D.S., M.D.S., Assist. Prof.
Christina Lindh² – D.D.S., Odont. Dr., Assoc. Prof.in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Madeleine Rohlin² – D.D.S., Odont. Dr., Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Hon. FRCS (Eng) Hon. Fellow Cardiff University

Address correspondence to Deimante Ivanauskaite, Institute of Odontology, Medical Faculty, Vilnius University, Zalgirio 115, LT – 08217 Vilnius, Lithuania.
E-mail: deimante.ivanauskaite@gmail.com, deimantei@one.lt