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Radiographic Ratios for Classifying Furcation Anatomy. Proposal of a New Evaluation Method and an Intra-Rater and Inter-Rater Operator Reliability Study

Version 1 : Received: 5 May 2022 / Approved: 6 May 2022 / Online: 6 May 2022 (13:50:48 CEST)

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Limiroli, E.; Calò, A.; Limiroli, A.; Cortinovis, I.; Rasperini, G. Radiographic Ratios for Classifying Furcation Anatomy: Proposal of a New Evaluation Method and an Intra-Rater and Inter-Rater Operator Reliability Study. Clinical Oral Investigations 2023, 27, 1541–1546, doi:10.1007/s00784-022-04774-6. Limiroli, E.; Calò, A.; Limiroli, A.; Cortinovis, I.; Rasperini, G. Radiographic Ratios for Classifying Furcation Anatomy: Proposal of a New Evaluation Method and an Intra-Rater and Inter-Rater Operator Reliability Study. Clinical Oral Investigations 2023, 27, 1541–1546, doi:10.1007/s00784-022-04774-6.

Abstract

Objectives: Few studies in literature evaluate the "mean measure" of root divergence. Most of them are linear measurements, they hardly describe the dental furcation conformation. It is left to the subjectivity of the operator deciding whether a furcation is convergent or divergent. The goal of this study is to create a visual evaluation method to overcome these problems giving a conformation of the entire interradicular space. Material and methods: A user-friendly software (Paint®, Windows10®) was used to measure endo-oral radiographs of upper and lower molars. Three kinds of measurements were taken. Three operators used the software to measure 20 radiographs, then the technique was repeated on 250 radiographic images to identify an average measurement. The ratio of these three measurements allowed to develop a new visual evaluation method of the interradicular space. Results: Intra and inter-operator reproducibility was statistically assessed on a sample of 20 anonymous endo-oral radiographs measured by 3 blind operators. Then, a sample of 250 anonymous endo-oral radiographs were measured by a blind operator and were statistically evaluated to identify an average value to define a main conformation of the interradicular space. Measurements made by the 3 operators on the 20 radiographic images showed that the technique is reproducible, and a mean value of the interradicular space was obtained. Conclusions: A new anatomical evaluation of the interradicular space in its entirety, which could help the clinicians in the therapy of furcated molars, can be obtained.

Keywords

furcation anatomy; furcation measurement; furcation evaluation

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Dentistry and Oral Surgery

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