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Convenient model of hard tissue simulation for dental radiographic research and instruction
Etiene Andrade Munhoz1, Claudio Roberto Gaiao Xavier2, Roberto Ponce Salles2
1Department of Dentistry, Health Science Centre, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88040-379, Brazil. etiamfob@yahoo.com.
Background:
The authors describe a technique for building an alternative jawbone phantom using dental gypsum and rice for research and dental radiology instruction.
Aim:
To investigate the potential of an alternative phantom to simulate the trabecular bone aspect of the human maxilla in periapical radiographs.
Methods:
Half-maxillary phantoms built from gypsum-ground rice were exposed to X-rays, and the resulting images (experimental group) were compared to standardized radiographic images produced from dry human maxillary bone (control group) (n = 7). The images were blindly assessed according to strict criteria by three examiners for the usual trabecular aspects of the surrounding bone, and significant differences between groups and in assessment reliability were compared using Fisher's exact and kappa tests (α = 0.05).
Results:
The differences in the trabecular aspects between groups were not statistically significant. In addition, interobserver agreement among observers was 0.43 and 0.51 for the control and experimental groups, respectively, whereas intraobserver agreement was 0.71 and 0.73, respectively.
Conclusion:
The tested phantom seemed to demonstrate potential for trabecular bone image simulation on maxillary periapical radiographs.
