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Implants improve the quality of life for patients who are unable to keep their natural teeth, fix acute problems, and give patients the benefit of restorative improvements for a modern lifestyle. The greatest key to successful implant placement is accurate preplacement assessment. Imaging plays a pivotal role in preplacement assessment. Success of dental implant restorations is in part, dependent on adequate diagnostic information about the bony structures of the oral region. This article reviews the applications of different imaging technologies and their diagnostic contribution to presurgical evaluation, treatment planning and postoperative assessment of dental implants.

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze bone dimensions of the dentate posterior mandible using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). Objectives:The objectives of this study were • To measure thickness of buccal and lingual bone walls in mandibular posterior teeth using CBCT.• To measure alveolar bone width in mandibular posterior teeth using CBCT. Materials and methods:Ten CBCT scans were included in the study (n = 65 teeth). Thicknesses of buccal and lingual walls were measured at measurement point 1 (MP1) and measurement point 2 (MP2). Alveolar width was assessed at most coronal detected alveolar bone (BW1) and at superior border of mandibular canal (BW2). Vertical distance between BW1 and BW2 was measured (H). Data were tabulated and results were statistically analyzed using unpaired t test. Results:The study showed that there was an increase in bone wall thickness from 1st premolar to 2nd molar for buccal and lingual alveolar plates. Lingual bone walls were thicker than buccal bone walls at MP1 and MP2 for all teeth. Bone width for premolars was considerably less than bone width of molars. Conclusion:Careful preoperative analysis using CBCT is important to assess need of bone augmentation procedures. As the bone thickness and width in the molar region is more adequate, prognosis of implants placed in molar region may be better.Clinical significance: Analysis of bone dimensions is of utmost importance for successful outcome of bone augmentation procedures in implant treatment.

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