The clinical value of multislice CT for measuring the anatomical position of the mandibular nerve canal

doi:10.19439/j.sjos.2023.03.018

Abstract

Abstract: PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical value of multislice CT(MSCT) for measuring the anatomical position of the mandibular nerve canal during implantation in the posterior mandibular regions. METHODS: A total of 109 patients with mandibular posterior dental implants were included,and the linear distance between the alveolar ridge and the mandibular nerve canal in the posterior mandibular region to be implanted was measured by MSCT and CBCT before implantation. All 109 patients were divided into the MSCT navigation group and CBCT navigation group, and the imaging data from both groups were imported into the dynamic real-time navigation system for implant design, in parallel and in real time. The patients in both groups underwent MSCT or CBCT to measure the deviation of the actual position of the implant from the preoperative design position, including the deviation of the cervical centrum and apical part of the implant and the deviation of the distance between the implant and the mandibular nerve canal, and to assess their clinical results after treatment. The data were statistically analyzed with SPSS 21.0 software package. RESULTS: The deviations from the linear spacing between the top of the alveolar ridge and the upper arm of the mandibular nerve canal of the different dental implants in the area to be implanted were detected by MSCT as well as CBCT methods with no significant difference. In addition, there was no significant difference in the cervical deviation, tip deviation, depth deviation, angular deviation and deviation of the spacing between the implant and the mandibular nerve canal in the postoperative implant position in MSCT navigation group compared to the preoperative implant design position in CBCT navigation group. There was also no significant difference in the incidence of functional impairment of the inferior alveolar nerve between CBCT-guided and MSCT-guided group of patients. CONCLUSIONS: MSCT can achieve precise localization of the anatomical structures of the mandibular nerve canal, and the operation according to MSCT navigation during dynamic real-time guided dental implant surgery can avoid damage to the inferior alveolar nerve.

Key words: Multislice CT, Mandibular canal, Dental implant

CLC Number:

R782.1

TAN Zhi, SHEN Li, YANG Jing, LIU Ping. The clinical value of multislice CT for measuring the anatomical position of the mandibular nerve canal[J]. Shanghai Journal of Stomatology, 2023, 32(3): 314-317.

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