著者
Kunihiko Sawada Toshihiko Amemiya Shigenori Hirai Yusuke Hayashi Toshihiro Suzuki Masahiko Honda Johnny Sisounthone Kunihito Matsumoto Kazuya Honda
出版者
Nihon University School of Dentistry
雑誌
Journal of Oral Science (ISSN:13434934)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.60, no.1, pp.137-141, 2018 (Released:2018-03-24)
参考文献数
23
被引用文献数
5

We compared the diagnostic reliability of 3.0-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detection of osseous abnormalities of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) with that of the gold standard, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Fifty-six TMJs were imaged with CBCT and MRI, and images of condyles and fossae were independently assessed for the presence of osseous abnormalities. The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of 3.0-T MRI were 0.88, 1.0, and 0.73, respectively, in condyle evaluation and 0.91, 0.75, and 0.95 in fossa evaluation. The McNemar test showed no significant difference (P > 0.05) between MRI and CBCT in the evaluation of osseous abnormalities in condyles and fossae. The present results indicate that 3.0-T MRI is equal to CBCT in the diagnostic evaluation of osseous abnormalities of the mandibular condyle.