Enhancing intraoral radiographic technique: introducing “Nallan's Lines”
BackgroundIntraoral radiography remains the most widely employed dental radiographic technique for producing geometrically accurate images with minimal distortion and magnification. Despite its common use in the dental office, incorrect projection geometry can be challenging leading to image distort...
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| author | Nallan CSK Chaitanya Vivek Padmanabhan Md Sofiqul Islam Nada Tawfig Hashim Riham Mohammed Neeharika Satyajyothi Allam Jouma Jalal Omar Ahmed Zakaria Shaga Pranathi Mamindla Apoorva |
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| description | BackgroundIntraoral radiography remains the most widely employed dental radiographic technique for producing geometrically accurate images with minimal distortion and magnification. Despite its common use in the dental office, incorrect projection geometry can be challenging leading to image distortions. To mitigate these inaccuracies specific radiographic landmarks on the face are utilized during periapical radiography. Nallan's lines, proposed in this study may address the perpetual issue.Material and methodsIn this cross over study, the participants were divided into 2 groups, Group A and Group B comprising nine in the each group. The bisecting angle technique was performed by the participants using a gyroscopic device fitted with a LASER with (Study subjects) and without (Controls) utilizing Nallan's lines on a selected group of teeth using a phantom model. Subsequent images were compared with those images obtained by an oral radiologist using the same model for geometric distortions of the images. This comparative analysis aimed to identify potential geometric distortions within the generated imagesResultsA paired t-test was employed to compare the mean length and breadth of teeth before and after radiographic training. Additionally, a McNemar Test was used to assess the impact of Nallan's lines on technical errors. Both analyses revealed statistically significant improvements post-training (p < 0.01). To determine if radiographic training affected the performance of volunteers and specialists, a Chi-Square Test was conducted to compare error rates. No statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups, both before and after training.ConclusionThe adoption of Nallan's lines may enhance the accuracy and quality of intraoral radiographic images. By adhering to this geometric framework dental practitioners can minimize geometric distortions and thereby repeated radiographic exposures of patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2cecaded62564f9797cb429c8bd00a002025-08-20T01:58:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oral Health2673-48422024-12-01510.3389/froh.2024.14981171498117Enhancing intraoral radiographic technique: introducing “Nallan's Lines”Nallan CSK Chaitanya0Vivek Padmanabhan1Md Sofiqul Islam2Nada Tawfig Hashim3Riham Mohammed4Neeharika Satyajyothi Allam5Jouma Jalal Omar6Ahmed Zakaria7Shaga Pranathi8Mamindla Apoorva9Department of Oral Radiology and Oral Medicine, RAK College of Dental Sciences, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Pedodontics, RAK College of Dental Sciences, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, RAK College of Dental Sciences, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Periodontics, RAK College of Dental Sciences, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Oral Surgery, RAK College of Dental Sciences, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Dentistry, Tatva Dental Center, Hyderabad, IndiaRAK College of Dental Sciences, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesRAK College of Dental Sciences, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of MS healthcare Informatics, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, United StatesDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Panineeya Dental College, Hyderabad, IndiaBackgroundIntraoral radiography remains the most widely employed dental radiographic technique for producing geometrically accurate images with minimal distortion and magnification. Despite its common use in the dental office, incorrect projection geometry can be challenging leading to image distortions. To mitigate these inaccuracies specific radiographic landmarks on the face are utilized during periapical radiography. Nallan's lines, proposed in this study may address the perpetual issue.Material and methodsIn this cross over study, the participants were divided into 2 groups, Group A and Group B comprising nine in the each group. The bisecting angle technique was performed by the participants using a gyroscopic device fitted with a LASER with (Study subjects) and without (Controls) utilizing Nallan's lines on a selected group of teeth using a phantom model. Subsequent images were compared with those images obtained by an oral radiologist using the same model for geometric distortions of the images. This comparative analysis aimed to identify potential geometric distortions within the generated imagesResultsA paired t-test was employed to compare the mean length and breadth of teeth before and after radiographic training. Additionally, a McNemar Test was used to assess the impact of Nallan's lines on technical errors. Both analyses revealed statistically significant improvements post-training (p < 0.01). To determine if radiographic training affected the performance of volunteers and specialists, a Chi-Square Test was conducted to compare error rates. No statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups, both before and after training.ConclusionThe adoption of Nallan's lines may enhance the accuracy and quality of intraoral radiographic images. By adhering to this geometric framework dental practitioners can minimize geometric distortions and thereby repeated radiographic exposures of patients.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/froh.2024.1498117/fullintraoral radiographygeometric distortionperiapical projectionsgyroscoperadiographic reference points |
| spellingShingle | Nallan CSK Chaitanya Vivek Padmanabhan Md Sofiqul Islam Nada Tawfig Hashim Riham Mohammed Neeharika Satyajyothi Allam Jouma Jalal Omar Ahmed Zakaria Shaga Pranathi Mamindla Apoorva Enhancing intraoral radiographic technique: introducing “Nallan's Lines” Frontiers in Oral Health intraoral radiography geometric distortion periapical projections gyroscope radiographic reference points |
| title | Enhancing intraoral radiographic technique: introducing “Nallan's Lines” |
| title_full | Enhancing intraoral radiographic technique: introducing “Nallan's Lines” |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing intraoral radiographic technique: introducing “Nallan's Lines” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing intraoral radiographic technique: introducing “Nallan's Lines” |
| title_short | Enhancing intraoral radiographic technique: introducing “Nallan's Lines” |
| title_sort | enhancing intraoral radiographic technique introducing nallan s lines |
| topic | intraoral radiography geometric distortion periapical projections gyroscope radiographic reference points |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/froh.2024.1498117/full |
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