Background: The teeth with undiagnosed vertical root fractures (VRFs) are likely to receive endodontic treatment or retreatment, leading to frustration and inappropriate endodontic therapies. Moreover, many cases of VRFs cannot be diagnosed definitively until the extraction of tooth.
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the use of different voxel resolutions of two different cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT) units in the detection VRFs in vitro.
Materials And Methods: The study material comprised 74 extracted human mandibular single rooted premolar teeth without root fractures that had not undergone any root-canal treatment. Images were obtained by two different CBCT units. Four image sets were obtained as follows: 1) 3D Accuitomo 170, 4 × 4 cm field of view (FOV) (0.080 mm(3)); 2) 3D Accuitomo 170. 6 × 6 cm FOV (0.125 mm(3)); 3) NewTom 3G, 6˝ (0.16 mm(3)) and 4) NewTom 3G, 9˝ FOV (0.25 mm(3)). Kappa coefficients were calculated to assess both intra- and inter-observer agreements for each image set.
Results: No significant differences were found among observers or voxel sizes, with high average Z (Az) results being reported for all groups. Both intra- and inter-observer agreement values were relatively better for 3D Accuitomo 170 images than the images from NewTom 3G. The highest Az and kappa values were obtained with 3D Accuitomo 170, 4 × 4 cm FOV (0.080 mm(3)) images.
Conclusion: No significant differences were found among observers or voxel sizes, with high Az results reported for all groups.
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