Clinical Analysis of Molar Fissures by Cone-Beam Tomography
Cruvinel VRN / Azevedo BC / Gravina DBL / Toledo OA / Bezerra ACB

This study aimed to validate clinical analysis of 20 pediatric dentists on occlusal groove-fossa-system of molar depth comparing to Cone-beam tomography. The 48 sound third molars were visually classified from the shallowest to the deepest. Images were taken from the Accuitomo 3DX. There was a fair correlation between clinical analysis and the tomographic scorings (rs= 0.238; P=0.103). It was concluded that pediatric dentists were not able to classify the fissures depth by visual analysis correctly.
Key words: molar fissures, tomagraphy, fissure depth