Pemanfaatan hounsfield unit pada CT-scan dalam menentukan kepadatan tulang rahang untuk pemasangan implan gigi

Authors

Barunawaty Yunus, Department of Radiology Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University Makassar, IndonesiaFollow
Bachtiar Murtala, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University Makassar, IndonesiaFollow

Abstract

In the past, dental implant (DI)treatment is still an exclusive treatment can only be
achieved by high class people due to unaffordable cost. However, nowadays the
demand of DI become increasing. The success of DI insertion is determined by the
condition of alveolar bone itself. Although there is no studies of DI treatment failure
in Indonesia, there are some reports studied failure of DI treatment assessment which
could be caused by the lack of quality and quantity of the alveolar bone radiography
image. The purpose of this article was to introduce the benefit of hounsfield unit at the
CT-Scan in supporting assessment of alveolar bone compactness for DI insertion. It
can be concluded that the use of hounsfield unit at the CT-Scan can provide the
clinician in determining the alveolar bone compactness prior to the DI treatment that
can decrease the failure to occur.

Recommended Citation

Yunus, Barunawaty and Murtala, Bachtiar (2010) "Pemanfaatan hounsfield unit pada CT-scan dalam menentukan kepadatan tulang rahang untuk pemasangan implan gigi," Dentofasial: Vol. 9: Iss. 1, Article 5.
DOI: 10.15562/jdmfs.v9i1.230
Available at: https://scholarhub.unhas.ac.id/dentofasial/vol9/iss1/5

Pages

34-38

Rights

©2016Barunawaty Yunus, Bachtiar Murtala

DOI

10.15562/jdmfs.v9i1.230