Table 4.
Crown width and root length measurements of CBCT reconstructed tooth models under different voxel and threshold conditions
| Voxel size (mm) | Thresholds (HU) |
Crown width | Root length | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Width ± SD(mm) | Difference ± SD(mm) | Deviation(%) | P-value | Mean Width ± SD(mm) | Difference ± SD(mm) | Deviation(%) | P-value | ||
| 0.3 mm | 800 | 8.11 ± 1.49 | 0.56 ± 0.08 | 7.69% | 0.000 | 14.41 ± 1.76 | 0.31 ± 0.09 | 2.26% | 0.000 |
| 1000 | 8.04 ± 1.49 | 0.49 ± 0.08 | 6.74% | 0.000 | 14.32 ± 1.76 | 0.22 ± 0.07 | 1.58% | 0.000 | |
| 1200 | 7.98 ± 1.49 | 0.43 ± 0.08 | 5.91% | 0.000 | 14.25 ± 1.77 | 0.15 ± 0.07 | 1.08% | 0.000 | |
| 1400 | 7.93 ± 1.49 | 0.38 ± 0.08 | 5.18% | 0.000 | 14.15 ± 1.76 | 0.05 ± 0.08 | 0.39% | 0.000 | |
| 1600 | 7.87 ± 1.47 | 0.32 ± 0.09 | 4.42% | 0.000 | 14.07 ± 1.76 | -0.03 ± 0.08 | -0.21% | 0.000 | |
| 0.15 mm | 800 | 7.91 ± 1.49 | 0.36 ± 0.07 | 4.97% | 0.000 | 14.24 ± 1.76 | 0.14 ± 0.05 | 1.03% | 0.000 |
| 1000 | 7.87 ± 1.49 | 0.31 ± 0.06 | 4.32% | 0.000 | 14.18 ± 1.76 | 0.08 ± 0.05 | 0.56% | 0.000 | |
| 1200 | 7.82 ± 1.49 | 0.27 ± 0.06 | 3.66% | 0.000 | 14.12 ± 1.77 | 0.02 ± 0.05 | 0.14% | 0.000 | |
| 1400 | 7.78 ± 1.49 | 0.22 ± 0.06 | 3.06% | 0.000 | 14.03 ± 1.76 | -0.07 ± 0.07 | -0.5% | 0.000 | |
| 1600 | 7.73 ± 1.49 | 0.18 ± 0.06 | 2.47% | 0.000 | 13.96 ± 1.76 | -0.14 ± 0.09 | -1.02% | 0.000 | |
| laser model | 7.55 ± 1.50 | 14.10 ± 1.76 | |||||||
P-value: Mean crown width/ root length of CBCT model vs. mean laser model