Prevalence of Tonsillolith on Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images in Patients Attending Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Moshfeghi, Mahkameh; Navabi, Seyede; Soltani, Parisa; Moaddabi, Amirhossein

doi:10.9734/bjmmr/2017/31718

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“…No significant difference between genders was reported in the previous studies [6,7,16,20,23,28,29]. The rate of tonsilloliths in males was found to be 41-51.2% in CT studies [3,7,8,12], 41-50.5% in CBCT studies [15][16][17], and 50.9-60.4% in PR studies [3,20,30]. The results of our study for both imaging techniques were in accordance with previous studies.…”

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“…The prevalence of tonsilloliths in PR was found to be 5.7-13% in previous studies [4,6,20,21]. Retrospective 3-dimensional radiographic studies showed that the prevalence of tonsilloliths was found to be 16-46% by CT [3,7,8,12,[22][23][24] and 5-34% by CBCT [15,17,[25][26][27]. These differences may be due to differences in the demographics of the patients in these studies [3].…”

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“…However, CBCT uses a significantly smaller radiation dose, slices images more thinly, and is less expensive compared to CT [13,14]. Although CBCT has limited soft tissue imaging capacity, tonsilloliths can be determined on 3-dimensional CBCT images [15][16][17]. Ultrasonography can also be used for the detection of soft tissue calcifications [18].…”

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Comparison of Panoramic Radiography and Cone-Beam Computed Tomography for the Detection of Tonsilloliths

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Significance of the Study• The aim of this study was to compare cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and panoramic radiography (PR) for the detection of tonsilloliths. • The detection rate of tonsilloliths was 33.2% on CBCT. • Only 51.4% of the tonsilloliths detected on CBCT were identified by PR. • PR was not adequate to detect tonsilloliths 1 mm or smaller in size. AbstractObjective: A tonsillolith is a concretion of the tonsillar crypt. The aim of this retrospective study was to compare panoramic radiography (PR) and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) for the detection of tonsilloliths. Materials and Methods: The CBCT images of 527 patients with maxillofacial volume were evaluated retrospectively. Of these, 175 patients (81 females, 94 males; mean age 51.05 years) had unilateral or bilateral tonsilloliths. In total, 151 of them (67 females, 84 males; mean age, 51.03 years) had PR images performed in the same period and were included in the study. The PR images were examined to ascertain whether known tonsilloliths (from CBCT images) could be detected. The location (unilateral; left or right and bilateral), size, and number of the tonsilloliths were examined on both CBCT and PR images. Descriptive analysis, Spearman's rho correlation coefficient, and χ 2 tests were used for the statistical analysis. Results: The detection rate of tonsillolith was 33.2% on CBCT images. Only 51.4% of the tonsilloliths detected on CBCT were evaluated by PR; the correlation between CBCT and PR was found to be significant (Spearman's r = 0.399, p = 0.000). PR was not adequate to detect tonsilloliths 1 mm or smaller in size. All the calcifications larger than 5 mm were detected on PR images. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that more than half of the tonsilloliths observed in CBCT were also detected in PR. Tonsilloliths larger than 2 mm were more likely to be detected on PR images.

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“…However, it was reported in the previous studies that the prevalence ranged from 18.6% to 46.1% in the studies using CT or CBCT images. 11,[20][21][22][23][24] The studies comparing panoramic radiography and CBCT images showed that the panoramic radiography detected fewer tonsilloliths when compared to the CBCT. Oda et al 25 compared panoramic radiography and CBCT images in the detection of tonsilloliths and demonstrated that the prevalence rate of tonsilloliths in the same Japanese subjects group was 7.7% in the panoramic radiographic images and 46.1% in the 132 Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 2019;5(3):129-133 CBCT images.…”

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“…There have been many studies on the prevalence of tonsilloliths in different geographies. 11 However, no studies have assessed the prevalence of tonsillolith in the Aegean Region population.…”

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Konik Işınlı Bilgisayarlı Tomografi Kullanılarak Ege Bölgesi’nde Tonsilolit Prevalansının Araştırılması

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Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate the prevalence rate and characteristics of tonsilloliths in a Turkish population sample living in the Aegean region of Turkey using cone-beam computed tomography. Methods: Three hundred ninety-nine consecutive cone-beams computed tomography data was obtained at the Department of Oral and Dentomaxillofacial Radiology were retrospectively analyzed for the characteristics and presence of tonsilloliths. The subjects were divided into three groups according to age: (1) age ≤20 years; (2) age 21-40 years; (3) age ≥41 years. The correlation between subject demographics and the characteristics (number and prevalence) of tonsilloliths was investigated. Results: The prevalence rate of palatine tonsilloliths in 399 subjects (184 males, 215 females; mean age of 34.3 years) was 25.8%; the prevalence showed no significant difference between male and female genders (p=0.57). A positive correlation was observed between the number of tonsillotihs and age (p=0.002). Tonsillar calcification was significantly more common in Group 3 than Group 1 and 2, while it was significantly lower in Group 1 than the other groups (p=0.036). Conclusion: According to our results, tonsilloliths affect approximately a quarter of the Aegean population. Tonsilloliths are age-related but sexindependent. These calcifications are more common in people older than 40 years of age.

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Prevalence of Tonsillolith on Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images in Patients Attending Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

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Comparison of Panoramic Radiography and Cone-Beam Computed Tomography for the Detection of Tonsilloliths

Comparison of Panoramic Radiography and Cone-Beam Computed Tomography for the Detection of Tonsilloliths

Konik Işınlı Bilgisayarlı Tomografi Kullanılarak Ege Bölgesi’nde Tonsilolit Prevalansının Araştırılması

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