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BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article

Front. Oral. Health
Sec. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/froh.2024.1498117
This article is part of the Research Topic The Digital Transformation of Dental and Maxillofacial Practice Towards Preventive, Personalised, and Precision Medicine View all 3 articles

Enhancing Intraoral Radiographic Technique: Introducing " Nallan's Lines"

Provisionally accepted
NALLAN CSK Chaitanya NALLAN CSK Chaitanya 1*Vivek Padmanabhan Vivek Padmanabhan 2Md Sofiqul Islam Md Sofiqul Islam 2Nada Tawfig Hashim Nada Tawfig Hashim 2Allam Satyajyothi Neeharika Allam Satyajyothi Neeharika 3Jouma Jalal Omar Jouma Jalal Omar 2Zakaria Ahmed Zakaria Ahmed 2Shaga Pranathi Shaga Pranathi 4
  • 1 RAK College of Dental Sciences, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
  • 2 College of Dental Sciences, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
  • 3 Tatva Dental center, Hyderabad, India
  • 4 Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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    Background-Intraoral radiography remains the most widely employed dental radiography for producing geometrically accurate images with minimal distortion and magnification. Despite its common use in the dental office, incorrect projection geometry can be challenging leading to image distortions. To mitigate these inaccuracies specific radiographic landmarks are utilized during periapical radiography. Nallan's lines, may address this perpetual issue. Material and methods-In this cross over study, the participants were divided Group A and Group B comprising nine in the each group. The bisecting angle technique was performed by the participants using a gyroscopic device fitted with a LASER with ( Study subjects) and without ( Controls) utilizing Nallan's lines on a selected teeth using a phantom. Images were compared with those obtained by an oral radiologist for geometric distortions. Results-A paired t-Test was employed to compare the mean length and breadth of teeth before and after radiographic training. Additionally, a McNemar Test was used to assess the impact of Nallan's lines on technical errors. Both analyses revealed statistically significant improvements post-training ( p< 0.01). To determine if radiographic training affected the performance of volunteers and specialists, a Chi-Square Test was conducted to compare error rates. No statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups, both before and after training. The adoption of Nallan's lines may enhance the accuracy and quality of intraoral radiographic images. By adhering to this geometric framework dental practitioners can minimize geometric distortions and thereby repeated radiographic exposures of patients.

    Keywords: Intraoral radiography, geometric distortion, Periapical projections, gyroscope, radiographic reference points

    Received: 18 Sep 2024; Accepted: 25 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Chaitanya, Padmanabhan, Islam, Hashim, Neeharika, Omar, Ahmed and Pranathi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: NALLAN CSK Chaitanya, RAK College of Dental Sciences, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

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