THE MEANING OF TELERADIOGRAPHIC INDICATORS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE THERAPY OF DENTAL PATIENTS (LITERATURE REVIEW)

Abstract

The era of high-tech digital methods of diagnostics, treatment planning and predicting rehabilitation outcomes in dental patients is confidently entering the practice of doctoring and is not just reasonable but extremely necessary means of ensuring a high level of professionalism. The article analyses and summarizes the information about the role of teleradiographic indicators in the comprehensive therapy of dental patients. It demonstrates the fact that modern personalized dentistry provides quality diagnostic process with teleradiographic indicator determination depending on racial, ethnic, population, gender and other group characteristics of the examined patients both normal and with certain level of abnormality. The lateral teleradiographic examination, as an additional radiographic method in orthodontics, of stages of cervical vertebrae formation allows to predict the size of the potential jaw growth. Lateral teleradiography analysis expansion by means of cervical vertebrae shape evaluation does not require traditional hand-wrist radiographs and allows to increase timeliness and quality of the orthodontic treatment. Sagittal and vertical parameter changes of teleradiographs in case of occlusal disease influence the result of the conducted dentoalveolar compensation. With continuing jaw growth, it is reasonable to combine the treatment with jaw growth modification by applying intermaxillary device. Upon completion of the active growth period, vertical type of facial skeleton structure limits the ability of nonextraction treatment. The article represents the significant Ukrainian dental scientists’ contributions to detection of and modelling cephalometric indices typical for the population of Ukraine with orthognathic bite. Efficiency gain of the comprehensive treatment in dental patients can be reached through interdisciplinary approach, thorough, detailed identification of etiological factors and differentiated choice of methods and means of treatment with the youth growth potential determination and consideration of individual rates of teleradiographic indicators.

Keywords

• teleradiography
• cephalometric analysis
• dental patients
• malocclusion.