Capability of dental practitioners to identify condylar changes on orthopantomograms: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Pakistan.
Background: A comprehensive understanding of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) anatomy and Condylar changes is pivotal in facilitating the accurate diagnosis and proficient management of patients exhibiting TMJ dysfunction. This study is focused on assessing the Pakistani dental practitioner's ability t...
| Publicado en: | BMC Oral Health Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11 |
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| Formato: | diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
11/14/2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=189359130&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 189359130 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14726831 1CIC jtl: BMC Oral Health issn: 14726831 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 11/14/2025 vid: 25 iid: 1 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 189359130 189359130 189359130 10.1186/s12903-025-07127-3 189359130 ppf: 1 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Capability of dental practitioners to identify condylar changes on orthopantomograms: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Pakistan. aug: au: Ijaz, Hafsa Chaudhary, Muhammad Aamir Ghafoor Tauheed, Syeda Laiba Shehzad, Maheer Ahtasham, Haris Riaz, Hira Abbas, Syeda Kashaf Ashraf, Javed affil: https://ror.org/02kdm5630 Department, Islamic International Dental College and Hospital, Riphah International University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan sug: subj: Dentists Psychosocial Factors Clinical Competence Evaluation Temporomandibular Joint Diseases Radiography Mandibular Condyle Radiography Mandibular Condyle Pathology Radiography, Panoramic Specialties, Dental Sensitivity and Specificity Pakistan Human Female Male Adult Middle Age World Health Organization Radiography, Dental Nonprobability Sample Descriptive Statistics Dentistry Hyperplasia Sclerosis Dental Enamel Hypoplasia Chi Square Test Logistic Regression Structured Questionnaires Confidence Intervals ROC Curve Odds Ratio Multicenter Studies Cross Sectional Studies Data Analysis Software Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Background: A comprehensive understanding of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) anatomy and Condylar changes is pivotal in facilitating the accurate diagnosis and proficient management of patients exhibiting TMJ dysfunction. This study is focused on assessing the Pakistani dental practitioner's ability to identify condylar changes on OPGs and compare diagnostic accuracy across different dental specialities. Methods: Cross sectional study method was used. WHO calculator was used to determine a sample size of 385, maintaining a 5% margin of error, and a 95% confidence level. A non-probability consecutive method of sampling was used for the sampling process to ensure a steady inclusion of participants over the study duration. Results: A total of 385 dental practitioners participated in the study, comprising 100 (26.0%) males and 285 (74.0%) females. House officers that participated in the study were 146 (37.9) 127 (33%) were postgraduates, 78 (20.3%) were general dentists and 14 (3.6%) were consultants. The results indicated that 251 (65.2%) of the participants observed the condyles on both sides in OPGs during their daily practice. Only 17.1% of practitioners demonstrated complete agreement across all six OPGs, highlighting substantial variability in diagnostic accuracy. General dentistry consistently demonstrated the highest accuracy rates in identifying condylar hyperplasia (61.9%), flattening (58%), Sclerosis (46.3%), deviation/dislocation (64%), hypoplasia (50.4%), and surface erosion (56.9%) in comparison to other specialities. Conclusions: The findings of the study conclude that in certain cases, Pakistani general dentists performed better in terms of correctly identifying OPGs. However, in other cases specialists were equally proficient in recognizing various condylar alterations. This study identified significant gaps in knowledge in the correct identification of condylar changes among dental practitioners both at specialists and general dentist's level. These results suggest us that additional training might be needed equally, at regular intervals for both general and specialist dentists. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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