Comparison between Two Radiological Methods for Assessment of Tooth Root Resorption: An In Vitro Study

Table 1

Tooth length without tooth resorption.

Tooth number	Real tooth length	Radiological measurements using traditional endooral X-rays		Radiological measurements using panoramic radiographs		Radiological measurements using digital endooral X-rays
	Total	Var.%	Total	Var.%	Total	Var.%	Total
11	24.84	4.31%	25.91	8.86%	27.04	3.38%	25.68
12	21.80	5.73%	23.05	11.56%	24.32	5.47%	22.99
13	28.06	4.49%	29.32	10.83%	31.10	5.63%	29.64
14	24.60	1.38%	24.94	9.02%	26.82	0.41%	24.70
21	24.86	4.42%	25.96	13.19%	28.14	2.96%	25.60
22	22.50	3.60%	23.31	12.53%	25.32	12.94%	25.41
23	28.24	4.92%	29.63	11.19%	31.40	4.25%	29.44
24	20.20	7.13%	21.64	5.45%	21.30	5.64%	21.34
25	22.60	3.54%	23.40	11.50%	25.20	5.78%	23.91
31	21.80	3.67%	22.60	13.30%	24.70	3.04%	22.46
32	22.16	4.74%	23.21	18.41%	26.24	1.89%	22.58
33	26.82	2.68%	27.54	23.79%	33.20	0.74%	27.02
34	19.74	6.69%	21.06	21.58%	24.00	1.89%	20.11
35	20.14	2.78%	20.70	11.22%	22.40	1.54%	20.45
41	21.30	9.86%	23.40	16.81%	24.88	5.32%	22.43
42	22.38	3.22%	23.10	13.14%	25.32	0.18%	22.42
43	27.70	4.12%	28.84	15.81%	32.08	0.36%	27.80
44	20.76	4.91%	21.78	13.68%	23.60	0.29%	20.82
45	20.20	4.46%	21.10	20.89%	24.42	5.63%	21.34