Computerized Tomography Technique for the Investigation of the Maxillary First Molar Mesiobuccal Root

Table 1

Study characteristics.

Authors	Year	Study	Device	Characteristics (machine; voxel size)	Population	Patients/teeth
CBCT
Filho et al. [22]	2009	In vivo	CBCT	i-CAT; 0.2 mm^3	Brazil	NR/54
Blattner et al. [23]	2010	In vitro	CBCT	i-CAT; NR	—	NE/20
Neelakantan et al. [24]	2010	Ex vivo	CBCT	3D accuitomo; 0.125 mm^3	India	NR/220
Zhang et al. [25]	2011	In vivo	CBCT	3D accuitomo; 0.125 mm^3	China	269/299
Lee et al. [26]	2011	In vivo	CBCT	Volux; 0.167 mm^3	Republic of Korea	276/458
Kim et al. [27]	2012	In vivo	CBCT	Dinnova; 0.167 mm^3	Republic of Korea	415/814
Dental CT
Rathi et al. [28]	2010	In vivo	Dental CT	Somatom; 1 mm^3	India; age: 11–77 y	100/100

NR: Not reported; NE: Not estimable; MB: mesiobuccal.