MENINGKATKAN VISIBILITAS DAN MEMPERBAIKI POSISI KERJA SAAT MELAKUKAN PERAWATAN GIGI DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN LUP

Dental practitioner often have to work in a very limited areas. Small object, narrow field of view, and poor lighting make a dental treatment difficult to perform correctly. Some procedures require a long time to be completed, forcing dental practitioner to work in a static condition and awkward position for quite a long time. Therefore, they are very susceptible to musculoskeletal disorders. Dental loupe represents a magnification which can be used to overcome this problem. It will provide enough visualisation, so we can work with normal working posture. There are various types of dental loupe sold on the market with varying prices range, so that we have a lot of choice of products. This article review was gathered from several scientific database to find out the use of dental loupe and working posture among dental practitioner and showed a moderate evidence that dental loupe improve working posture among dental profession

Diagnostic accuracy of periapical radiolucency using periapical radiography and cone-beam computed tomography

Objectives: This research is aimed to compare the accuracy of periapical radiography in detecting periapical radiolucency with that of Cone-beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and to assess the additional information that CBCT provides. Materials and Methods: 96 patients with a primary diagnosis of endodontic problem had been studied retrospectively. Each root was examined for the presence or absence of periapical lesions according to the Periapical Index (PAI) Score. Roots and root canals identified through perapical radiography and CBCT were recorded. Additional information from CBCT regarding effects of lesions in cortical bone and maxillary sinus was also noted. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were analyzed. Results: The result showed that accuracy of periapical radiography as expressed by its sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) was 0.65, 0.90, 0.86, 0.75, respectively. Conclusion: Periapical radiography has a low sensitivity in detecting periapical lesions compared to CBCT. CBCT also provides more detailed information that is useful in endodontic treatment