Title

Comparative study of conventional versus digital bitewing radiographs for estimating alveolar bone level

Authors

Trishna Saikia¹, Polysmita Ojah²*, Himanshi Tomar³, Queentaj Dutta⁴, Dharitri Bharali⁵ & Murchana Mahanta⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; ²Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam; India; ³Department of Oral medicine and Radiology, IDST Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Conservative Endodontic and Aesthetic Dentistry, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam; India; ⁵Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; ⁶Department of Dentistry, Government Dental College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Trishna Saikia - E-mail: saikia.trishna2401@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7975202305
Polysmita Ojah - E-mail: polysmita012@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9084459292
Himanshi Tomar - E-mail: tomarhimanshi89@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8861928260
Queentaj Dutta - E-mail: queentajbaruah@gmail.com; Phone: +91 6000544593
Dharitri Bharali - E-mail: dharitri008bharali@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8239970309
Murchana Mahanta - E-mail: murchana2020@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8638509682

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received September 1, 2025; Revised September 30, 2025; Accepted September 30, 2025, Published September 30, 2025

Abstract

Conventional and digital bitewing radiographs were taken for right posterior segments and analysis was done. Hence, 50 patients comprising of both male and females aged between 20-70 years were randomly selected for the study. The values obtained from two independent radiologists in conventional bitewing radiographs and with SOPRO imaging digital software in digital bitewing radiographic methods were compared to estimate the amount of bone height obtained through each method. No significant difference was found between the mean values of alveolar bone level measured by the two types of radiographs for all the sites; and is almost similar to those revealed on conventional radiographs.Thus, we show either of the two radiographic techniques i.e., conventional and digital bitewing radiographs can be used interchangeably in epidemiologic studies.

Keywords

Alveolar bone level (ABL); Conventional radiography; Cemento enamel junction (CEJ); Digital radiography (RVG); Periodontitis; Paired t-test.

Citation

Saikia et al. Bioinformation 21(9): 3147-3151 (2025)

Edited by

Akshaya Ojha

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.