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DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH-RESOLUTION 3D DENTAL MRI FOR DETECTION AND VOLUMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF SEVERE PERIODONTITIS.

The journal of evidence-based dental practice · Tekiki N, Lauer A, Schulte L, Juerchott A, Sohani M, Herpel C, Ruetters M, Schwindling FS, Rammelsberg P, Heiland S, Bendszus M, Hilgenfeld T · 2026-09-01

High-resolution dental MRI performed comparably to cone-beam CT for identifying and measuring severe periodontal lesions, and detected additional lesions not visible on CT, suggesting potentially greater sensitivity for periodontal disease.

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