Can a high-density dental material affect the automatic exposure compensation of digital radiographic images?

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Can a high-density dental material affect the automatic exposure compensation of digital radiographic images?

Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2018 Dec 12;:20180331

Authors: Dos Santos Galvão N, Nascimento EHL, de Souza Lima CA, Freitas DQ, Haiter-Neto F, Oliveira ML

Abstract
OBJECTIVE:: To investigate the influence of high-density dental material on the automatic exposure compensation (AEC) of digital radiographic imaging systems.
METHODS:: Two radiographic phantoms were custom made to reproduce radiographic densities of the dental tissues: enamel, dentin and pulp chamber. The phantoms were X-rayed using the Digora Toto, Digora Optime and VistaScan systems for 0.063  s, 0.1  s and 0.16  s. Radiographic acquisitions were repeated in the presence of a high-density material equivalent to a titanium implant, in the small and large sizes. Mean grey values of the dental tissue-equivalent regions were obtained with the Image J software, averaged and compared between the absence and presence of the high-density material using ANOVA for multiple comparisons and Tukey's test (α = 0.05).
RESULTS:: The presence of a high-density material significantly (p ≤ 0.05) decreased grey values of the dental tissue-equivalent images in the Digora Toto and VistaScan, regardless of the exposure time. For the Digora Optime, the high-density material decreased the pulp-equivalent grey values at all exposure times, the dentin-equivalent grey values significantly increased at exposure time of the 0.1  s and 0.16  s, and the enamel-equivalent grey values significantly increased at the exposure time of 0.16  s (p ≤ 0.05). In general, the size of the high-density material did not affect the grey values significantly (p ≤ 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS:: In general, the presence of a high-density dental material in digital radiographic systems influences the AEC by adjusting dental tissue-equivalent grey values.

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