Mandibular Flexure in Patients

A mandibular silicon impression was taken, and a vacuum molded thermoplastic stent with radiopaque fiducial markers (steel ball bearings) on the facial side of the canines and molars was fabricated for each patient. Two Cone Beam Computed Tomographs (CBCTs) were made per patient with their radiographic stent in the mouth at the OVD and MO positions at the University Advanced Digital Diagnostic Center. The CBCT examination was performed without any stitching procedure using a computed tomography (SCANORA 3DX; Dexis LLC) set up at 90 kV, 4 mA and a field of view (FOV) of 140 and 100 mm in height and width respectively, to decrease the radiation dose without affecting the quality of the examination.