Abstract
Aims: To survey the current radiographic prescriptions in dental implant assessment among dentists in Libya. Settings and Design: Eighty dentists were interviewed during a dental meeting by two calibrated graduate students, using a 19-question questionnaire, considering imaging modality options for preoperative implant site assessment with respect to cost, patient radiation dose, and broad coverage of facial bones and teeth. Statistical Analysis Used: Epi-Info 6.04 software was used to analyze the database file. Results: The radiographic examinations more often prescribed for dental implant assessment were the panoramic radiograph (70%), followed by panoramic plus periapical radiographs (15%). Only 6.25% of the dentists prescribed computed tomography as a single examination. The most common reason for prescribing a specific radiographic examination was the desire for broad coverage of the facial bones and teeth (44.64%), cost (14.3%) was the second most common cause. Conclusions: The interviewed dentist in this study prescribed panoramic radiographs in dental implant assessment based on broad coverage and cost.
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