Correction To: Assessment of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Strip and Furcal Perforations in Different Sizes by Cone Beam Computed Tomography (Oral Radiology, (2023), 39, 4, (654-660), 10.1007/S11282-023-00681-Y) Publisher Pubmed



Ghoncheh Z¹ ; Kaviani H¹ ; Soleimani S² ; Nasri S² ; Malekpour F³ ; Afkhami F³ Show Affiliations
Source: Oral Radiology Published:2025

Abstract

In this article, the citation of the reference [11] was incorrectly given in the sentence ‘they demonstrated that CBCT was more accurate than periapical radiography for detecting strip perforations [11]’. The citation should have read in the sentence as ‘Previous studies mainly focused on perforation detection [11]’. To clarify, we aimed to highlight a gap in the literature and distinguish our current study from both prior research and our own previous work (reference 11). Our earlier study investigated the impact of voxel size, a setting parameter in CBCT, on the detection of strip perforations. In that study, we compared two sets of CBCT images taken at different radiation settings to assess the effect of voxel size solely on the accuracy of detecting root strip perforations. However, to address the gap in knowledge, the present study is designed to comprehensively and quantitatively evaluate CBCT's diagnostic accuracy, including assessing sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and overall accuracy in detecting all types of perforations (furcal and strip) across various sizes. To achieve these aims, the same teeth prepared with strip perforations were re-assigned into four experimental groups and one control group, with additional furcal perforations introduced at the pulp chamber floor and a new set of CBCT images was captured for comprehensive assessment of diagnostic accuracy. The original article has been corrected. © The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology 2025.