Reporting of dental status from full-arch radiographs: Descriptive analysis and methodological aspects

Table 1 Entities of dental status and their surrogates in oral health: Left column notes the entities of dental status, which can be assessed from a full-arch radiograph

Focused entities	Subject of clinical dentistry	Surrogate of oral health
Alveolar bone loss, furcation and vertical bony defects	Periodontology, implantology	Periodontitis/inflammation, risk of tooth loss
Fillings/inlays	Operative dentistry	Oral hygiene, caries, decay, risk for massive fillings/partial crowns
Massive filling/partial crown	Operative dentistry, prosthodontics	Risk of root canal treatment, risk for crown-treatment
Crowns and fixed dental prosthesis/pontics	Prosthodontics, periodontology	Massive decay (even of healthy teeth), risen risk for caries and endodontic problems, risk for bone loss and fracture (missing teeth), missing teeth
Root canal filling and root posts	Operative dentistry, endodontology, prosthodontics	High number of life events of intervention, risk of tooth loss by fracture/inflammation, need for crown
Apical lesion	Endodontology, oral surgery	High risk of tooth loss, poor root canal treatment, inflammation
Missing teeth	Prosthodontics, implantology	High number of life events of interventions, former inflammations, trauma, hypodontia, malocclussion
Implants	Periodontology, prosthodontics	Missing teeth, higher risk for inflammation (periimplantitis), occlusal rehabilitation
Edentoulism	Prosthodontics, oral surgery	High number of life events, no further risk of odontogenic inflammation (caries, periodontitis, apical lesions)

Their possible relation as a surrogate of oral health is shown in the right column. The involved subjects of Dental Medicine are noted in the middle column. Reading the table from top to down, it has to be considered, that surrogates include content of cells above.