Utilização de uma ferramenta informática no planeamento cirúrgico de implantes dentários

: SAC Assessment Tool

Abstract

The SAC Assessment Tool is an informatics software launched by the International Team for Implantology in 2007 aiming to help dentists in the diagnose and treatment plan in an oral rehabilitation with dental implants. The current study evaluated the surgical assessment of the SAC Assessment Tool with the main objective of analyse and characterize the partial edentulism and validate the informatics tool as a clinical decision support system.
In the 1st phase, was performed a descriptive analysis of the partial edentulous patients at the University Clinic using the SAC Assessment Tool.
In the 2nd phase, were random selected 30 clinical cases and clinical records, study models, intra and extra-oral photos and panoramic radiographies were obtained. All data were analysed with and without SAC Assessment Tool by a “Gold-standard” and compared with 3 reviewers with clinical experience and postgraduate qualification.
All data were analysed using statically agreement tests (Fless Kappa), inter-class correlation (icc) and agreement rate.
The following results were obtained: there was a major prevalence of individuals with higher age (56-83 years) – 63,32% and medical status compromised 53,00%; 51,66% of the clinical cases were superior Kennedy’s Class III and 40,00% were inferior Kennedy’s Class I; As regards the Classification of Partial Edentulism, Class IV were the most prevalent (65,00%); only 22,00% of the patients had a good oral hygiene; 50,66% were Complex cases, 30,66% were Advanced and 18,66% were Straightforward. There was a higher agreement when Reviewers and Gold standard use the SAC Assessment Tool and compared their evaluation. The results showed that the SAC Classification is a very useful informatics tool that helps in clinical practice.

Date of Award	28 Jul 2017
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	André Correia (Supervisor), Pedro Pereira Rodrigues (Co-Supervisor) & Tiago Marques (Co-Supervisor)