Resumo (EN)
Objective – The use of cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT) is useful to evaluate the mandibular density during the implants planning. Methods – The authors had used the gray scale to measure density values from five different regions: midline, right and left premolars and, right and left molars. They used fifty transaxials tomograms assessed from ten women (from 40 to 49 years-old) scanned on a Newtom 3G unit. Results – The density values to molars were higher then to midline. Premolars regions had presented the lowest values. There are no statistically significant differences between sides (level of 5%). Conclusions – Others studies must be developed to evaluate these initial findings applying different CBCT machines and groups of patients.