Clinical significance of computed tomography assessment for third molar surgery

Table 1 Specificity and sensitivity for predicting inferior alveolar nerve injury with third molar surgery

Imaging procedure	Sensitivity	Specificity
Orthopantomography[22-26]
Darkening of the root	32%-71%	73%-96%
Interruption of the canal	22%-80%	47%-97%
Diversion of the canal	3%-50%	82%-100%
CT/Cone-beam CT[1,38,41,42]
Cortication	66%-100%	46%-86%

CT: Electronic computer X-ray tomography technique.