Are dental magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography techniques reliable alternatives for treatment planning dental implants? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Systematic review assesses accuracy of MRI and ultrasonography for dental implants, suggesting viable alternatives to CBCT.

Ultrasonography outperformed MRI in soft tissue accuracy, showing a deviation of just 0.04 mm compared to CBCT.
MRI's mean deviation for implant tip placement was 0.3 mm, indicating comparable accuracy to the gold standard CBCT.
The systematic review included twelve studies, focusing on non-ionizing alternatives to conventional imaging in dental implantology.
Findings suggest MRI may excel in hard-tissue scenarios, yet demand further standardization in imaging protocols.

Zhang et al. (2025) studied this question.

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