Annals and Essences of Dentistry
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Needs and deeds of CBCT-An advanced imaging in dentistry

1Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Narayana Dental College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India

2Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

*Corresponding Author: Dr. R. Christeffi Mabel M.D.S., Af-3, Al-syed builders, 2nd Main road, Dhandeeswaram Nagar, Chennai-600042, Tamilnadu, India, Email: christeffimabelr@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 5 November, 2016.

Abstract

CBCT is an advanced imaging technique that has proved to be a significant adjuvant in the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases and disorders and also in treatment planning. Since it's commercial availability from the year 1999(the NEWTON DUT 9000 QR snl, verena, Italy) has been a boon in the field of dentistry for the dental practitioners. Ever since the advent of intraoral periapical radiograph in 1896,dental practitioners had relied on 2-D images for diagnosis and treatment planning. Panoromic radiographs in large has provided detailed information but with the disadvantage of magnification and distortion. CBCT imaging is an advancement in dental imaging providing a 3-D image which gives the external replica of the structures imaged without any magnification or distortion.

Keywords

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT), Dental CT, 3-D image