Indian Journal of Contemporary Dentistry
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

An update on endodontic imaging: A review

  • Author:
  • Dakshita Joy Sinha1,, Shiv Aditya Sharma2, Shashi Prabha Tyagi3, Udai Pratap Singh4
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 68 to 72

1Reader, Dept. of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Kothiwal Dental College & Research Centre, U.P

2P.G. Student, Dept. of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Kothiwal Dental College & Research Centre, U.P

3H.O.D. and Professor, Dept. of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Kothiwal Dental College & Research Centre, U.P

4Professor, Dept. of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Kothiwal Dental College & Research Centre, U.P

*Corresponding author: Dakshita Joy Sinha, Reader Dept. of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics Kothiwal Dental College & Research Centre U.P. Email: dvaghela52@gmail.com Mobile: 09760340728

Online published on 18 April, 2014.

Abstract

Imaging in endodontics is one of the great inventions in dentistry and has served immensely in making the treatment more predictable. It plays a vital role at almost all stages of treatment, right from diagnosis of the disease to the post-treatment evaluation. The PubMed database search revealed that the reference list for Dental Imaging featured 1, 40, 000 articles and for Advanced Dental Imaging-9, 61, 000 articles. A forward search was undertaken on selected articles, author names and contemporary endodontic texts. This review will be covering the advanced methods of implication of different imaging modalities with their comparison and also the various fields in endodontics where these techniques are proving helpful and may prove helpful in the future.

Keywords

Dental Imaging, Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Optical Coherence Tomography