1Assistant professor, Department Of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Bapuji Dental College & Hospital, Davangere-577004
2Reader, Dept of orthodontics, SJM dental college and hospital, Chitradurga-577501
3Reader, Dept of Pedodontics, RRDC, Bangalore
4Associate Professor, Dept of orthodontics, RRDC, Bangalore
*Address For Correspondance: Dr. Prashanth Kumar Katta, Assistant professor, Department Of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Bapuji Dental College & Hospital, Davangere
Online published on 9 December, 2014.
Radiographs are indispensible when it comes to endodontic treatment. Radiology in endodontics has transformed leaps and bounds, also its applications and advantages are innumerous. One major drawback of classic dental radiography, however, is a two-dimensional reproduction of a three dimensional entity (Patel et al, 2009a). In medicine, this problem was overcome in 1972 by the invention of computed tomography (CT) (Beckmann, 2006). However, due to high radiation exposure, the use of CT imaging in dentistry could not be justified (Patel et al, 2009a)1. Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) has been specifically designed to produce undistorted three dimensional information of the maxillofacial skeleton, including the teeth and their surrounding tissues with a significantly lower effective radiation dose compared with conventional computed tomography (CT). We can better detect periapical views, size, extent nature and position of periapical pathology. We can also assess root fractures, root canal anatomy nature of the alveolar bone topography around teeth2.
CBCT, Applications, Advantages
