Oral Health and Dental Management

Cone beam CT applications in orthodontics

9^th International Conference on Dentistry and Dental Implants

May 09-10, 2016 New Orleans, USA

Ehsan Tavakoli Hosseini

Shahid Sadoghi University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Two-dimensional (2D) diagnostic imaging, including traditional radiographs, has been a part of theorthodontic patient record. The limitations in analysis of these imaging modalities are well known and include magnification, geometric distortion, superimposition of structures, projective displacements. In contrast, three-dimensional (3D) imaging allows for the evaluation and analysis of anatomic structures with less limitation and higher accuracy. 3D imaging includes CT, CBCT and MRI. Over the past decade, cone beam CT (CBCT) has increasingly become an important source of 3D volumetric data in clinical orthodontics. To make the transition to a more commonly accepted and reliable use of 3D imaging technologies in orthodontic clinical practice, these technologies need to be further developed. The aim of the present study is to introduce new imaging techniques, determination of strengths and weaknesses of these techniques and their application in diagnosis and orthodontic treatment plan.

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Email: ehsantavakolihosseini@gmail.com