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The role of direct intraoral sensors in the provision of endodontic services
Author(s) -
Lavelle C. L. B.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
dental traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1600-9657
pISSN - 1600-4469
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-9657.1999.tb00741.x
Subject(s) - computer science , charge coupled device , dentistry , medicine , optics , physics
— The recent commercial success of intraoral sensor systems largely reflects the quest to improve the quality assurances for endodontic services. The many advantages of these systems include reduced radiation exposures, real‐time images, resolution improvements after initial image capture and archival benefits, although their diagnostic benefits over conventional film‐based radiographs remain a concern. For instance, thc images from either charge‐coupled device or storage phosphor sensors have yet to exceed the potential 50 μm spatial and 12‐bit contrast resolutions obtained from the 1.75–6.40 μm silver grain emulsions of conventional films or the potential improvements derived from smaller (1 μm) grains. Intraoral sensor systems alone are therefore unlikely to improve the quality assuranccs for endodontic services.