Open AccessThe importance of 3D imaging for the orthodontic diagnosis and treatment
Author(s) -
Mioara V. Decusară,
Cerasella-Dorina Şincar,
Alexandru Nicolau,
Teodora Denisa Gheorghi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
romanian journal of stomatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6078
pISSN - 1843-0805
DOI - 10.37897/rjs.2016.4.3
Subject(s) - radiography , medicine , cone beam computed tomography , radiological weapon , dental radiography , radiation treatment planning , radiology , dentistry , computed tomography , orthodontics , medical physics , radiation therapy
Within a century, dental radiology “suffered” transformation, beginning with periapical radiographs, cephalograms and panoramic radiography and continuing with digital imaging and cone beam computed tomography. In contemporary dental practice is importantant to choose the type of radiographic investigation in order to achieve a complete and accurate diagnosis, so necessary for determining the treatment plan for patients with dental-maxillary abnormalities. We conducted a comparative study between conventional radiographic investigation (periapical radiographs, panoramic radiography) and cone beam computed tomography in patients with malocclusions. The costs and radiation doses are low to the classic X-rays, but the diagnosis is given by the two-dimensional image of a three-dimensional dental-maxillary pathologies. Cone Beam CT scans were relatively high in cost and in radiation doses, but provided three-dimensional images and anatomic and radiological data of superior quality to the classics.