Open AccessThe role of diagnostic ultrasound as a new diagnostic aid in oral and maxillofacial surgery
Author(s) -
Siva Subramaniyam Venkataraman,
Ramraj Jayabalan Aravind,
T Kavin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.100204
Subject(s) - medicine , oral and maxillofacial surgery , ultrasonography , limelight , oral surgery , hard tissue , medical physics , dentistry , general surgery , radiology , electrical engineering , engineering
Only very few studies have been done in the past to evaluate the usefulness and limitations of ultrasonography in oral and maxillofacial surgery. This study, though in an embryonic stage, has been done to bring this technique to limelight and to put forth the importance of its use and limitations in the branch of oral surgery. The purpose of this study was to investigate and study the characteristic pattern of the oral tissues on gray scale ultrasonography and to assess the practical applicability of this new diagnostic technique in diagnosing various tissue pathologies in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery.