Open AccessDentascan – Is the Investment Worth the Hype ???
Author(s) -
Monali Shah,
Sneha Shah,
Deepak Dave
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/6648.3845
Subject(s) - medicine , coronal plane , radiography , dental alveolus , dentistry , alveolar crest , orthodontics , sagittal plane , nuclear medicine , significant difference , gold standard (test) , radiology
Open Bone Measurement (OBM) and Bone Sounding (BS) are most reliable but invasive clinical methods for Alveolar Bone Level (ABL) assessment, causing discomfort to the patient. Routinely, IOPAs & OPGs are the commonest radiographic techniques used, which tend to underestimate bone loss and obscure buccal/lingual defects. Novel technique like dentascan (CBCT) eliminates this limitation by giving images in 3 planes - sagittal, coronal and axial.