objectives: this study sought to assess the diagnostic accuracy of cone beam computed tomography (cbct) with different voxel sizes and intraoral digital radiography with photostimulable phosphor (psp) plate for detection of periapical (pa) bone lesions. materials and methods: in this ex vivo diagnostic study, one-millimeter defects were created in the alveolar sockets of 15 bone blocks, each wi...

Introduction: Diagnosis of lesions and bone defects is very important and there is a lack of substantial studies on the most appropriate method for bone defect measurement. Hence, the aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in the diagnosis of mandibular bone defects present in sheep. Material & Methods: T...

a 20-year-old man presented with the history of pain and swelling in the anterior maxillary segment. the periapical radiography was indicative of a dental anomaly in right maxillary lateral incisor. due to the insufficient information from conventional radiography, cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) was ordered. cbct showed apical root resorption, large apical lucency and two separate canals ...

background: cross- sectional tomograms have been used for optimal pre-operative planning of dental implant placement. the aim of the present study was to assess the accuracy of cone beam computed tomography (cbct) measurements of specifi c distances around the mandibular canal by comparing them to those obtained from multi-slice computed tomography (msct) images. materials and methods: ten hemi...

introduction: vertical root fracture (vrf) is common in endodontically treated teeth. conventional and digital radiographies have limitations for detection of vrfs. cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) offers greater detection accuracy of vrfs in comparison with conventional radiography. this study compared the effects of metal artifacts on detection of vrfs by using two cbct systems. methods a...

background and aims. at present, cone beam computed tomography (cbct) has become a substitute for computed tomography (ct) in dental procedures. the metallic materials used in dentistry can produce artifacts due to the beam hardening phenomenon. these artifacts decrease the quality of images. in the present study, the number of artifacts as a result of beam hardening in the images of dental imp...

The introduction of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) devices, changed the way oral and maxillofacial radiology is practiced. CBCT was embraced into the dental settings very rapidly due to its compact size, low cost, low ionizing radiation exposure when compared to medical computed tomography. Alike medical CT, 3 dimensional evaluation of the maxillofacial region with minimal distortion is o...

background: providing a cross-sectional image is essential for preimplant assessments. computed tomography (ct) and cone beam ct (cbct) images are very expensive and provide high radiation dose. tangential projection is a very simple, available, and low-dose technique that can be used in the anterior portion of mandible. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of tangential proje...

Ashok Balasundaram: Cone beam Computed Tomography imaging of periodontal bone (Under the direction of Dr. André Mol) Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a low-dose, low-cost three dimensional imaging modality used for several oral and maxillofacial applications. This project evaluated the accuracy of Cone-Beam CT imaging to assess periodontal alveolar bone. In Phase I, ground truth measurem...

introduction: due to the importance of apical transportation during root canal preparation, the aim of the current study was to use cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) to assess the extent of apical transportation caused by protaper and mtwo files. methods and materials: forty extracted maxillary first molars with 19-22 mm length and 20-40 degrees of curvature were selected. the mesiobuccal ca...