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...

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...

odontogenic myxoma (om) is an infiltrative benign bone tumor that occurs almost exclusively in the facial skeleton. the radiographic characteristics of odontogenic myxoma may produce several patterns, making diagnosis difficult. cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) may prove extremely useful in clarifying the intraosseous extent of the tumor and its effects on surrounding structures. here, we r...

introduction: the present study was conducted to assess the morphology of mandibular canines using cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) in a north iranian population. methods and materials: for the morphological assessment of mandibular canines, 150 cbct images taken from patients for different reasons were used. the mandibular canines were examined in sagittal, coronal and axial dimensions. th...

objectives: differential diagnosis of bifid mandibular condyle (bmc) is important, since it may play a role in temporomandibular joint (tmj) dysfunctions and joint symptoms. in addition, radiographic appearance of bmc may mimic tumors and/or fractures. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and orientation of bmc based on cone beam computed tomography (cbct) scans.   materials and...

objectives: the aim of this study was to assess the effect of tube current, kilovoltage peak (kvp), metal type, and the position of metal objects on metal artifacts in cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) images. materials and methods: titanium and cobalt-chromium rods were fabricated and placed in a dry human mandible. samples were scanned using a promax 3d cbct unit with different milli-amper...

introduction: due to the complexity of facial asy-mmetry, the diagnosis of different aspects of asymmetry via conventional radiographs is not precise. in this study, we investigated findings of facial asymmetry by using cone- beam computed tomography (cbct) images. materials and methods: in this descriptive study, we evaluated cbct findings of 18 patients i.e. a group of 14 females and 4 males ...

background and aims. cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) is an imaging system which has many advantages over computed tomography (ct). in ct scan, hounsfield unit (hu) is proportional to the degree of x-ray attenuation by the tissue. in cbct, the degree of x-ray attenuation is shown by gray scale (voxel value). the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between gray scale...