BACKGROUND The cone-beam computerized tomography (CBCT) has become widely used for oral and maxillofacial imaging, providing a good spatial resolution, gray density range, and contrast, as well as a good pixel/noise ratio. In the CBCT the dimensional accuracy is also comparable with Computer Tomography (CT), but in contrast to the CT, the gray density values of the CBCT images (voxel value [VV]...

OBJECTIVES Our aim was to compare periapical radiography and cone beam CT (CBCT) for assessment of the periapical bone defect 1 week and 12 months after root-end resection. METHODS 50 patients (58 teeth) with a persisting apical periodontitis in a root-filled tooth (incisor, canine or premolar) were treated with root-end resection. 1 week and 12 months post-operatively, a CBCT scan (NewTom 3G...

Introduction: Cone-beam CT (CBCT) is an imaging system which offers three-dimensional (3D), multiplanar images and has many advantages over computed tomography (CT) including shorter acquisition times for the resolution desired in dentistry, lower radiation dose to the patient, reasonable price and higher spatial resolution but CBCT scanners are unable to display actual Hounsf...

PURPOSE Respiration-induced motion artifacts in cone-beam CT (CBCT) can be corrected using a model of patient motion obtained from respiration-correlated CT (RCCT). This approach assumes that respiration-induced organ deformations at simulation, when RCCT scans are normally acquired, are still valid at treatment. The purpose of this study is to compare lung tumor image quality in motion-correct...

Hypoglossal canal (HC) which begins from very slightly above the inner part of anterolateral portion foramen magnum and is located occipital condyle bone. The aim this study to examine HC morphology variations using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). types were investigated with 303 CBCT images (606 side). Type 1 variation in 606 examined becomes most commonly observed type (57.3%) while 5 w...

PURPOSE The potential of keV cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) for guiding adaptive replanning is well-known. There are impediments to this, one being CBCT number accuracy. The purpose of this study was to investigate CBCT number correction methods and the affect of residual inaccuracies on dose deposition. Four different correction strategies were applied to the same patient data to compare...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the type and prevalence of incidental findings from cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) of the maxillofacial region. Findings are divided into those that require (i) intervention/referral, (ii) monitoring, and (iii) no further evaluation. METHODS Three hundred consecutive CBCT scans conducted in the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial...

Aim: To estimate and compare the thickness of the maxillary antral floor in sagittal and coronal sections using CBCT images Methodology: The study included 100 retrieved CBCT scans which were analyzed retrospectively using CARESTREAM CBCT software with 50 mm diameter and 37 mm height scan volume. The thickness of the floor of maxillary sinus in the sagittal and coronal sections were analyzed an...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the dimensional accuracy of digital dental models obtained from the dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan of alginate impressions according to the time elapse when the impressions are stored under ambient conditions. METHODS Alginate impressions were obtained from 20 adults using 3 different alginate materials, 2 traditional alginate materials (Alginoplast ...

BACKGROUND Recently, using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) to assess root canal morphology has become popular; however, few studies have examined its efficiency to assess the entire root canals, including the tiny lateral and accessory canals (LACs). This study aimed to assess the ability of CBCT to evaluate the root canal of mandibular incisors at three different scanning settings, compar...