Focal tracer uptake in the jaw during conventional bone scintigraphy is a quite frequent finding usually due to dental disease and seldom to other diseases including malignant disease. Methylene diphosphonate-technetium-99m ((99m)Tc-MDP) 3-phase bone scan is considered the most sensitive imaging method for the detection of jaw osteonecrosis at an early stage. This finding can also but seldom be...

BACKGROUND A guide for the implementation of dental digital imaging reports was developed and validated through the International Standard of Health Informatics-Health Level Seven (HL7), achieving interoperability with an electronic system that keeps dental records. INTRODUCTION Digital imaging benefits patients, who can view previous close-ups of dental examinations; providers, because of gr...

Dental caries is one of the oldest and most common diseases found in humans. With the recent shift from the surgical model, which emphasized restorative treatment, to a medical model of disease management, newer strategies emphasize disease prevention and conservation of tooth structure. For early detection and monitoring of caries, rather than waiting until a cavity is formed and restorative t...

Introduction Digital dental radiography was introduced in 1987, and many thought this technology would quickly take over as the standard in dental radiology. However, this has not been the case as only 7% to 8% of dental professionals currently use digital imaging systems (1). Many dentists have been resistant to change as the diagnostic quality of digital radiography has been questionable when...

1Department of Virology, Division of Medical Science, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan; 2Department of Molecular Virology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan; 3AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; 4Department of Infectious Diseases, National Research Institute for Child Health an...

Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is an excellent three-dimensional (3D) imaging modality. Traditional dental education has focused on teaching conventional (2D) imaging. The aims of this survey-based study were therefore to evaluate the incorporation of CBCT teaching in both the predoctoral/undergraduate (D.D.S./D.M.D./B.D.S.) and postgraduate/residency specialty training curricula in denta...

Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of panoramic radiography (PAN) for identification infectious foci tooth and periradicular bone before definitive chemo-radiotherapy treatment oropharyngeal cancer, using multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) imaging as reference standard. Materials methods: 50 patients with cancer who had performed both pre-treatment MSCT PAN were retrospectively ...