1Department of Conservative Dentistry, Division of Endodontology, Showa University School of Dentistry, 2-1-1 Kitasenzoku, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 145-8515, Japan 2Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Radiology, Showa University School of Dentistry, 2-1-1 Kitasenzoku, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 145-8515, Japan 3Division of Endodontics, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Ohu University School of De...

A combination of positron emission tomography (PET) with (18)F-labeled fluoro-2-deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) and computed tomography ((18)F-FDG-PET/CT) has increasingly become a widely used imaging modality for the diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer. On the basis of both recent literature and our professional experience, we present a set of principles with pictorial illustrations and ...

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...

ABBREVIATIONS AAOMR: American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. AAPD: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. ADA: American Dental Association. CBCT: Cone-beam computed tomography. FDA: Food and Drug Administration. Purpose The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) intends these recommendations to help practitioners make clinical decisions concerning appropriate selection o...

(BDS, MS)Professor in Oral Medicine and Radiology, Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Abstract Lichen palnus is a mucocutaneous disorder that predominantly affects older patients and less frequently the paediatric population. Oral lichen planus (OLP) can cause severe morbidity if undiagnosed and it carries l...

in tuberculous meningitis: Results of multinational Haydarpasa-2 Study Hakan Erdem; Derya Ozturk-Engin; Hulya Tireli; Gamze Kilicoglu; Oral Oncul; Haluk Vahaboglu; Gata Haydarpasa Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Haydarpasa Numume Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Neurology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Radiology, Haydarpasa Numun...

introduction: motion artifacts are a common problem in pediatric radiographic studies and are a common indication for pediatric procedural sedation. this study aimed to compare the combination of oral midazolam and ketamine (omk) with oral midazolam alone (om) as procedural sedatives among children undergoing computed tomography (ct) imaging. methods: the study population was comprised of six-m...