With the introduction of in-office cone beam computed tomography (CT), improved access to conventional CT scanning, and dental implant treatment planning software allowing on-thespot 3-dimensional evaluations of potential implant sites, the use of "flapless" implant surgery has gained popularity among surgeons. Although the flapless approach was initially suggested for and embraced by novice im...

BACKGROUND Lingual vascular canal (LVC) is an important anatomical structure in mandibular anterior region. Trauma to this structure during implant placement has been reported in this study. Dental computed tomography (DCT) provides a three-dimensional visualization of lingual vascular canal. AIM To assess the frequency, location, and size of LVC using dental CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS A ret...

Computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resolution imaging (MRI) are the medical imaging modalities to deliver cross-sectional images of the human body. In the last decade, CT has become the most frequently used imaging modality for the evaluation of the jaw for dental implants. Furthermore, image reformatting software has been developed in order to obtain a correct preoperative diagnosis ...

Objective. To detect presence of MB2 canal in maxillary molars and distolingual canal in mandibular molars by Dental CT. Material and Methods. A retrospective study of 100 Dental CTs was done. Axial and paraxial images obtained were used to assess the presence of MB2 canal in maxillary molars and distolingual canal in mandibular molars. Results. The youngest patient was of 11 years while the el...

With the introduction of in-office cone beam computed tomography (CT), improved access to conventional CT scanning, and dental implant treatment planning software allowing on-the-spot 3-dimensional evaluations of potential implant sites, the use of "flapless" implant surgery has gained popularity among surgeons. Although the flapless approach was initially suggested for and embraced by novice i...

The objective of this study was to test the accuracy and inter-reader variability of comparative radiologic identification based on dental post mortem computed tomography (PMCT) and ante mortem (AM) dental radiographs. Five raters with varying degrees of expertize and experience independently compared 115 dental PMCT images to 114 AM dental radiographs to identify matching pairs (n=98), unmatch...

AIM A successful implant therapy is based on an accurate assessment of the anatomy of the jaws. The aim of our study was to evaluate the reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MR) compared with computed tomography (CT) for dental implant planning in respect to bone measurements and to observe and analyze the differences. METHOD We have studied 30 cases in which scans were performed with C...

Segmentation of tooth/teeth from dental computed tomography (CT) or X-ray images and thereby its 3D visualization is of great significance for computed assistance strategies such as anomalies detection, planning for orthodontics, dental implants, face and jaw surgeries and much more. This application is often used in forensic science for human identification using matching of post-mortem (PM) a...

Knowledge of anatomical features of the occlusal surface of cheek teeth (CT) and subocclusal endodontic features (including whether pulp has been properly replaced by secondary dentine) is important in equine dentistry because this may help the clinician determine if the vital, innervated structures of the dentino-pulpal complex have been or might become compromised (e.g., following dental frac...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the differences in maxillomandibular transverse measurements at either the crown or the estimated center of resistance (CR), and to compare values between normal occlusion and Class III malocclusion groups. METHODS Dental casts and computed tomography (CT) data from 30 individuals with normal occlusion and 30 with skeletal Class III malocclusions were evaluated. Using th...