Preoperative application of limited cone beam computerized tomography as an assessment tool before minor oral surgery

Comparative study of Puricelli’s panorametry in conventional panoramic radiography and cone beam computed tomography panoramic reconstruction

“…It is now a diagnostic tool used worldwide as an auxiliary for complete diagnosis in many clinical challenges, allowing not only facial and maxillomandibular cross-sectioning, as well as 3D reconstructions 13,14 . Moreover, with the implementation of current hardware and software, DICOM images can now be formatted into MIP images, generating a multiplanar image, as in conventional radiographic films, such as panoramic, lateral, and frontal cephalograms.…”

“…Previous studies comparing conventional panoramic radiography with CBCT used axial, coronal, and or sagittal sections 5,7 , 3D images 8,15 , Dental CT images 13,14,16 , or reformatted curved panoramic sections [17][18][19] . No previous study could be found comparing conventional panoramic radiography with CBCT reformatted panoramic images in MIP mode.…”

“…The reproducibility of the examiners and methods was evaluated in several studies 7,8,13,14,[16][17][18][19] . Despite the fact of the manual tracing of Puricelli's panorametry, which could aggregate a measurement bias, the ICC values found in the present research were excellent for both imaging methods.…”

“…Others compared two images of the same patient 13,18,19,22 . Obviously, the panoramic image presents a projection or reconstruction of an arbitrary curved plane that anatomically does not exist.…”

Evaluating Dimensional Accuracy and Reliability of "Stitched" Small Field of View (SSFOV) Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Datasets for Use in Proprietary Dental Implant Guided Surgery Software

“…Many clinical applications of dental CBCT are found in the literature (Scarfe et al 2006). Clinical applications include but are not limited to the following: complex 3 rd molar surgery (Danforth et al 2003;Susarla and Dodson 2007;Tantanapornkul et al 2007;Flygare and Ohman 2008); minor oral surgery and orthognathic surgery (Nakagawa et al 2002;Troulis et al 2002;Alves et al 2007;Caloss et al 2007); orthodontic treatment, diagnosis and treatment planning (Maki et al 2003;Caprioglio et al 2007;Hechler 2008;Stratemann et al 2008); assistance in complicated endodontic diagnosis and treatment (Patel et al 2007Patel 2009); visualizing and diagnosing temporomandibular joint disorders (Hilgers et al 2005;Lewis et al 2008) and sleep apnea (Strauss and Burgoyne 2008).…”