cone beam tomography

Kodak Dental Systems: Free Online Webinar

This webinar is to be presented by Jordan Reiss, Endodontics Sales Director for Carestream Dental….I URGE YOU TO ATTEND – Jordan is simply one of the most knowledgeable folks in the field. This one-hour webinar will demonstrate to the user how to more effectively take advantage of the tools in the 3D software. Discover techniques … Read more

A gift from the Netherlands

Holland possesses two things of beauty – tulips and Marga Ree Patient is a young 16 year old guy that presented with pain and a huge swelling. Virgin tooth. I saw a strange structure in the radiograph, and decided to run a scan: There appeared to be  a dens invaginatus in 17, you can clearly … Read more

Cone-beam CT poised to play new role in periodontics

By Kathy Kincade – editor in chief of Dr. Bicuspid Drs. Rosenfeld and Mandelaris shared their thoughts on the evolving role of periodontists in interdisciplinary dentistry and their recent experiences with cone-beam CT in their practice, which they believe will open up new diagnostic and treatment opportunities for periodontists. DrBicuspid: How long have you been … Read more

Guidelines on CBCT for Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology – European

From o’er the pond – a worthwhile read One of the primary aims of the SEDENTEXCT project was to develop evidence-based guidelines on use of CBCT in dentistry, including referral criteria, quality assurance guidelines and optimisation strategies. In 2009,we produced a “Provisional Guidelines” document as an interim step. In the past two years,that publication has … Read more

Head cheese outta luck and feeling septic tanked

Hopefully that will catch someone’s attention….been trying to get one Canadian dentist to be the pebble that starts the avalanche of clinical case postings………..just ain’t happening. Thought I’d share something that goes on about 50 to 100 times a day and has for the past 13 years…..only endo, but then again, what else is there. … Read more

Sagittal, Axial, Coronal, again, Sagittal, Axial, Coronal

From our friends at the Endo Blog –  THURSDAY,JULY 7, 2011 Evaluation of #2 for Retreatment, CBCT Revisited. I want to thank Dr. Hales for the introduction and for inviting me to contribute here on the Endoblog. I’ve been following and learning from the Endoblog for some time. It’s my hope that I can not … Read more

Artifacts in cbCT: recognition and avoidance

First it was certification for small FOV cbCT and now I hear it’s email encryption from the RCDSO…………………………………..that’s the sound of a tree falling in the forest when there is no one around to hear it….did it make a sound or not………ah CONNECTIVITY – we hardly knew yee, cuz while CONTENT MAY BE KING, CONNECTIVITY … Read more

IMAGEWORKS ANNOUNCES FDA APPROVAL OF THE NEWTOM 5G CONE BEAM CT

Do you know that there are currently over 40 cbCT machines in the marketplace? First Installation at Loma Linda University (Elmsford,NY,June 22, 2011, – ImageWorks (OTC.IWKS.PK), leading provider of imaging products to the dental, medical and veterinary marketplace, is proud to announce the FDA Approval of the latest Cone Beam CT, the NewTom 5G. The latest … Read more

CBCT and maxillary sinusitis of dental origin

The power of social media for education is simply unparalleled….embrace it as it should be. CLICK – article entitled CBCT evaluation of maxillary sinusitis – Maillet – 2011 Case is from Farid Shaikh, 2nd yr resident. Cheers, Fred Frederic Barnett, DMDInterim Chair, Maxwell S. Fogel Department of Dental Medicine Chairman and Program Director IB Bender … Read more

Certify me, certify you blues – understanding the “math” of cbCT

The server that supports this blog had an IT aneurysm yesterday, lost several postings. This one in particular was really important and worth a repost…….. Many thanks to one of my personal heroes, Dr. Marc Balson, the CE director of the New Jersey Association of Endodontics for allowing “us” to share the files listed below. Dr. … Read more

Planmeca introduces latest imaging unit Promax 3D Mid in Anaheim and Chicago

Planmeca is introducing the new ProMax 3D Mid at the CDA in Anaheim and the AAO in Chicago this week. As described on their website – Planmeca ProMax 3D Mid is a genuine all-in-one CBVT (Cone Beam Volumetric Tomography) unit including 3D imaging, digital panoramic,digital cephalometric and 3D photo,all in the same unit.   Planmeca ProMax … Read more

Build an educational website!!!!

From Dr. Bicuspid – April 19, 2011 Dental schools in the U.S., U.K., and Australia are beginning to adopt cone-beam CT technology into their curricula, but few currently provide training on this equipment to predoctoral and undergraduate students,according to research conducted by Vijay Parashar,BDS, DDS, MDSc, an associate professor at the Midwestern University College of … Read more

Editorials du jour – cont’d

Can’t get Melissa to buy me a cloud server for articles et al, nudge nudge, wink, wink; thus, I use MOBILE ME……….brilliant editorial from Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology,and Endodontology,odd we’re not considered Oral………however….. It rel Image via Wikipedia ates to cone beam tomography. CbCT is standard of care, but not necessarily … Read more

YES, YES, THERE IS A GOD!!!!!!!!!

Students favor digital tools for learning radiographic anatomyBy Kathy Kincade, Editor in Chief DrBuspid.com March 16, 2011 — An interactive learning tool developed by researchers at the University of Queensland to enhance the learning of oral radiographic anatomy and interpretation received a warm welcome from dental students at the school who got to test-drive it … Read more

ECIR resorption case

ECIR resorption case…..you can see from the scan where the resorption is limited to…….this is post ortho. I’d repeat the certify me, certify you blues refrain, but last night as I was parking my car, a bullet whizzed by and took out my tail light……….thus I shall refrain from the refrain and recruse myself from … Read more