JAPANESE JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Vol. 55 No. 3       2009

ISSN: 0021-5163      UBIC: 151-J

ABSTRACT

Proper imaging examination was timely applied for diagnostic imaging of dental implant treatment. Japanese guidelines for diagnostic imaging of dental implant treatment were established by a Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, and published on the web during 2007. Use of dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), which rapidly became familiar to dental clinicians after the publication of guidelines in European and North America, and multislice helical computed tomography (MSCT), which has become widely used by hospitals in Japan, were considered in this Japanese guidelines. In this paper, the use of X-ray diagnostic stent, dental CBCT and MSCT were interpreted including our clinical experience. In addition, radiation dose, bone density of cancellous bone and depiction of mandibular anatomical structures, such as accessory mental foramen and retromolar canal using dental CBCT including the results of our imaging studies were interpreted. Keywords: dental implant treatment, diagnostic imaging, X-ray diagnostic stent, multislice computed tomography, dental cone-beam computed tomography.

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