« New Publications from UM SoD Faculty: February 07, part 1 | Main | New From CDC: The Burden of Oral Disease »
February 19, 2007
Conebeam Tiptoes into the Big Time
In another recent blog entry, we highlighted a new article from UM faculty about the use of conebeam CT in dentistry.
PMID: 17082331
Pinsky HM. Dyda S. Pinsky RW. Misch KA. Sarment DP.
Accuracy of three-dimensional measurements using cone-beam CT.
Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology. 35(6):410-6, 2006 Nov.
From the first article in 1998, conebeam CT has been increasing in prominence in dentistry at an exponential rate, reaching critical mass over the past year or so.
PubMed Search: (conebeam OR cone-beam OR "cone beam") (dentistry OR stomatognathic
A recent press release notes that for the first time ever conebeam CT is being used in private practice in dentistry.
Illinois Dental Practice Installs First U.S. Sirona 3D X-Ray Imaging System: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/2/emw503188.htm
"Evanston, Illinois dentist, Dr. Daniel Marinic, has installed a new three-dimensional (3D) X-ray imaging system, GALILEOS made by Sirona Dental Systems, the first such system of its kind in a private practice in the United States."
Posted by pfa at February 19, 2007 09:35 AM