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Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Clinician’S Guide To 3D Imaging by Prashant P Jaju
• This book will help dentists to learn how to recognize situations where CBCT imaging is indicated, and how to optimize the examination and interpretation of the resulting images.
• This book highlights the importance of CBCT in dentistry and its possible future applications in the allied fields.
• Cone Bean Computed Tomography (CBCT) has brough a paradigm shift from 2D imaging to 3D imaging in the dental field.
• Application of CBCT range from dental implantology, oral maxillofacial surgery, orthodontic, sleep apnea, temporomandibular joints, orthognathic surgery, etc.
• The 2D imaging suffers from inherent limitations of magnification, distortion and superimposition, which is easily surpassed by CBCT.
• Dental fraternity needs to understand the way of relating the CBCT images for patient’s anatomy.
• Highlightds the basic principle of CBCT, normal appearance of maxillofacial landmarks on CBCT images and applications of CBCT in dental field.