DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
FOR IMPLANT PATIENT
REVIEW NOTE
Dr. Anu Sandeep
Dental Surgeon
, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FOR IMPLANT PATIENT
CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING
STANDARD PROJECTIONS
-) Cone Beam Computed INTERACTIVE
-) Periapical radiograph
Tomography (CBCT) “SIMULATION” SOFTWARE
-) Occlusal radiograph PROGRAMS
-) Multislice Computed
-) Panoramic radiograph Tomography (MSCT)
I. STANDARD PROJECTIONS:
1) PERIAPICAL RADIOGRAPH:
Advantages: Useful screening images that offer a detailed view of a small area of the
alveolar arch.
Limitation: Possibility of distortion & 2-D representation of anatomic
structures.
2) OCCLUSAL RADIOGRAPH:
Advantages: -) Intraoral projections that offer easy, economic, low radiation
dose & high-resolution images covering a large area than a panoramic
radiograph.
-) Provides an image of mandibular width or depict an extended
area of the alveolar ridge
-) Offers an initial assessment of the implant patient.
Limitations: Distortion & overlapping anatomy.
3) PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPH:
Advantages: -) Used in the evaluation of implant patients & initial assessment
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FOR IMPLANT PATIENT
REVIEW NOTE
Dr. Anu Sandeep
Dental Surgeon
, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FOR IMPLANT PATIENT
CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING
STANDARD PROJECTIONS
-) Cone Beam Computed INTERACTIVE
-) Periapical radiograph
Tomography (CBCT) “SIMULATION” SOFTWARE
-) Occlusal radiograph PROGRAMS
-) Multislice Computed
-) Panoramic radiograph Tomography (MSCT)
I. STANDARD PROJECTIONS:
1) PERIAPICAL RADIOGRAPH:
Advantages: Useful screening images that offer a detailed view of a small area of the
alveolar arch.
Limitation: Possibility of distortion & 2-D representation of anatomic
structures.
2) OCCLUSAL RADIOGRAPH:
Advantages: -) Intraoral projections that offer easy, economic, low radiation
dose & high-resolution images covering a large area than a panoramic
radiograph.
-) Provides an image of mandibular width or depict an extended
area of the alveolar ridge
-) Offers an initial assessment of the implant patient.
Limitations: Distortion & overlapping anatomy.
3) PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPH:
Advantages: -) Used in the evaluation of implant patients & initial assessment
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