CBCT Indications and Interpretation Flashcards
CT skill effective dose in uSv
1000 uSv
Dental Pano effective dose in uSv
15 uSv
dental effective dose of full mouth in uSv
85 uSv
Dental CBCT effective dose in uSv
100 uSv
most common implication for a CBCT
what view is best?
IMPLANT PLANNING
- need to see 3D prjections
- relationship of canal location
cross -sectinoal from the side so you can see the lingual and buccal plate thickness
second reason for CBCT
ENDO - after conventional radiographs - complex anaomty and morphology - suspected perioapical pathosis trauma root resoprtion - apicoectomy planning
top 9 indications for CBCT
- implant
- endo
- ortho
- impactions and extractions
- pathology evaluation
- anatomic structure location
- trauma evaluation
- TMJ evaluation
- airway assessment
elements of a CBCT Radiologic report
- Patient info
- scan info
- radilogic findings - general findings
- radiologic impression - differential diangosis or definitive diagnosis
shades of gray in a CBCT black? grey? light grey? light to white white
black – air / like a sinus
dark gray – fate and loose connective tissue
lighter grey - soft tissue
light grey to white - calcified tissue and bone, teeth
white – metal
sequence you should use when looking at anatomy?
acronym?
- oral cavity
- paranasal
- skull base
- neck
“Only Play Soccer Naked”
look at every slice in how many planes?
3 planes
definition of ostium
small opening
how can you tell it is an axial slice?
aatomy of teeth
- in posterior you have two buccal roots and one palatal root
- woudlnt see this in mandibular
what view will most of our indentifications be in with CBCT?
axial
what is the only strucute we have to identify that could be seen above the orbit?
Frontal sinus