November 18, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

The raw, unbridled, unabashed, audacious, resolute power of cbCT

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2011-12-12 14:57:50

November 15, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Kodak Dental Systems: Free Online Webinar

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This webinar is to be presented by Jordan Reiss, Endodontics Sales Director for Carestream Dental….I URGE YOU TO ATTEND – Jordan is simply one of the most knowledgeable folks in the field. This one-hour webinar will demonstrate to the user…

October 15, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomographyEndodontics

A gift from the Netherlands

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Holland possesses two things of beauty – tulips and Marga Ree Patient is a young 16 year old guy that presented with pain and a huge swelling. Virgin tooth. I saw a strange structure in the radiograph, and decided to…

September 24, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomographyPeriodontology

Cone-beam CT poised to play new role in periodontics

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By Kathy Kincade – editor in chief of Dr. Bicuspid Drs. Rosenfeld and Mandelaris shared their thoughts on the evolving role of periodontists in interdisciplinary dentistry and their recent experiences with cone-beam CT in their practice, which they believe will…

September 2, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

cbCT Aficianado – in print and available as an APP on iTunes

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2011-12-12 14:50:10

August 31, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Guidelines on CBCT for Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology – European

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From o’er the pond – a worthwhile read One of the primary aims of the SEDENTEXCT project was to develop evidence-based guidelines on use of CBCT in dentistry, including referral criteria, quality assurance guidelines and optimisation strategies. In 2009,we produced…

August 20, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Head cheese outta luck and feeling septic tanked

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Hopefully that will catch someone’s attention….been trying to get one Canadian dentist to be the pebble that starts the avalanche of clinical case postings………..just ain’t happening. Thought I’d share something that goes on about 50 to 100 times a day…

July 10, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomographyEndodontics

Sagittal, Axial, Coronal, again, Sagittal, Axial, Coronal

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From our friends at the Endo Blog –  THURSDAY,JULY 7, 2011 Evaluation of #2 for Retreatment, CBCT Revisited. I want to thank Dr. Hales for the introduction and for inviting me to contribute here on the Endoblog. I’ve been following…

July 8, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Artifacts in cbCT: recognition and avoidance

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First it was certification for small FOV cbCT and now I hear it’s email encryption from the RCDSO…………………………………..that’s the sound of a tree falling in the forest when there is no one around to hear it….did it make a sound…

June 23, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

IMAGEWORKS ANNOUNCES FDA APPROVAL OF THE NEWTOM 5G CONE BEAM CT

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Do you know that there are currently over 40 cbCT machines in the marketplace? First Installation at Loma Linda University (Elmsford,NY,June 22, 2011, – ImageWorks (OTC.IWKS.PK), leading provider of imaging products to the dental, medical and veterinary marketplace, is proud to…

June 21, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

CBCT and maxillary sinusitis of dental origin

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The power of social media for education is simply unparalleled….embrace it as it should be. CLICK – article entitled CBCT evaluation of maxillary sinusitis – Maillet – 2011 Case is from Farid Shaikh, 2nd yr resident. Cheers, Fred Frederic Barnett,…

June 1, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Certify me, certify you blues – understanding the “math” of cbCT

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The server that supports this blog had an IT aneurysm yesterday, lost several postings. This one in particular was really important and worth a repost…….. Many thanks to one of my personal heroes, Dr. Marc Balson, the CE director of…

May 13, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Planmeca introduces latest imaging unit Promax 3D Mid in Anaheim and Chicago

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Planmeca is introducing the new ProMax 3D Mid at the CDA in Anaheim and the AAO in Chicago this week. As described on their website – Planmeca ProMax 3D Mid is a genuine all-in-one CBVT (Cone Beam Volumetric Tomography) unit including…

April 30, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomographyElearning

Certify me,certify you blues – sometimes a great notion

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2011-12-12 14:24:21

April 20, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Build an educational website!!!!

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From Dr. Bicuspid – April 19, 2011 Dental schools in the U.S., U.K., and Australia are beginning to adopt cone-beam CT technology into their curricula, but few currently provide training on this equipment to predoctoral and undergraduate students,according to research…

March 22, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Editorials du jour – cont’d

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Can’t get Melissa to buy me a cloud server for articles et al, nudge nudge, wink, wink; thus, I use MOBILE ME……….brilliant editorial from Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology,and Endodontology,odd we’re not considered Oral………however….. It rel Image…

March 16, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

YES, YES, THERE IS A GOD!!!!!!!!!

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Students favor digital tools for learning radiographic anatomyBy Kathy Kincade, Editor in Chief DrBuspid.com March 16, 2011 — An interactive learning tool developed by researchers at the University of Queensland to enhance the learning of oral radiographic anatomy and interpretation…

March 8, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomographyEndodonticsOrthodontics

ECIR resorption case

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ECIR resorption case…..you can see from the scan where the resorption is limited to…….this is post ortho. I’d repeat the certify me, certify you blues refrain, but last night as I was parking my car, a bullet whizzed by and…

March 7, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomographyTrends in Dentistry

Certify me, certify you blues – IT’S A DIAGNOSTIC IMPERATIVE

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From: Michiel de Cleen <mjhc@xs4all.nl>Reply-To: ROOTS <roots@ls.rxdentistry.com>Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:22:31 +0100To: ROOTS <roots@ls.rxdentistry.com>Subject: [roots] cbct-resorption A 17-yr old girl was referred for diagnosis and treatment. Only with a CBCT I could fully appreciate the extent of the resorptive…

March 6, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Certify me, certify you blues – my aunt Fannie!

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All this vituperation about small FOV cbCT may well get me in trouble, but frankly, it’s worth it if enough folks get the message and make a little noise. I’m not suggesting that anyone take over Crescent Street and block…