Oral and Maxillofacial Imaging

Abstract

This article provides the reader with the knowledge and skills of identification and diagnostic interpretative skills using planar images, tomographic images, CBCT, MDCT, pertinent MR images, as well as bone scans and PET images. The goal is to provide sufficient in-depth knowledge of the technique, anatomy, and radiographic identifiers for the diagnosis of local and systemic pathoses. The information will train the reader to be an advocate of selection criteria as well as a follower of the "Image Gently" campaign and philosophy supported by the organized dentistry in the United States, especially in Diagnostic Radiology.

Keywords: Bone scan; Cone beam computed tomography; Digital radiography; MRI; Multidetector computed tomography; Multislice computed tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography; Ultrasound.