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. 2015 Dec;148(6):914-21.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2015.09.007.

History of imaging in orthodontics from Broadbent to cone-beam computed tomography

Mark G Hans  1 , J Martin Palomo  2 , Manish Valiathan  3
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History of imaging in orthodontics from Broadbent to cone-beam computed tomography

Mark G Hans et al. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

The history of imaging and orthodontics is a story of technology informing biology. Advances in imaging changed our thinking as our understanding of craniofacial growth and the impact of orthodontic treatment deepened. This article traces the history of imaging in orthodontics from the invention of the cephalometer by B. Holly Broadbent in 1930 to the introduction of low-cost, low-radiation-dose cone-beam computed tomography imaging in 2015.

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  • "The choice is ours" (not to mention our patients').
    Halazonetis DJ. Halazonetis DJ. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2016 May;149(5):590-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2016.02.004. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2016. PMID: 27131234 No abstract available.
  • Authors' response.
    Hans MG, Palomo JM, Valiathan M. Hans MG, et al. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2016 May;149(5):591-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2016.02.002. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2016. PMID: 27131235 No abstract available.

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