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Review
. 2022 Mar 30;10(1):e100.
doi: 10.21142/2523-2754-1001-2022-100. eCollection 2022 Jan-Mar.

[Applications of cone beam computed tomography of the craneofacial structure in medical specialties. A review]

[Article in Spanish]
Agustín Muñoz-Galván  1 , Gustavo Adolfo Fiori-Chíncaro  2 , Ana María Agudelo-Botero  2
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[Applications of cone beam computed tomography of the craneofacial structure in medical specialties. A review]

[Article in Spanish]
Agustín Muñoz-Galván et al. Rev Cient Odontol (Lima). .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) of the craniofacial structure has demonstrated its usefulness in the dental area during the last decades, thus it has become a fundamental tool in the diagnosis, planning, and evaluation of treatment, and although it was not developed for the exclusive use in dentistry, as it is commonly considered, it is used in other areas such as medicine. It is specifically used in the head and neck area where different medical specialties interact, and at the same time these interact with dental specialties, so knowing the advantages of CBCT over different imaging technologies in the medical area is necessary. The purpose of this review was to describe the applications of observation, diagnosis, planning, and evolution of treatments using maxillofacial HSCT in different medical specialties. This work highlights the use of TCHC in different medical applications and highlights where it is most useful compared to other technologies.

La tomografía computarizada de haz cónico (TCHC) de la estructura craneofacial ha demostrado su utilidad en el área odontológica durante las últimas décadas, por lo que se ha convertido en una herramienta fundamental para el diagnóstico, la planeación y la evaluación del tratamiento. Aunque no fue desarrollada para uso exclusivo en odontología como comúnmente se considera, es utilizada en otras áreas como la medicina. Específicamente, se emplea en el área de cabeza y el cuello, donde interactúan diferentes especialidades médicas, y a la vez estas interactúan con especialidades odontológicas; por tanto, conocer las ventajas de la TCHC sobre diferentes tecnologías imagenológicas en el área médica es necesario. El propósito de esta revisión fue describir las aplicaciones de observación, diagnóstico, planeación y evolución de tratamientos mediante la TCHC maxilofacial en diferentes especialidades médicas. Este trabajo destaca el uso de la TCHC en las diferentes aplicaciones médicas y resalta dónde radica su mayor utilidad en comparación con otras tecnologías.

Keywords: cone beam CT; cone-beam computed tomography; dental; dentistry; maxillofacial; medical specialties; multidetector computed tomography; multislice computed tomography.

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