Case Report
Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Useful Tool in Diagnosis of Bone Island and Implant Insertion Guidance
| Chen Tie, Zhou Zhi-ying and Lai Ren-fa* | |
| The Medical Centre of Stomatology, the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, Chinaru | |
| Corresponding Author : | Lai Ren-fa The Medical Centre of Stomatology the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University Guangzhou 510630, China E-mail: Prof.Dr.Lai@163.com |
| Received December 20, 2011; Accepted January 10, 2012; Published January 14, 2012 | |
| Citation: Tie C, Zhi-ying Z, Ren-fa L (2012) Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Useful Tool in Diagnosis of Bone Island and Implant Insertion Guidance. OMICS J Radiology. 1:101. doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000101 | |
| Copyright: © 2012 Tie C et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to make surgeons aware of the use of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) within the field of implantology. The paper describes one case illustrating the improved diagnostic yield using CBCT over conventional radiography thus facilitating the appropriate insertion guidance of implants.
