Current status of dental caries diagnosis using cone beam computed tomography
박영석, 안진수, 권호범, 이승표,
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박영석 ( Park Young-Seok ) - Seoul National University School of Dentistry Department of Oral Anatomy
안진수 ( Ahn Jin-Soo ) - Seoul National University School of Dentistry Department of Dental Biomaterials Science
권호범 ( Kwon Ho-Beom ) - Seoul National University School of Dentistry Department of Prosthodontics
이승표 ( Lee Seung-Pyo ) - Seoul National University School of Dentistry Department of Oral Anatomy
KMID : 1024020110410020043
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to review the current status of dental caries diagnosis using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).
Materials and Methods: An online PubMed search was performed to identify studies on caries research using CBCT.
Results: Despite its usefulness, there were inherent limitations in the detection of caries lesions through conventional radiograph mainly due to the two-dimensional (2D) representation of caries lesions. Several efforts were made to investigate the three-dimensional (3D) image of lesion, only to gain little popularity. Recently, CBCT was introduced and has been used for diagnosis of caries in several reports. Some of them maintained the superiority of CBCT systems, however it is still under controversies.
Conclusion: The CBCT systems are promising, however they should not be considered as a primary choice of caries diagnosis in everyday practice yet. Further studies under more standardized condition should be performed in the near future.
키워드
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; Dental Caries; Diagnosis
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