title: Preoperative computed tomography in patients requiring a bone-anchored hearing aid.
abstract: A preoperative computed tomography technique, "Dentascan" or "Dentatool", was used to find the optimal site for implant installation in patients requiring a bone-anchored hearing aid. The technique is demonstrated in a patient with bilateral bone conduction hearing loss who was treated with bilateral bone-anchored hearing aids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, A. Z. St.-Jan Brugge, Bruges, Belgium.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Casselman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ars
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van de Heyning
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koekelkoren
mesh_terms: D001844:Bone Conduction; D002508:Cephalometry; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004867:Equipment Design; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D016348:Osseointegration; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011300:Preoperative Care; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed