title: [Preoperative radiological planning for oral implants].
abstract: For patients who lost one or more teeth, oral osseointegrating implants can offer a natural and solid solution. In order to rehabilitate (partially) edentulous patients with oral implants, a surgical intervention is inevitable. It is therefore of utmost importance that both esthetical and biomechanical demands are met in as few interventions and as little time as possible, which makes a thorough preoperative examination of the edentulous region mandatory. Radiographs of different kinds offer the possibility to evaluate bone volume and--to a lesser extent--quality of the area to be rehabilitated. It should however be kept in mind that radiography necessarily brings about a certain amount of possible detrimental radiation burden. Selection of the appropriate radiographic technique should therefore be based on a well thought-out balance between diagnostic value and risk level of the intervention on the one hand and radiation burden on the other.
authors.affiliation: Afdeling Parodontologie en Centrum voor Orale Beeldvorming van de School voor Tandheelkunde, Mondziekten en Kaakchirurgie, faculteit Geneeskunde van de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, België. Reinhilde.Jacobs@uz.kuleu-ven.ac.be
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gijbels
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*