title: Modern dental imaging: a review of the current technology and clinical applications in dental practice.
abstract: A review of modern imaging techniques commonly used in dental practice and their clinical applications is presented. The current dental examinations consist of intraoral imaging with digital indirect and direct receptors, while extraoral imaging is divided into traditional tomographic/panoramic imaging and the more recently introduced cone beam computed tomography. Applications, limitations and current trends of these dental "in-office" radiographic techniques are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Oral Imaging Centre, Faculty of Medicine, School of Dentistry, Oral Pathology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. bart.vandenberghe@med.kuleuven.be
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vandenberghe
authors.forename: Reinhilde
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Hilde
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bosmans
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D016300:Radiography, Bitewing; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000379:methods; D019252:Radiography, Dental, Digital; D018915:Root Canal Preparation