title: [Application of cone-beam computed tomography in the treatment of impacted maxillary teeth].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the treatment of impacted maxillary teeth with localization via cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven cases with impacted maxillary teeth on X-ray examination were selected from 2009 to 2010. The impacted maxillary teeth were scanned by CBCT.The three-dimensional images of impacted maxillary teeth were obtained by multiplanar reconstructions (MPR) to determine the location of impacted teeth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CBCT and MPR can demonstrate the morphology and location and growing state of the impacted maxillary teeth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CBCT and MPR are the most accurate and effective methods to localize the impacted maxillary teeth.
authors: Department of Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. wangsun9h@sina.com
authors: Sun
authors: S
authors: Wang
authors: Xi-ping
authors: XP
authors: Feng
authors: Hui-zhen
authors: HZ
authors: Cao
mesh_terms: D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D003481:Cuspid; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008437:Maxilla; D012391:Root Resorption; D014070:Tooth; D014095:Tooth, Impacted