title: Is there a role for the use of volumetric cone beam computed tomography in periodontics?
abstract: Volumetric computed cone beam tomography offers a number of significant advantages over conventional intraoral and extraoral panoramic radiography, as well as computed tomography. To date, periodontal diagnosis has relied heavily on the assessment of both intraoral radiographs and extraoral panoramic radiographs. With emerging technology in radiology there has been considerable interest in the role that volumetric cone beam computed tomography might play in periodontal diagnostics. This narrative reviews the current evidence and considers whether there is a role for volumetric cone beam computed tomography in periodontics.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide, South Australia.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: du Bois
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kardachi
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Bartold
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016300:Radiography, Bitewing; D019252:Radiography, Dental, Digital / Q000379:methods; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic