Cone Beam CT of the Head and Neck (eBook)

Professor Chung How KAU completed his dental training at the Faculty of Dentistry at the National University of Singapore after having received general practice in Cardiff, Wales. He actively contributes and publishes in the orthodontic literature with over 100 peer-reviewd publications, conference papers and lectures. In 2006, he was honored by the Hungarian Orthodontonic Society. Professor Kau is the winner of two prestigious research prizes of the British Orthodontic Society - the Chapman (2002) and Houston (2006) and received two research awards from the American Association of Orthodontists - the AAO Faculty Development Award (2006) and Southwestern Society of Orthodontist Research Award (2007). His research lab is in possession of US $ 250.000 worth of imaging equipment which includes the 3D Sirona Galileos cone beam scanner of the 3dMD surface imaging device. Professor KAU completed an AMBA accredited Business Program from the Leeds University Business School in 2003. He is a fully registered specialist and dentist in the United Kingdom and Singapore. He also participates in the Faculty Practice at the Dental Branch, Universiy of Texas Health Science Center.Marko BOZIC, MD: is a resident of maxillofacial surgery at the University Medical Centre in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has finished the study of medicine in 2004 at the Medical Faculty in Ljubljana where he is currently finishing his Dental Medicine study and his PhD. Fulbright Scholar (UTHSC)Sherif Calal KAMEL, DDS MFDS RCSEdin received his education in the UK; International Research Scholarship (UTHSC)Kenneth ABRAMOVITCH; DDS MS is an Associate Professor and Head of Section (Oral Maxillofacial Radiology) at the Texas University, Houston, TX, USA.

Preface 5
Acknowledgments 7
Contents 8
Introduction 9
Conventional Computed Tomography 10
CBCT 11
CBCT Data 12
CBCT Acquisition Systems 13
Uses of CBCT Technology 14
Diagnosis 14
Clinical Applications of the CBCT 15
Late Evaluation with CBCT 15
The Purpose of the Clinical Atlas 16
References 16
Axial 18
Coronal 37
Sagittal 52
Mid-Sagittal: Airspaces 53
Mid-Sagittal at Midline 55
Mid-Sagittal Osteology 57
2.5 cm from Mid-Sagittal 59
5 cm from Mid-Sagittal (S2) 61
7.5 cm from Mid-Sagittal 63
10 cm from Mid-Sagittal 65
Master Legends 67