Cone-Beam CT Diagnostic Applications: Caries, Periodontal Bone Assessment, and Endodontic Applications

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 825-841

  Tyndall, Donald A ^a   Rathore, Sonali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; JAW; METHODOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 52049112120     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2008.05.002     Document Type: Review

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