SZTUKA IMPLANTOL

Tom/Volume 10; Numer/Number 2 (20), 2015: 87-99

E-ISSN: 2392-2834   ID ART: 2015/2/87

ISSN 1895-6920  

Neugebauer J. et al.

PRACA POGLĄDOWA 

From X-ray film to digital radiology. Technological change in implantological diagnostics

Od klisz rentgenowskich do radiografii cyfrowej. Zmiana technologiczna w diagnostyce implantologicznej

Jorg Neugebauer^1,2,B,E,F, Frank Kistler^1,B,E,F, Steffen Kistler^1,B,E,F, Martin Scheer^3,B,E,F

¹ Dr Bayer, Dr Kistler and Dr Elbertzhagen, Private Practice, Landsberg am Lech, Germany
² Interdisciplinary Clinic for Oral Surgery and Implantology, Department of Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
³ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Muhlenkreiskliniken, Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden, Minden, Germany

Authors’ Contribution: A - Study Design, B - Data Collection, C - Statistical Analysis, D - Data Interpretation, E - Manuscript Preparation, F - Literature Search, G - Funds Collection

Received: 10.04.2015. Accepted: 06.07.2015. Published: 21.08.2015

Prawa autorskie do publikacji: przeniesione na Wydawnictwo AS MEDIA

SUMMARY

Over the past 25 years, implant therapy has evolved from a specialist treatment mode for a few experts to a routine treatment option that many dentists provide. The decision for or against implant treatment and any related augmentation procedures requires a detailed radiological diagnosis, the exact nature of which will have to be determined depending on body regions and prevailing anatomical conditions. In the early years of oral implantology, the only available options were panoramic radiographs (orthopantomographs, OPG) and standard dental X-rays film, and the radiation doses required at the time were high. Yet the application of today’s digital 3D diagnostics – despite relatively low radiation exposure – has been viewed critically in line with the technology becoming more widespread, for reasons of radiation hygiene [19]. Therefore, depending on the clinical findings and planned therapy, the radiological technology to use should be chosen to yield a maximum of pertinent information with minimum radiation exposure [1]. The digitization of dental radiology makes radiological data immediately available anywhere in the dental practice. In addition, it provides effective ways of exchanging data with referrers and even allows joint case discussions with specialists over the internet.

KEY WORDS:

intraoral imaging, cone-beam computed tomography, 3D surgical guides, CAD/CAM surgical guides, orthopantomography