WHY DENTISTS TAKE CT SCANS?

Your doctor may use this technology to produce three dimensional (3-D) images of your teeth, soft tissues, nerve pathways and bone in a single scan.

With Cone Beam scanner is becoming more affordable there are more and more dental practices now acquiring this advanced piece of equipment, they use it primarily for the following purposes:

• To plan accurate placement of dental implant prior to surgery.
• Evaluation of bone quantity prior to dental implant placement, particularly with regards to sinus location and determination of possible grafting/sinus lift treatments.
• Evaluation and location of vital nerve canals prior to dental implant placement.
• Planning of surgical extraction of impacted wisdom teeth.
• Detection and monitoring of jaw tumors.
• Locating and identifying pathological origins of chronic pain.