Imaging Systems: Page 53

PET/CT surveillance after HNC treatment helps avoid surgery

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Survival rates among head and neck cancer (HNC) patients were similar for those whose treatment surveillance was guided by PET/CT and those with planned neck dissections, but PET/CT resulted in fewer surgeries following treatment and was more cost-effective in a recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

March 30, 2016

Medical billing in the modern dental practice

By Chris Farrugia, DDS

Dr. Chris Farrugia explores how the purchase of a cone-beam CT machine led to a fundamental shift in his practice and the way he views dentistry. He writes that the exploration of medical billing versus dental billing changed his practice from a dental practice into a medical-style practice that treats teeth.

March 30, 2016

LED Dental gets FDA OK for Tuxedo digital radiography system

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

LED Dental has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Tuxedo digital intraoral radiography system.

March 29, 2016

Henry Schein partners with J. Morita to expand in Japan

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Henry Schein has entered into a "definitive transaction" with dental equipment and supply company J. Morita to expand the company's presence in Japan.

March 22, 2016

Patient selection criteria for radiographs

By Donald Tyndall, DDS, PhD

You likely wouldn't receive the same prescription at the physician's office for greatly differing conditions. So why do patients receive the same prescription when it comes to dental radiographs? Dr. Donald Tyndall, director of radiology for the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, walks you through the patient selection criteria for radiographs.

March 21, 2016

A clinician's journey into the third dimension: Part 1

By Anthony Ramirez, DDS

In the first of a multipart series, Dr. Anthony Ramirez details how cone-beam CT has advanced patient care. He compares 2D imaging with 3D imaging and discusses how improved diagnostic ability leads to better outcomes.

March 16, 2016

Integration of 3D digital technologies offers advantages

By Scott Pope, DDS

Today's dental landscape is being influenced and shaped by the integration of CAD/CAM and cone-beam CT imaging in the practice. As Dr. Scott Pope writes, these new and advanced 3D digital technologies can provide significant advantages to the practitioner and deliver better care to our patients.

March 3, 2016

Richard Branson to give keynote address at Siroworld

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Sir Richard Branson will give the keynote address at Siroworld, Dentsply Sirona's three-day educational event.

March 2, 2016

Planmeca's ProModel used in facial transplant procedure

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Finnish dental imaging technology developer Planmeca's ProModel package was part of the first facial tissue transplant in a Nordic country.

March 2, 2016

Carestream Dental launches 2 new products at Midwinter

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

CHICAGO - Carestream Dental launched its new CS 3600 intraoral scanner and the CS 7200 imaging plate system at this week's 2016 Midwinter Meeting.

February 24, 2016

Henry Schein to distribute DEXIS for Dentrix Ascend

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

CHICAGO - Henry Schein Practice Solutions announced the availability of DEXIS for Dentrix Ascend at this week's 2016 Midwinter Meeting.

February 24, 2016

Sheri's Solutions: The second opinion

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

New patients, especially those who are coming for a second opinion, are interesting, writes Dr. Sheri Doniger in her latest column. For the most part, every dental patient we see in our offices has been somewhere else for dental treatment at some point in their lives. She relates the case of one patient who came to her for a second opinion about restorations and their quest to get prior radiographs.

February 22, 2016

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