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Selection criteria: One size does not fit all
By Edwin T. Parks, DMD, MS
There is no such thing as a good photon -- trite but true. As dental professionals, we are the steward of our patient's exposure to dental diagnostic x-rays.
October 19, 2008
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Dedicated versus hybrid cone-beam CT: Two options emerge
By Allan Farman, BDS, MBA, PhD, DSc
X-ray imaging in dentistry is rapidly moving toward 3D, and it is time for general dentists to take note. The first FDA-approved cone-beam CT (CBCT) system was in the year 2000, but since that time many competitors have entered the marketplace.
October 8, 2008
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New x-ray software features tested
By Laird Harrison
Using Logicon software, dentists can double or triple their accuracy in spotting subtle proximal caries, the company found in a new study. But one expert questioned the study's methodology.
October 2, 2008
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Dental community loses an x-ray innovator
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Al Richards, an inventor and retired professor of radiography at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, died September 6 at the age of 91.
September 8, 2008
New study finds higher cancer risk from x-rays
By Laird Harrison
Dental x-rays cause a lot more cancer than previously assumed, according to new estimates published in the September Journal of the American Dental Association. And most dentists aren't doing enough to protect their patients.
September 4, 2008
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Dentists offer help in gymnasts' age controversy
By Laird Harrison
Olympic gymnastics regulations lack teeth -- literally, according to some U.S. dentists. They argue that a panoramic x-ray could show whether Chinese gymnasts are old enough to participate in the competition.
August 18, 2008
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Dexis offers new integration software
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dexis has launched new integration software, Dexis Integrator, for its Dexis digital x-ray and Dentrix practice management systems.
August 6, 2008
CBCT: First choice for preoperative diagnosis?
By Greg Holden
When it comes to looking below the gum line and deep into the mandibular canal, anything that helps you get a better view is essential. Two recent studies indicate that cone-beam CT scanners are superior to conventional periapical x-rays in certain cases.
July 17, 2008
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Aribex ships handheld x-ray system
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Handheld x-ray developer Aribex has begun shipping its Nomad Pro digital x-ray system.
July 16, 2008
Beyond x-rays: Part III -- OCT brings early decay to light
By Kathy Kincade
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can image both hard and soft dental tissue with 10 times the detail of x-rays. But will the price tag put it out of reach for most dentists?
July 10, 2008
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Beyond x-rays: Part II -- The glow of demineralization
By Kathy Kincade
For years the mineral loss from enamel and dentin has been known to alter the optical properties of teeth. Now technology developers are hoping to capitalize on this with a fluorescence device to identify demineralization and thus pinpoint dental caries much earlier than is possible with x-rays or visual examination -- before cavitation begins.
June 25, 2008
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Beyond x-rays: Part I -- Do optical caries detection systems really work?
By Kathy Kincade
X-rays and visual exams have long been the dentists' diagnostic methods of choice. But x-rays routinely miss 70% to 80% of occlusal caries. A number of products now offer dentists additional information about a tooth at the microscopic level. However, the jury is still out on how useful they are beyond serving as an adjunct to x-rays and visual exams.
June 15, 2008
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