Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Introduction of digital computers in the early 1940’s fuelled the revolutionary change of rapid development in the various fields of science, including the beginning steps in digital imaging for diagnostic application. The specialized radiographic technique is used for specific diagnostic task. Some of the techniques have been available to diagnose at years, others are more recent. Advance imaging techniques have advantages like reduced exposure 3D reconstruction with the help of computers, easy to store patient data. Although general dental practitioners do not use most of these techniques routinely, some techniques are used occasionally to aid in diagnosis of oral conditions in oral cavity. Within the last 20 years, conventional radiography has been replaced by digital radiography. Diagnostic digital imaging modalities in dentistry include periapical, bitewing, panoramic and cephalometric imaging. The drawbacks of two dimensional imaging include inherent magnification, distortion and overlap of anatomy. To overcome the inherent problems of 2D imaging, tomographic “slices” of oral and maxillofacial anatomy came; this process is termed as “linear” or “multidirectional tomography”.
Keywords: Digital Radiography, Computed Tomography, Cone Bean CT, Optical Coherence Tomography

Corresponding author: Dr Kapil Jhajharia, Ex-Assistant Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka, Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia.

This article may be cited as:  Jhajharia K. An Introduction  to the advanced diagnostic techniques in Endodontics. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(3):95-99.