Tag: CBCT

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Case of the Week: Fusion on CBCT

This week I’m trying something new for the new year – a video of a case of fusion as seen on CBCT.  I came across this case and tried and tried to create 2D screenshots to show the case but they just weren’t working the way I wanted them to.…
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Case of the Week: Tonsiliths

This week is another CBCT case of calcifications, this time in the tonsils.  On CBCT images, these are seen on the axial views lateral to the airway and on coronal views medial to the ramus of the mandible.  They are well-defined irregular shaped radiopaque entities. They may be single or…
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Case of the Week: Antrolith

This week is a case of calcifications in the maxillary sinus commonly referred to as antroliths.  This case is a CBCT case seen as multiple well-defined radiopaque entities near the floor of the right maxillary sinus. If you have any questions or comment, please leave them below. Thanks and enjoy!
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Article Review: CBCT (JADA August 2012)

There was a recent article in the Journal of American Dental Association (JADA) August 2012 regarding the use of cone beam CT in dentistry.  I thought I would summarize it here as well as give a link to the article itself here.  The article was written by the Council on…
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Case of the week: Antrolith and Sinusitis

This weeks case has a few things going on in one of the maxillary sinuses.  There are three different findings in the left maxillary sinus: an antrolith, sinusitis, and a maxillary sinus septum. An antrolith is a calcification within the maxillary sinuses. Sinusitis is thickening of the soft tissue of…