How safe is CBCT for your patients?

By Ken Serota, DDS, MMSc

Technological advances, such as digital imaging systems, have significantly increased the level of detailed information available to practitioners while mitigating the level of patient radiation exposure. While oral health professionals have long relied on 2-D imaging for diagnosis and treatment planning, this technology typically requires multiple exposures, and with them, multiple doses of radiation.

Today, with a properly prescribed 3-D scan, practitioners have gained the ability to collect much more data — often with a single scan and potentially with a lower effective patient dose.

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