Basic policy for Clinical Applications of Dental Cone Beam CT

Abstract

With the development of dental cone beam computed tomography（CT）, we can easily grasp the three dimensional relationship between lesions in the oral cavity and anatomical landmarks. Perhaps, dental cone beam CT will become more widespread in the dental fi eld. However, its clinical applications for dentalrelated lesions has remained obscure, and many dentists at present might be confused concerning the appropriate uses of dental cone beam CT. In the present review, clinical applications in dental cone beam CT for dental-related lesions based on the Guidelines（Basic Principles for Use of Dental Cone Beam CT）by the European Academy of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology were considered.