Cone Beam CT, CBCT, Volumetric 3D CT,or Cone Beam CT, CBCT, or Cone Beam 3D Volumetric Imaging

We often talk of therapy without talking about diagnosis, forgetting the etymology of the term: diagnosis dia "through" and gnosis "knowledge." Within dentistry and specifically within implantology   the word "diagnosis" is combined well with "radiological investigation". In daily clinical practice implant-prosthetic rehabilitation and in most cases it is common practice to limit the radiological presurgical investigation to panoramic rx  or a series of intraoral radiographs, in a few words,  to the first level tests that can provide only superficial and not consistent with the need for operator attention, it is also true that go beyond this level of investigation is to request a CT scan very expensive in terms of radiation (often not justified by the principles and laws in force on radiation protection) and ends so to give up all the useful information for proper planning implant-prosthetic, charging a responsibility placed in the balance between the rules on radiation protection of the law  and the need to ensure an acceptable clinical outcome. The development of digital technology, through the production of X-ray equipment, now allows to overcome these two conflicting requirements in the interest of the patient, and professional quality of the final product. The latest in diagnostic radiology is called Cone Beam Volumetric Tomography (Cone Beam) technology now known by the acronym CBCT (Cone Beam Computed Tomography). In practice, this technology is the evolution of CT in Dentistry. The first advantage of the 3D cone beam volumetric tomography, compared to a conventional CT, is the saving of radiation to be administered to the patient, allowing the clinician to not having to give any useful information in compliance with the standards on radiation protection. The benefit of diagnostic CT volumetric 3D Cone Beam is a unique opportunity to image processing that allows acquired practical applications, unthinkable until recently; the 3D image that appears on the computer seems really a picture of an anatomical specimen. We can now, thanks to these CBCT equipment, safety plan any surgery, plan the placement of implants in an ideal manner and without risk and avoid all possible complications, easy consequences of a  rushed and sloppy  therapeutic approach.   The cone beam radiology is also useful in all fields of Dentistry as you can see on this site in "The Book of Cone Beam" which describes in brief the contents of the book: "Atlas of Cone Beam - 3D Volumetric Images - Safety in Implantology and General Dentistry ", author Biagio Di Dino, EdizioniBDD. Implantology