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Three-dimensional diagnostics — dental implants and prosthetics

Three-dimensional imaging of the mouth and jaw region has brought a new quality of care to dentistry.

Three-dimensional imaging of the mouth and jaw region has brought a new quality of care to dentistry. Even in difficult cases, detailed and reliable diagnostics and planning make it possible to carry out more demanding procedures with a promising prognosis. Images and findings can often be shown to patients directly on screen and burned to CD to take away for a second opinion.

A simple two-dimensional X-ray allows only a limited analysis of the bone available. In more difficult situations in particular, the decision in favour of an implant procedure should be taken only with the help of three-dimensional imaging. Three-dimensional diagnostics provide a precise picture of bone and soft tissue.

Within dentistry, pre-implant diagnostics and planning account for a large share of the CBCT scans taken. Cone beam computed tomography is now established across the country. It plays a special part in implantology because in critical situations it images the bony starting point and any anatomical peculiarities in detail and in three dimensions. The starting point for a promising implant site in the bone can be assessed far more precisely. The digital data from the scan make it possible to plan guided or template-assisted placement.

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Images and findings from three-dimensional diagnostics can often be shown to patients directly on screen and burned onto a CD for them to take away, for example in order to obtain a second opinion. The images exist as digital data and can be passed on in this way.
Diagnostics and planning before implant placement account for the largest share of the CBCT scans taken. Cone beam computed tomography has become established throughout Germany because in critical situations it shows the bony starting position and anatomical peculiarities in detail and in three dimensions.
In difficult cases as well, more demanding procedures can be carried out with a promising prognosis if diagnostics and planning are detailed and reliable. That is why the decision in favour of an implant procedure in such situations should only be taken with the help of a three-dimensional image.