CT Scan: Dental Scan
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SPECIALIZED DENTAL IMAGING ASSOCIATES AT LENOX HILL RADIOLOGY
CT Dental Scan
A CT scan that takes seconds, is noninvasive and painless with no special preparation.
At Specialized Dental Imaging, Dental scans are performed on state-of-the-art CT technology, which produces simultaneous 64 slice computed tomography (CT) images every half second and offers physicians and patients dramatic advantages in speed and accuracy.
CT images provide your dental surgeon with the most comprehensive and accurate information required to determine bone quantity and quality. The dental scan will provide the exact location of anatomical structures, the contours of the jaw bone, and the best sites for your implants. With Dental CT scanning implant procedures can be planned in detail before any surgery takes place. This means virtually no surprises when a doctor performs surgery.
Typical dental x-rays focus on a small area to produce flat, 2D pictures which are often insufficient and can provide misleading information.
Low Radiation
CT produced dental images are obtained with 1/3 less radiation exposure than a full mouth x-ray series. The dose from a single-jaw dental CT scan is about the same as the dose a patient might receive from natural sources (background Radiation) in a period of a few months.
Images of the upper and/or lower jaw are produced by our CT scanner and reformatted using the latest version of Simplant Software. The DICOM data obtained from our CT scanner is also compatible with other treatment planning software that your dentist might use as an alternative to SimPlant. Simplant, the most widely used software program, allows for the data to be transferred into a interactive 3-dimensional treatment planning format displaying panoramic, cross sectional and axial images of the jaw. In addition to evaluating a patient’s anatomy a dentist may simulate implant placement and bone augmentation procedures.
Eliminating surprises during surgery, Pre-surgical CT Dental Imaging helps answer the following:
- Where each implant should go?
- How long and wide each implant should be?
- At what angle should it be inserted?
- Is the bone quality (density) sufficient?
- Which system of prosthetic restoration hardware is the most appropriate?
- Where is the sensitive anatomy (avoid nerves)?
Please note: As dental implants are recognized by Medical insurance companies as cosmetic in nature, they are not generally covered by standard medical insurance or medicare.
However, in some cases your medical insurance company may re-imburse you directly.
