We recently published an article about new features in Invivo 5 and we are honored to have an expert from Anatomage to share with us his expertise and thoughts about  Invivo and Cone Beam CT. Here is the interview.

Q/ Hi and thank you for accepting our interview request. Before we start, can you tell the readers more about yourself Dr. Chenin?

First I want to thank you for this interview opportunity, and for the possibility to contribute to your website. I’m a big fan of MARCILAN and also an owner (one of the first) of your iCBCT iPhone application, so its my pleasure. As for myself, I am very involved in 3D imaging as the Director of Clinical Affairs with Anatomage Inc., and I teach as adjunct faculty at the University of the Pacific Orthodontics Department, and at UNLV School of Dental Medicine in the Clinical Sciences department. I really enjoy being a part of the development of new 3D imaging applications and also helping private clinicians, students and faculty learn and teach these new applications. 3D imaging is really changing the potential and practice of dentistry and I’m very grateful to be a part of it. more…

Google Knol CBCT Directory

A major illustrated directory of dental cone beam X-ray services has been published as a service  for patients, dentists and radiologists. Titled CBCT Dental X-ray Services Directory, the guide includes hundreds of free listings for three classes of providers:

• Implantologists / dentists who support CBCT. If they have an in-office CBCT scanner, it is indicated

• Universities / Dental Schools offering CBCT laboratory services

• Private CBCT Laboratories/Clinics

The guide begins with an introduction based on a YouTube video about one of the first CBCT installations in the United States. The dentist being interviewed, Dr. Robert Langlais in this 2001 news piece gets it right:

“Without this imaging, there’s more guesswork involved.”

A quotation from Dr. Steven Guttenberg (pictured) of the Washington Institute for Mouth, Face and Jaw Surgery, drives home the point:

My original impetus for purchasing a CBCT was to assist in the complete evaluation of a site to accept a dental implant. It allowed me not only to appreciate the true location of the inferior alveolar nerve canal and the mental foramen, but also the maxillary sinus and the true proximity to the incisive canal, adjacent teeth, and nasal floor. Plain films allow only the ability to judge the height of the alveolus, but with CBCT I was able to get complete information to a hundredth of a millimeter of not only the alveolar ridge height but also of its width. The CBCT also allows us to appreciate the morphology of that ridge. These are all extremely important factors to have in one’s command prior to implant placement. more…

NVIDIA Professor Partnership program offers new possibilities for researchers around the world to work and collaborate with NVIDIA. It aims to provide  access to cutting-edge technology to drive innovation in research at the universities. Professor Partnerships may include:

• Financial support for research projects, typically in the form of unrestricted cash grants
• Equipment donations and/or discounts for labs, teaching facilities, and research projects
• Sponsoring and/or support of curricular initiatives in GPU computing, parallel computing, and computer graphics more…

Kodak demonstrated their new CBCT software during the AAOMR meeting in Louisville, Kentucky this year. The software is feature packed and has an intuitive interface. We just got our hands on the latest beta of their 3D viewer called: Kodak Dental Imaging Software  3D v2.2 (KDIS).

The software is still in beta stage and under development. From what we heard from Kodak, they intend to release the software as a shareware or freeware. Yes, you heard it right! You might wonder: but it would open just Kodak CBCT volumes, right? Not really, the software is able to open not only Kodak CBCT volume but all other 3rd party CBCT volumes as well . In this article we will review KDIS and see what it has to offer. We will explore the interface, see a list of features, and limitations in the current version. more…

In an article published recently “Does your Cone Beam CT see too much?“, Dental Products Report (DPR)  senior editor: Noah Levine; discussed the introduction of Cone Beam CT  to dentists as a new modality that provides 3D information depth and allows new possibilities for diagnosis and treatment planning. But what about the image volume  readout? What about liability and what are the possible ways for practitioners to handle their CBCT scan of their patients?

The full article can be found by following the link here