I know… it’s been a long time since our last update. As we’re approaching the end of the semester, finally I have more time to dedicate to do some exciting new things in Cone Beam CT education. Well, we’re considering doing our second iPhone app which will be a simple yet pictures rich booklet that covers CBCT basics. The booklet will cover basics principles of action of Cone Beam CT,  image quality factors, uses of CBCT, and the app will include different Cone Beam CT machines that are available on the market.

We’re asking the vendors for their help with that. But we would like to ask you too as you are the most important element in all of this, what would you like to see in an iPhone app that covers CBCT education? and if you happen not to know what to say, a simple thanks would suffice

If you happen to be attending the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) in Washington DC meeting this year, make sure you  stop by and check the informatics short talks sessions. I will be presenting the Cone Beam CT anatomy education app: iCBCT Anatomy on the iPhone. I’ll be talking about CBCT education, what has been done, how we did it, and what will be done next. It will be fun to see. I will be there if you have any questions or requests plus we have a surprise waiting for you regarding the newer version of the app!

Place and Time:

Presentation #13, Informatics Short Talks {Tuesday, March 2, 10:15 – 11:45 a.m., Potomac 3}

Update: Room has been changed to National Harbor 10

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…

We worked on adding extra new cool features to the posts section of the website. It is now possible to have a printer friendly version of the article. You can now use “Share This” button to share the article with your colleagues and friends. In addition, related posts were added to provide easy access to other relevant posts. If you have other features you would like to see, drop us a comment and we’ll see what we can do.

We have updated the theme on the website to better support multilingual features in different sections of the website.  Thanks to WPML (WordPress MultiLingual) powerful translation features, it was possible to have the title, header, introduction and footer completely translated.
Translators for languages other than Portuguese and Spanish are welcome to join.
Enjoy the new experience!

Happy Birthday MARCILAN! It’s been exactly 1 year since Marcilan.com domain was registered and the website was launched to the whole world. We are celebrating this day and we want to share our excitement with all of you. We decided to give away 10 free promotional codes for the iCBCT Anatomy for iPhone or iPod Touch!

Here are the rules:

• The first 10 registered users to post comments will get the code. Just put any comment you like, ex: I want, give me, cool …etc
• The promotion only applies to iTunes U.S Store since it is the store where iCBCT Anatomy is currently being sold
• Cheating disqualifies the user immediately. Every user is allowed only a single code.
• The offer expires on 12:00 Am Nov 29, 2009 EST.

It a great opportunity to learn anatomy on CBCT on your iPhone and iPod Touch.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

If you have been using Internet Explorer 8 then you might have noticed that the pathology gallery feature of the website was not working properly. A fix has been added and IE 8 users should be able to navigate the gallery just like the other browsers. more…

The website has been moved to a new web hosting. It took sometime to migrate everything and make sure everything works just like before except of course for the blazing page loading speed!
Enjoy the new experience and let us know what you think

The AAOMR congress came and went and what’s left is good memories and a hope to be able to make it next year. Anatomage is coming up with InVivoDental 5 pretty soon. Infinitt PACS software  looked very promising and Kodak will be releasing v2.2 of their free CBCT software which has many powerful features. The software will be reviewed once I get my hands on them. more…

Marcilan will be coming to Spanish thanks to Dr. LUCIANA MARIA  FERNANDES who is helping us a lot with the Portuguese translation as well. Dr. Fernandes is a dentist graduated in Dental School of Araraquara- University of the State of São Paulo (UNESP-2004). She is a dental radiologist (Specialization in Dental Radiology) by Dental School of the University of São Paulo (FOUSP- 2007); and right now she is studying to get her master degree in Stomatology, in Bauru Dental School of the University of São Paulo (FOB-USP-2009).

In addition, Dr. RONALD ORDINOLA ZAPATA will offer his help with the Spanish translation as well more…