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Dental MRI-only a future vision or standard of care? A literature review on current indications and applications of MRI in dentistry

Dental News and Technology

A comprehensive review of the current indications and applications of MRI in the dental specialities of orthodontics (I), endodontics (II), prosthodontics (III), periodontics (IV), and oral surgery (V), pediatric dentistry (VI), operative dentistry is still missing and is therefore provided by the present work.The current literature on dental MRI shows (..)

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Three-Dimensional Treatment Letter: Modernizing Communication

Dentistry Today

Research supports the theory that digital tools improve the interdisciplinary orthodontic treatment of adults. In addition to presenting the case to the dentist, it serves as a patient education tool and displays the importance of orthodontics to create improved predictability and stability for the restorative portion of the case.

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Demystifying Computer-Assisted Design

Dentistry Today

The patient first presented to the office with orthodontic brackets in place. Dentofacial, the patient was high-risk with a poor prognosis for a successful aesthetic outcome because everything that needed to be restored was visible. Int J Prosthodont. Initial and final traced lateral cephalometric radiographs. 2004;16(1):7–18.