I-11 From Features to Image Interpretation: What to Look For and What it Means
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Course Description: Although endodontists commonly use visual diagnosis to identify intra-osseous inflammatory changes associated with pulpal necrosis, there may be instances where the radiologic appearance of an abnormality may be considered unusual, thus making image interpretation challenging. Using case-based examples, this lecture will describe a systematic method for identifying radiologic features of disease arising in the jaws. As well, we will attempt to correlate these features with the disease mechanism(s) that produced them. Finally, we will weigh the importance of the different imaging features in the interpretation of diseases and disease processes in the jaws.
At the conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Develop a systematic approach to image interpretation.
- Relate an imaging feature to a disease mechanisms that has given rise to that feature.
- Develop a systematic approach to the interpretation of abnormalities based on the identified features.
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Ernest Lam, DMD, MSc, PhD, FRCD(C)
Ernest Lam completed B.Sc.(Hons.), D.M.D. and M.Sc. degrees at the University of British Columbia, and a Certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and a Ph.D. in Radiation Biology at the University of
Iowa. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Dr. Lam holds the rank of Full Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto where he is involved in undergraduate and graduate teaching, and graduate supervision and research. Dr. Lam’s research has two broad goals; making imaging safer for patients, and improving diagnostic accuracy for clinicians. He has published and lecture in these areas both nationally and internationally, and he has been a leader in academic, professional and testing organizations in Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in both Canada and the United States.
Ernest Lam, DMD, PhD, FRCD(C)
I declare that I have no proprietary, financial, or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service, course, and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith, that will be discussed or considered during the proposed presentation.
