Resorptions as a Window into Understanding Primary, Secondary, Incidental and Discovery Findings with CBCT
CE Hours: 1.75
Description: The common conception of advanced imaging allows earlier detection, diagnosis and intervention leading to better outcomes is widely accepted. We have a long, wide and deep evidential base on the topic of "detecting smaller lesions" with projection radiography and advanced imaging, but this is only half of the decision-making process. Resorptions provide us with a counter-intuitive window into the issues surrounding advanced imaging, and our ever increasing ability to detect smaller and smaller findings. This extends to periapical and other findings, as well as advanced imaging in medicine and other testing issues. Counterintuitively, advanced imaging often allows less treatment. In this presentation, we will introduce a classification system for identifying resorptive and other findings, broaden the scope of treatment planning and treatment based on the routine incorporation of advanced imaging in the endodontic practice.
Learning Objectives:
- Define the distinctions between the types of findings with advanced imaging
- Incorporate these distinctions in imaging findings into decision-making treatment planning
- Describe these findings in neutral, non action-grounded language to patients
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John A. Khademi, D.D.S., M.S.
Dr. Khademi received his DDS from the University of California San Francisco and his certificate in endodontics and did his MS on digital imaging from the University of Iowa. He is in full time private practice in Durango, Colorado and was Associate Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Maxillofacial Imaging at USC as well as being Adjunct Assistant Professor at SLU. In his “prior life”, he wrote software for laboratory automation, instrument control and digital imaging. He lectures internationally about CBCT, clinical trial design, outcomes, and conventional endodontic technique. As a Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) member for over 25 years, his background in medical radiology allows him a perspective shared by very few dental professionals. He has contributed to many sections and chapters in textbooks and is the lead author for Quintessence’s Advanced CBCT for Endodontics: Technical Considerations, Perception, and Decision-Making.
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