Cross-sectional imaging with cone beam scanner

1 scanner Cone Beam mis en service en novembre 2023 (NewTom 7G)

This is a cone beam digitized volume tomography device: a new medical imaging tool with multiple applications in the evaluation of dento-maxillary and facial structures, ENT (sinuses, rocks, ears, etc.) and osteo-articular (foot, wrist, knee, ankle, elbow).
Technical advantages of the cone beam

More precise than a panoramic X-ray and less irradiating than the conventional CT scan, the cone beam takes images of the mineralized tissues of the skull (bones and teeth) in all spatial planes, offering the possibility of a computer reconstruction in three dimensions. It uses an open conical beam which allows it to scan the entire volume to be x-rayed in a single pass, unlike the traditional scanner which for its part makes linear cuts by multiple rotations.
This new device therefore offers a higher image resolution than that of the scanner.
Its dosimetry (exposure to ionizing rays) is globally between that of the panoramic and that of the traditional scanner, with doses that can vary from 1.5 to 12 compared to the scanner and from 4 to 42 compared to the panoramic depending on the devices and of the resolution used. This is why the panoramic remains privileged in first intention, while, according to the recommendations of the high health authority, the cone beam is indicated in certain specific cases in dental implantology, in endodontics, in oral surgery, in maxillofacial surgery. and traumatology, in dentofacial orthopedics.
ENT, orthopedics & Cone beam
Le cone beam permet l'exploration du corps entier, mais est particulièrement performant pour l'étude des sinus, de l'appareil auditif en ORL ou encore en orthopédie.
Surgical guides in implantology & Cone beam
If it does not bring any real advantage in terms of diagnosis, three-dimensional modeling can allow the development of surgical guides. Assisted by computer, the practitioner will thus create with precision a device allowing, in the case of implantology, to fix the dental prosthesis taking into account the morphology of the patient, as for example in the case of a reduced bone mass.