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**UNC is the only dental school that has all 10 specialties
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What is oral and maxillofacial radiology?
o Specialty of dentistry and discipline of radiology concerned with the production and
interpretation of images and data produced by all modalities of radiant energy that are used
for the diagnosis and management of diseases, etc.
What does OMF radiologist do?
o Teach, practice, interpret scans, conduct research in a rapidly changing, intellectually
stimulating field
 Educate the dentist, hygienist and specialist
 Lectures, seminars, case-studies
 Clinical training
 Look up patients radiograph, charting, caries, peridontal disease
 Graduate student training
 Cone beam CT
o Interpret patients from the dental school/private practice
 "dental faculty practice"
o Remote patients from across of US
What training is necessary?
o Two or three years (three for masters)
o You take radiation physics, radiation biology, protection; imagining technology, head and
neck anatomy, etc
o U Toronto
o U Connecticut
o U Iowa
o UCLA
o U of Florida
o U Texas (San Antonio)
o UNC
Where is this leading OMFR?
o Many are going in into pure private practice
o Some in mix of private practice and academics
o Some schools have private practice
 "Radiology is the new orthodontics"
What kinds of technology does a OMF radiologist use?
o Cone beam CT: a new type of CT technology based on a cone beam rather than a fan beam ,
used for a dental x-ray source, 10x less radiation
 Craniofacial, maxillofacial, jaw and dentition, etc
 foundation for digital dentistry, diagnosis and treatment planning, patient education
 Root fracture
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Color mapping
 Can see tissue=yes
o Two dimensional intraoral images: bitewings, periapicals
o 2D Skull Images
o Panoramic images
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Nuclear medicine
MRI
Panoramic bite wings
Cephanlometric sensors
We are at plato with improving diagnosis
 With 3D, you can have a volume
What does the future of OMFR look right?
o "The future annt what it used to be"
o Increasing use of MRI
o Advanced equipment
o Clinical practice
o Go to MOM clinics! (X ray truck)