The Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust has become the first hospital in the U.K. and first major pediatric center in Europe to install the Planmeca ProMax 3D dental system. The system was supplied by Xograph Healthcare, an independent supplier of medical equipment to the U.K. and Ireland.
The ProMax 3D system will be used for orthopantograms, cephalometry, and cone-beam volumetric tomography (CBVT) examinations, according to Xograph. CBVT allows the practitioner to take a single semicircle scan, using a short x-ray pulse rather than continuous radiation for reduced patient radiation dose, the company said.
"The Promax 3D allows dental and maxillofacial clinicians to visualize a high-quality, three-dimensional image of the maxilla and mandible," said Susana Dominguez-Gonzalez, consulting orthodontist at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, in a press release. "This enables us to assess fractures and impacted teeth but also proves to be especially useful for evaluating the alveolar bone in cleft lip and palate patients. It is becoming very beneficial for an accurate assessment on the amount of alveolar bone density, which is advantageous when planning surgical and orthodontic treatment."
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