Dear Imaging & CAD/CAM Insider,
The EOS Rebel T2i, the latest addition to Canon's line of semipro digital single-lens reflex cameras, is garnering rave reviews, prompting one dental photography expert to declare it "truly a perfect fit for dental offices."
And in a review of the camera published this month, a leading digital photography publication concludes that the T2i is "quite simply … the best camera of its class that we've ever seen."
What makes the T2i so special? Read more about it in our latest Imaging & CAD/CAM Insider Exclusive.
In other Imaging & CAD/CAM Community news, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking steps to address growing concerns over medical radiation dose. Studies indicate that exposure to medical radiation has been rising steadily for decades, and in the past year the medical field has witnessed a series of high-profile errors involving both diagnostic and therapeutic uses of radiation.
Click here to read what the FDA's actions could mean for dentistry and oral and maxillofacial radiology, and here to read about a new study linking dental x-rays with increased risk of thyroid cancer.
Meanwhile, it looks like 2010 is turning out to be a banner year for dental CAD/CAM. And apparently it's only the beginning. With many dental CAD/CAM manufacturers reporting strong revenue increases in recent months, it begs the question: What is driving all this growth? Find out more by clicking here.
On the clinical front, tomosynthesis -- a technique for producing slice images using conventional digital x-ray systems -- is not a new concept, but combining it with a dental panoramic imaging system to improve image quality regardless of patient positioning is. Could it one day replace intraoral surveys? Read more.
And a new fluorescence camera developed by a German company compared favorably to the Diagnodent and Diagnodent Pen in detecting caries in primary teeth, according to a study in Lasers in Medical Science, while a study in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery demonstrated that cone-beam CT has the potential to become a new tool for predicting mandibular erosion in patients with oral cancer.
Finally, in legal news, Aribex settled its patent infringement case against three competitors over their handheld x-ray technology, while Biolase is facing a lawsuit filed by Discus Dental and Zap Lasers regarding handheld dental lasers.
