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The Imaging & CAD/CAM Community has been busy with a range of topics in recent weeks.
Advice for the best filter to use for detecting vertical root fractures, a tricky task in many instances, can be found here.
The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging is launching a new Image Gently in Dentistry campaign in September and has recommendations for child-size x-ray doses for your most sensitive patients.
Minimizing dosage is a potential positive outcome of reading about this study as well; it found that using electromyography first instead of MRI can be effective for temporomandibular joint disorder diagnosis.
Another study found that the use of positron emission tomography (PET) is associated with a stage migration phenomenon in locally advanced head and neck cancer (HNC) patients, artificially boosting survival rates in these patients.
Meanwhile, Align Technology and Sirona announced their second- and third-quarter results, respectively, and both companies had positive news to share.
Over at 3M Digital Oral Care, a new 3M True Definition scanner hit the market.
And Henry Schein and Quintessence are collaborating to host the 1st International Symposium on Digital Dentistry in October.
