Dear Imaging & CAD/CAM Insider:
A new 3D visualization system unveiled this week in Scotland has the potential to revolutionize dental and medical training, according to its creators.
The 3D Digital Head and Neck, developed at the Glasgow School of Art, is designed to enable students and clinical trainees to view, manipulate, and interact with a 3D head in real-time. Read more in this latest Imaging & CAD/CAM Insider Exclusive.
In other imaging news, using computed tomography, a team of international researchers has found evidence of periodontitis, tooth decay, and accident-related dental damage in a mummy from 3,300 B.C. known as Ötzi.
Elsewhere in the Imaging & CAD/CAM Community, Dr. Marty Jablow spent several days in Cologne, Germany, last month covering the massive International Dental Show (IDS) and found two key technology trends: a plethora of intraoral scanners and a number of new digital imaging and impressioning products.
Also at IDS:
- Vita, Dreve, and Dental Wings announced that they have joined forces to deliver a digital manufacturing process for full dentures.
- Carestream debuted its first digital impressioning product line, CS Solutions.
- 3Shape demonstrated its new Trios Color digital impression solution.
In clinical news, rectangular collimation can significantly reduce radiation exposure for adults undergoing dental x-rays, according to research presented last month at the International Association for Dental Research conference.
And do diagnostic x-rays increase an individual's risk of developing thyroid cancer? No, according to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Finally, endoscopic narrow-band imaging is more effective than broadband white light imaging in detecting high-grade dysplasia and cancerous lesions in oral leukoplakia, according to a new study in the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
