Hudson
89 First St., Ste. 209
Hudson, OH 44236
Phone: 330-650-1660
Northfield
9365 Olde Eight Road
Northfield Center, OH 44067
Phone: 330-468-0607
Cone Beam CT
Cone Beam Dental CAT Scan
The world is 3D; your skull, jaws, and teeth are 3D.
We image you in 3D, and are nearly unique in this region to be able to do so.
Dr. White began to use dental CT technology at Case Western Reserve University Dental School many years ago. In spite of the great expense that this technology involves, the benefits for diagnosis and treatment planning compelled Dr. White to invest in not one, but two units (one for each office).
A single exposure (which uses less radiation than a full-mouth series of x-rays) produces the basic panoramic view, a lateral skull view, and literally hundreds of other views. Positioning errors can be corrected in the software, which nearly eliminates retakes. And a single scan produces not only these limited 2D traditional views, but also images that can be magnified, rotated in space, viewed from any angle, sliced and sectioned to improve visualization in 3D. We see not only the teeth and jaws in 3D, but corrected jaw joint images, nasal and pharyngeal airway, tonsils, adenoids, sinuses, etc.
The American Board of Orthodontics has recognized digital models such as those that can be produced with a CBCT as acceptable for submission for orthodontic pretreatment records in lieu of traditional models of the mouth.
Dr. White served as Chief of Dental Radiology at David Grant USAF Medical Center during his last tour of duty in the US Air Force, so he is acutely aware of the risks and benefits of radiation in the dental field. The Galileos is the lowest dose CBCT in existence, at nearly 50% of the next lowest machine. The amount of radiation delivered is about 3% of a basic hospital CAT scan and the area of exposure is limited.
The leading supplier of dental x-ray machines in the world manufactures the Galileos CBCT. Dr. White is currently a paid consultant to them in developing this technology for orthodontics. He has lectured on the use of Cone Beam technology in orthodontics at various national meetings including the 3D Summit on Digital Dentistry at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry in Arizona and at Meharry University School of Dentistry in Nashville.
