Diseño de un manual para la interpretación de tomografías cone beam con el sistema galileos

Abstract

Introduction: Radiology is a science that has marked great changes in clinical practice both the medical and dental fields, has been a useful tool for diagnosis, verification of treatments and post-operative controls. The development of new imaging systems such as Cone Beam technology has brought numerous benefits to both the patient and the specialist. Among its main benefits is the acquisition of three-dimensional images of high quality, precision in the diagnosis, reduction in the time of exploration, it reduces the dose of radiation in comparison with the traditional computed tomography. Its application in endodontics is of great importance because it provides various cuts (axial, coronal and sagittal) allowing a more accurate diagnosis of fractures, root resorption, apical periodontitis in the early stages, perforations, planning of endodontic surgeries, root anatomy, number of ducts present increasing the probability of success in the treatment. Objective: To design a Cone Beam tomography interpretation manual with the Galileo system for students of the University of Santo Tomas specialization in endodontics. Methodology: An article search was performed in the Science Direct, Dentistry, Oral Sciences Source and Medline databases. The search terms were selected based on the keywords related to the objectives, for which the search descriptors DeCS and MeSH were implemented. Results: We reviewed 60 articles, which were selected according to the title and repeated citations were removed. The second selection of 46 articles was done taking into account the title, author and abstract and finally taking into account the complete reading of the text, 34 articles presented in an orderly manner were selected. Conclusions: Professionals may need additional training, to keep up with this technology, with inadequate or insufficient training, may be offering an incorrect diagnosis when viewing CBCT images for this reason was designed an explanatory manual interpretation of computerized tomography Cone Beam through a bibliographic review for students of the specialization in Endodontic of the Santo Tomás University of Bucaramanga that will serve as a fundamental tool to encourage professionals to use this technological innovation.