Conference Lectures

This presentation will discuss the history of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology and its advances to our current day and into our future.

Topics will include the scope of an OMR practice including academic, private practice, development and consulting. In addition, discussion about what it means to be an OMR within the dental specialty community will be addressed.

There will also be a special focus on requirements for residencies and board certification with respect to the United States of America and its programs and examinations.

In our everyday orthodontic practice, we treat our patients to have ideal occlusion, improved esthetics and long-term stable results.

We undergo different treatment procedures to correct malocclusions, for example; therapeutic extractions, functional appliances, expansion ..etc. However, we sometimes overlook the effect of such procedures on the function of temporomandibular joints and the masticatory musculature.

During this lecture, the outcome of high quality research will be presented elucidating the correlation between different orthodontic treatment procedures and TMJ changes as assessed by CBCT.

Thorough and meticulous radiographic image analysis is a crucial step in the diagnosis and treatment planning for maxillofacial diseases. Radiographic changes are often very specific and recognizing these changes is the first step in understanding the pathologic process and diagnosing the disease. Adding the radiographic impression to the clinical findings, provided by the clinician, completes the working diagnosis picture. This might even provide the final diagnosis even before the biopsy results.

In this session, the audience are asked to bring their cell phones, tablets or laptops, they will log in to a specific website.

Multiple cases will be presented and questions will be asked, the questions will show on the screen and on the website provided, the audience will have the chance to answer and the answers will show simultaneously on the screen and the cases will be discussed on the spot.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this lecture, the attendees will get acquainted with:

- The value of digital solution in endodontic diagnosis and treatment planning.

- Digital solutions for management of challenging endodontic cases.

- Introduction to the “PRINT & TRY” concept.

- Digital solutions for standardized monitoring of clinical outcomes.

- Future perspectives on digital solutions in clinical endodontics.

Radiographic findings that are not related to the original area of concern are considered incidental. These findings can range from anatomical variations to malignant lesions. As imaging techniques evolve, the ability to discover these findings has increased.

Failure to provide follow-up or management for some incidental findings may have a negative impact on patient care. Understanding the head–neck anatomy and incidental findings reduce the chances of misinterpretations.

In this lecture, the following will be discussed:

• Systematic review of important areas in the head.

• Incidental findings reported in the literature per area.

• Clinical implications and recommendations for follow-up for each finding.

Imaging of the upper airway provided insight into potential anatomical sites of obstruction that are of importance in the realm of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) syndromes.

Accessibility of Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) to dentists has promoted several applications in upper airway diagnosis, treatment planning, as well as association with craniofacial development or disproportions.

3D-reconstruction of the upper airways provides a platform to apply endless quantitative, qualitative, or functional assessments. Such analyses can be insightful to identify patients at risk of SDB syndromes or disease staging, prediction or assessment of treatment outcomes.

In this lecture, the following will be discussed:

• Systematic review of the anatomical structures that relate to airway patency

• Anatomical risk factors and pathology of the upper airway contributing to SDB

• Information on image acquisition, 3D reconstruction, image registration, and analyses of the upper airway

• Limitations and misconceptions of CBCT in the assessment of the upper airway

Dental implants have become part of routine treatment plans in many dental offices because of their popularity and acceptance by patients.

Appropriate pre-placement planning, in which imaging plays a pivotal role, helps to ensure a satisfactory outcome.

The development of precise pre-surgical imaging techniques and surgical templates allows the dentist to place these implants with relative ease and predictability.

This presentation gives an overview of current practices in implant imaging for the practicing, with emphasis on selection criteria for imaging.

Contemporary imaging techniques such as CBCT, USG, MRI and AI for dental implant planning, surgical phase, and also follow-up treatment will be discussed.

This lecture will also explain the basics principles of deep learning and its application in dentistry, and present examples of successful application of deep learning techniques, particularly in dental implant planning.

The cone beam CT is currently booming and its applications span every dental discipline. In today’s world of digital dentistry, it is quite important for every dentist to be able to approach any CBCT scan with confidence and understand the keys for optimal imaging based on the desired outcomes.

In this lecture the speakers will discuss:

• When, why and which CBCT scan to request for different clinical scenarios.

• Understand the advantages and limitations of different ways of viewing CBCT data.

• The interplay of image quality and radiation dose as it relates to chosen scan parameters (Low dose imaging protocols)

• How to write a CBCT request

• Clinical relevance of different imaging protocols and how they influence the way we view the CBCT data.

• The most recent recommendations regarding CBCT selection criteria.

• Recently available tools and softwares to maximize CBCT diagnostic and therapeutic potential.

• A step further…cbct image manipulation for research purposes.

Learning Objectives:

• Radiographically evaluating the patient as a whole organism with multiple interacting systems.

• Looking for clues in the patient’s morphology that tip you off to the presence of an underlying physiologic condition or disease.

• Learning to link the TMJ dysfunction to other morphological and pathological conditions, such as bite changes, craniofacial changes, airway compromise and cervical spine alignment.