FEP-14 - Future Roles for Ultrasound Imaging

Friday, April 19, 2024

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM PT

Location: 518

Earn 1.25 CE Credits

Speaker(s)

Elisabetta Cotti, D.D.S.,M.S.

Full Professor of Endodontics, Chair of the Department of Endodontics
University of Cagliari
CAGLIARI, Sardegna, Italy

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Handouts

Session Host(s)

Courtney M. Jackson, D.D.S. (she/her/hers)

Resident
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

ULTRASOUNDS REAL TIME IMAGING (USI) is and advanced complement in endodontic diagnostic techniques
Ultrasound real-time imaging, (echography ), widely used in most fields of medicine since its introduction in 1942, is based on the generation and reflection of ultrasound waves and on the different mechanical and acoustic properties of body tissues.
USI does not use ionizing radiations, and thus it represents a safe exam.
The most important features of USI are its safety and its ability to describe the content of the lesions within the maxillary bones, in terms of presence of solid tissue, different fluids and vascularity.
The use of USI has been successfully applied to the endodontic field for the DETECTION and DESCRIPTION of
apical periodontitis, for the DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS between CYSTIC and SOLID lesions of endodontic origin, and between endodontic lesions and non-endodontic lesions; and also for evaluating the short and long term outcome of orthograde and surgical endodontic treatment.
An integrated system of CBCT and USI would provide the clinician with the tools for the complete assessment of apical periodontis.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the imaging technique called Ultrasound real-time examination, its main features and its biological safety.
Describe the most important advantages of using Ultrasound real-time examination when applied to the visualization and description of lesions of apical periodontitis in the mandible and in the maxillary bone, their content and vascularization.
Describe the advantages of using Ultrasound real-time examination, as a complement to 3D radiographic examination, to differentially diagnose bone lesions with fluids or solid content, high, low, or no vascularity, to trace sinus tracts.