Use of ultrasound as a diagnostic method and therapeutic tool in dental practice. A review.

In medicine, ultrasound is especially useful to evaluate intrauterine development, cyst behavior, and internal organs, but the use of ultrasound in dentistry has only recently been explored and used in the daily routine diagnostic methods in clinical dental practice. The growing interest in the useo...

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Autores: Pulgarín-Bedoya, Liliana María, Fiori-Chíncaro, Gustavo Adolfo, García-Díaz, Rosaura
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Científica del Sur
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Científica del Sur
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.cientifica.edu.pe:article/754
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.cientifica.edu.pe/index.php/odontologica/article/view/754
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ecografía
diagnóstico por imágenes
radiología
odontólogos
Ultrasound
diagnostic imaging
radiology
dentists
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Sumario:In medicine, ultrasound is especially useful to evaluate intrauterine development, cyst behavior, and internal organs, but the use of ultrasound in dentistry has only recently been explored and used in the daily routine diagnostic methods in clinical dental practice. The growing interest in the useof ultrasound as a diagnostic and therapeutic method in dentistry has led to studies investigating its benefits in relation to accessibility, cost and innocuousness to health. This review describes the current use of ultrasound in different dental specialties and compares it with other diagnosticmethods.