Ten Years of Micro-CT in Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Literature Overview
Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is a consolidated imaging technology allowing non-destructive three-dimensional (3D) qualitative and quantitative analysis by the observation of microstructures with high resolution. This paper aims at delivering a structured overview of literature about studies...
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| description | Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is a consolidated imaging technology allowing non-destructive three-dimensional (3D) qualitative and quantitative analysis by the observation of microstructures with high resolution. This paper aims at delivering a structured overview of literature about studies performed using micro-CT in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery (MFS) by analyzing the entire set of articles to portray the state of the art of the last ten years of scientific publications on the topic. It draws the scenario focusing on biomaterials, in vitro and in/ex vivo applications, bone structure analysis, and tissue engineering. It confirms the relevance of the micro-CT analysis for traditional research applications and mainly in dentistry with respect to MFS. Possible developments are discussed in relation to the use of the micro-CT combined with other, traditional, and not, techniques and technologies, as the elaboration of 3D models based on micro-CT images and emerging numerical methods. Micro-CT results contribute effectively with whose ones obtained from other techniques in an integrated multimethod approach and for multidisciplinary studies, opening new possibilities and potential opportunities for the next decades of developments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff879d43afd04b5a95ebfe3f6dd6de4a2023-11-20T04:50:08ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-06-011012432810.3390/app10124328Ten Years of Micro-CT in Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Literature OverviewIlaria Campioni0Raffaella Pecci1Rossella Bedini2Independent Researcher, 00161 Rome, ItalyNational Centre of Innovative Technologies in Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, 00161 Rome, ItalyNational Centre of Innovative Technologies in Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, 00161 Rome, ItalyMicro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is a consolidated imaging technology allowing non-destructive three-dimensional (3D) qualitative and quantitative analysis by the observation of microstructures with high resolution. This paper aims at delivering a structured overview of literature about studies performed using micro-CT in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery (MFS) by analyzing the entire set of articles to portray the state of the art of the last ten years of scientific publications on the topic. It draws the scenario focusing on biomaterials, in vitro and in/ex vivo applications, bone structure analysis, and tissue engineering. It confirms the relevance of the micro-CT analysis for traditional research applications and mainly in dentistry with respect to MFS. Possible developments are discussed in relation to the use of the micro-CT combined with other, traditional, and not, techniques and technologies, as the elaboration of 3D models based on micro-CT images and emerging numerical methods. Micro-CT results contribute effectively with whose ones obtained from other techniques in an integrated multimethod approach and for multidisciplinary studies, opening new possibilities and potential opportunities for the next decades of developments.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/12/4328micro-computed tomographydentistrymaxillofacial surgeryliterature overview |
| spellingShingle | Ilaria Campioni Raffaella Pecci Rossella Bedini Ten Years of Micro-CT in Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Literature Overview Applied Sciences micro-computed tomography dentistry maxillofacial surgery literature overview |
| title | Ten Years of Micro-CT in Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Literature Overview |
| title_full | Ten Years of Micro-CT in Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Literature Overview |
| title_fullStr | Ten Years of Micro-CT in Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Literature Overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ten Years of Micro-CT in Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Literature Overview |
| title_short | Ten Years of Micro-CT in Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Literature Overview |
| title_sort | ten years of micro ct in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery a literature overview |
| topic | micro-computed tomography dentistry maxillofacial surgery literature overview |
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