Modern Approaches and Innovations on Methods and Imaging Protocols of the Maxillofacial District

Dear Colleagues,

In current imaging diagnostics, it is necessary to implement modern protocols and approaches, which minimize the patient's exposure to ionizing radiation and subsequent biological damage deriving from these. Future evolutions and radiographic diagnostic exams, always guaranteeing an adequate resolution quality, will have to limit the biological damage caused by ionizing radiations. MRI and Ultrasound are getting better and better, and more attention is being paid to these newly applied exams in the literature. The various diagnostic exams, although recently described in the literature in their recent applications, will make it possible to achieve the same accuracy and precision as radiographic examinations, minimizing the side effects of the latter.

Magnetic resonance imaging, of which there is evidence that allows it to be superimposed on CBCT or CT for dental use, has the only negative sides of its large size, its reduced availability, and the problems related to the data acquisition sequences and to the patient.

Ultrasounds, on the other hand, allow a more specific use for the oral mucosa, and for the most superficial area of the bone, for the evaluation of its density and to discriminate in the differential diagnosis of the various bone lesions. The main limitations are represented by the dependence of the exam on the operator who practices it, by the reduced choice of probes for dental use.

I expect to receive from Clinicians and researchers, original research articles, review articles, and any possible contribution that can improve the knowledge of the various specialists in the head and neck area for the prescription of the most appropriate and least invasive diagnostic exam.

Prof. Dr. Luca Testarelli
Dr. Dario Di Nardo
Dr. Rodolfo Reda
Guest Editors

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