MRI for Dental Applications

Husniye Demirturk Kocasarac; Hassem Geha; Laurence R Gaalaas; Donald R Nixdorf

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2018.03.006

MRI for Dental Applications

Dent Clin North Am. 2018 Jul;62(3):467-480. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2018.03.006.

Authors

Husniye Demirturk Kocasarac¹, Hassem Geha², Laurence R Gaalaas³, Donald R Nixdorf⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. Electronic address: demirturk@uthscsa.edu.
² Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
³ Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Division of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, 7-536 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
⁴ Division of TMD and Orofacial Pain, Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, 6-320 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

PMID: 29903562
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2018.03.006

Abstract

Imaging of hard and soft tissue of the oral cavity is important for dentistry. However, medical computed tomography, cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), nor MRI enables soft and hard tissue imaging simultaneously. Some MRI sequences were shown to provide fast soft and hard tissue imaging of hydrogen, which increased the interest in dental MRI. Recently, MRI allowed direct visualization of cancellous bone, intraoral mucosa, and dental pulp despite that cortical bone and dental roots are indirectly visualized. MRI seems to be adequate for many indications that CBCT is currently used for: implant treatment and inflammatory diseases of the tooth.

Keywords: Dental MRI; FLASH; Jaw; MRI; SWIFT; Tooth; UTE; ZTE.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cancellous Bone / diagnostic imaging
Cortical Bone / diagnostic imaging
Dental Pulp / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Jaw / diagnostic imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / economics
Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / methods
Mouth Mucosa / diagnostic imaging
Software
Technology, Dental* / economics
Technology, Dental* / methods
Tooth Root / diagnostic imaging