Cone Beam Computed Tomography In Endodontics

Introduction Since Kells first reported the usefulness of visualizing a
lead wire in a root canal on a “radiogram” in establishing
the length of a root canal in 1899, radiography has
been a pivotal tool in the practice of endodontics. Almost a
century later, building on the pioneering efforts of those using
conventional computed tomography (CT) and micro-CT, the
introduction of maxillofacial CBCT in 1996 provided the first
clinically practical technology demonstrating application of 3D
imaging for endodontic considerations.