Precision medicine (PM) refers to the tailoring of medical or dental treat¬ment to the individual characteristics of each patient. Imag¬ing has become a crucial part of PM during the last decade. PM takes into account and aims to exploit the specific profile of the patient’s unique biology and problem. Imaging plays an important role by providing morphologic and functional information, focussing and guiding treatment and assessing response to therapy. Image-guided treatment (IGT), or here specifically image-guided endodontics, is not a strategy that tries to optimize 3-D cleaning, shaping and disinfection, and filling root canal systems. This is not an update on traditional endodontic access, or shape/clean/pack as the authors believe that the traditional approach to endodontic access is fundamentally flawed Importantly, IGT is not about simply making a smaller access or smaller shape. It is about strategic dentin preservation and restoring the balance. It is about planning access, planning shape using a directed approach, and evalu¬ating the response to treatment. So, in this meta-analysis review, we discuss about the role of image guided therapies like static CT guidance & Dynamic guidance, guided rail based on CBCT (3D printer-based template) used in conventional endodontic therapies and in endodontic surgery.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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