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Hiding in plain sight: the significance of radiographic incidental findings
Scientific Programme (On Demand)
Session Description
Hiding in plain sight: the significance of radiographic incidental findings
Dental radiographs, particularly cone beam computer tomographic (CBCT) images, display
far more detailed information of the maxillofacial region than previously thought. Incidental findings
may occur in up to 50% of images. Even experienced clinicians may not be familiar with the
recognition or importance of entities on dental images outside their area of primary interest. The
presence of these findings challenges the clinician to be familiar with the relative incidence,
identification, and detection of incidental findings of clinical significance. This program will describe
the imaging characteristics and differential diagnosis of significant incidental findings and differential
diagnosis and management strategies discussed.
Learning Objectives
Dental radiographs, particularly cone beam computer tomographic (CBCT) images, display
far more detailed information of the maxillofacial region than previously thought. Incidental findings
may occur in up to 50% of images. Even experienced clinicians may not be familiar with the
recognition or importance of entities on dental images outside their area of primary interest. The
presence of these findings challenges the clinician to be familiar with the relative incidence,
identification, and detection of incidental findings of clinical significance. This program will describe
the imaging characteristics and differential diagnosis of significant incidental findings and differential
diagnosis and management strategies discussed.
Learning Objectives
- Become familiar with imaging artifacts, anatomic anomalies, and calcifications in the head and neck that may present as incidental findings on dental images
- Develop a regionally based, radiographic differential diagnosis.
- Apply management strategies for specific incidental findings.