THE INDICATIONS FOR DENTAL VOLUMETRIC TOMOGRAPHY IN A TURKISH POPULATION SAMPLE

Aim: the aim of this study was to investigate the indications of dental volumetric tomography prescriptions performed in izmir kâtip çelebi university, faculty of dentistry and to examine the age and gender distribution of the patients. material and method: in this study, 470 dental volumetric tomography data (newtom 5g, qr, verona, italy) obtained from patients who attended to izmir katip çelebi university, faculty of dentistry for their dental problems between october 2012 and october 2013 were retrospectively evaluated. results: out of 470 patients, 243 were female and 227 were male, whose ages ranged from 6-73 years (mean= 32.56). the major indications for dental volumetric tomography were for the evaluation of the impacted teeth with a percentage of 32.13 %, which was followed by the examination of bone pathologies like cysts and tumors (23.62 %), the assessment for implant planning (21.49 %), and the evaluation of orthodontic anomalies and sinus pathologies respectively. conclusions: dental volumetric tomography has become an indispensable diagnostic tool in clinical practice for many professions where two-dimensional radiography remains limited in many cases.