Radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine: Evolution and role in dentistry

Nuclear medicine is the branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses radiation emitted by a radio-pharmaceutical to provide information about both the structure and function of organ systems within the body thereby aiding in the diagnosis and treatment of a disease. this unparalleled branch of radiology concerns with the diagnostic and therapeutic use of radionuclides. the most striking feature that distinguishes nuclear medicine from other imaging modalities is that nuclear medicine aids in imaging the metabolism and other physiological process of specific organs in human beings and thereby unveil the various functional and biochemical processes with accuracy which makes it a dynamic and very powerful tool in diagnosis and treatment of diseases. the role of this review article is to understand radiopharmaceuticals and its indications in dentistry and also the recent imaging techniques of the era!