Scientific Session

Dale A. Miles BA, DDS, MS, FRCD(C)
Dip. ABOMR, Dip. ABOM
Adjunct Professor, University of Texas and Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Dr. Dale Miles - "An Endodontist's Guide to Reading CT Scans"
Dr. Miles was a Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health. He also held positions as Chair of the Department of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky and graduate program director of Diagnostic Sciences at Indiana University. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and the American Board of Oral Medicine. Dr. Miles has been named one of the “TOP 100 CLINICANS IN CE” for the last 6 years by Dentistry Today. He has authored over 120 scientific articles and 5 textbooks, and has given over 450 invited presentations. Dr. Miles has been a Consultant to the US Navy Postgraduate Dental School in Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology for over 15 years. Dr. Miles has a web site for teaching dentists and auxiliaries about digital imaging at
www.learndigital.net. Currently he is the CEO of Digital Radiographic Solutions, and a founding member of the Advanced Dental Board, an LLC providing radiographic interpretive reports for owners and users of Cone Beam technology. To date he’s read over 2000 scans.
Presentation Outline
- Why all the “buzz” about Cone Beam CT or CB Volumetric Imaging (CBVT)?
- What does it do?
- How can it help you?
- How much does it cost?
- Why would dentists need it for their practice?
Dentists use imaging every day in their offices to make clinical treatment decisions. Now there are amazing, cost effective CT devices for dentistry to help dentists in their practice. Dr. Miles will present principles and applications of Dentistry’s newest and most advanced imaging technology – Cone Beam Volumetric Imaging, including its application for endodontists.
They will explain principles, applications, compare systems and answer your questions. CBVI helps dentists make implant decisions more precisely, characterize diseases more precisely, see anatomical detail like they’ve never seen it before. Come learn about this unique imaging modality and how it can help you help dentists treat their patients more efficiently, expertly and confidently!
Objectives:
- Understand the principles of CBVT
- Visualize lesions more precisely
- Develop precise and thoughtful differential diagnoses
- Understand the role CBVT can play in your practice