1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
2 Department Imaging & Pathology Faculty of Medicine, OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, University of Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2018 Dec;47(8):20180045. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20180045. Epub 2018 Jun 27.
The aim of this study is to analyse the use of digital dental radiology in Belgium, by focussing on the use of extraoral and intraoral radiographic techniques, digitalisation and image communication.
A nationwide survey has been performed amongst Belgian general dentists and dental specialists. Questionnaires were distributed digitally via mailings lists and manually on multiple refresher courses and congresses throughout the country. The overall response rate was 30%.
Overall, 94% of the respondents had access to an intraoral radiographic unit, 76% had access to a panoramic unit, 21% has an attached cephalometric arm. One in five Belgian dentists also seem to have direct access to a cone beam CT. 90% of all intraoral radiography unit worked with digital detectors, while this was 91% for panoramic units (with or without cephalometrics). In 70% of the cases, general dental practitioners with a digital intraoral unit used a storage phosphor plate while in 30% of the cases they used sensor technology (charge-coupled device or complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor). The most common method for professional image transfer appeared to be email. Finally, 16% of all respondents used a calibrated monitor for image analysis.
The survey indicates that 90% of the respondents, Belgian dentists, make use of digital image techniques. For sharing images, general dental practitioners mainly use methods such as printout and e-mail. The usage of calibrated monitors, however, is not well established yet.
本研究旨在分析比利时的数字化牙科放射学的应用情况，重点关注口腔外和口腔内放射技术、数字化和图像通信的使用。
对比利时的普通牙医和口腔专家进行了一项全国性调查。通过邮件列表和全国范围内的多次进修课程和会议分发了数字问卷。总的回复率为 30%。
总体而言，94%的受访者可以使用口腔内放射设备，76%可以使用全景设备，21%配备有附加的头颅测量臂。五分之一的比利时牙医似乎还可以直接使用锥形束 CT。90%的口腔内放射设备使用数字探测器，而 91%的全景设备（带或不带头颅测量）也是如此。在使用数字口腔内放射设备的普通牙医中，有 70%使用存储磷光板，而 30%使用传感器技术（电荷耦合器件或互补金属氧化物半导体）。专业图像传输最常见的方法似乎是电子邮件。最后，16%的受访者使用校准的显示器进行图像分析。
调查表明，90%的受访者，即比利时牙医，使用数字图像技术。对于图像共享，普通牙医主要使用打印和电子邮件等方法。然而，校准显示器的使用尚未得到很好的建立。
