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A cone-beam CT dental scanner presented as a sculptural object on a plinth in a gallery white room under museum lighting

19 Sep The Instrument Enters the Laboratory: A Donated Cone-Beam Scanner and the Craft of Studying What We See

Posted at 11:38h in Dental Imaging by Raymond 0 Comments
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In late July 2026, Carestream Dental announced a strategic alliance with the ADA Forsyth Institute, sealed by the donation of a state-of-the-art cone-beam computed tomography system to the institute's clinical arm. It is easy to read that as a press release. It is more interesting...

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A translucent molar seen in three dimensions with its branching internal canal system glowing faintly inside, a delicate extra canal becoming visible behind a larger one

14 Sep The Hidden Architecture of a Tooth: What Cone-Beam CT Reveals That a Flat Radiograph Cannot

Posted at 10:37h in Dental Imaging by Raymond 0 Comments
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For a century the radiograph told us almost everything about a tooth - and quietly kept one secret. Pressing a three-dimensional root system flat onto a single plane, it overlapped canals, hid the ones tucked directly behind others, and turned a fused, ribbon-like root into...

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A single tooth with a fine grid of luminous stripes projected across it, the lines bending over the curved surface

29 Aug Structured Light and the Stitched Mesh: How an Intraoral Scanner Turns Projected Patterns Into a 3D Model

Posted at 10:36h in Dental Technology by Raymond 0 Comments
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A digital impression looks instantaneous, but it is assembled - thousands of small optical frames, each a shard of surface, registered into one continuous mesh. Understanding how the scanner sees explains everything about where it struggles....

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A cone-beam CT skull rendering presented as a framed gallery print

22 Jul Silent Witnesses: How Cone-Beam Imaging Reads Identity in the Bone

Posted at 12:04h in Dental Imaging by Raymond 0 Comments
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The same cone-beam volume you acquire for an implant plan carries something more permanent than a treatment record: a portrait of a person specific enough to name them. A look at forensic odontology as imaging craft....

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