Journal of Dental Medicine

It is quite often for general practitioners who want to use implants in their routine treatments to face with the problem of unfamiliar radiographic techniques commonly prescribed in modern implantology. These types of radiograph, which could show the jaws in multiple aspects, are not routinely used by general practitioners. However, for sophisticated very delicate treatment options like implantology, the main problem is that "a metal object want to be placed in an undercut-full and zigzag area like bone", and the so called plain radiographs cannot be used for this purposes without difficulty. In this literature review, based on the data of the most powerful databases including COCHRANE and PUBMED, the necessity of using cross-sectional techniques in pre-implant treatment discussed in detail.