CBCT Evaluation & Airway Fundamentals

What if CBCT could give you clearer answers, faster, in the cases you see every day? For many clinicians, the challenge isn’t having the technology—it’s knowing how to interpret the images in a way that improves diagnosis, communication and treatment planning.

In this session of the Advanced Implementation Course, participants received a comprehensive, clinically grounded walkthrough of CBCT evaluation and its role in routine practice. The session covered practical protocols for patient positioning, scan settings, and informed consent, with special considerations for imaging children and patients with special needs. Dr. Yoon demonstrated a structured approach to reviewing scans with patients—starting with soft tissue and airway views and then progressing to skeletal and dental structures—to enhance understanding and support case acceptance.

A central focus was airway-oriented analysis. Dr. Yoon covered how to identify nasal obstruction, adenoid and tonsil hypertrophy, septal deviation, turbinate swelling and sinus pathology. It also detailed how to interpret cross-sections, assess airway zones and correlate radiographic findings with clinical symptoms such as snoring, mouth breathing and recurrent ear infections.

The presentation further emphasized evaluating transverse dimensions and distinguishing dental from skeletal constriction, along with strategies for communicating realistic expansion goals. Finally, it highlighted how CBCT imaging strengthens interdisciplinary collaboration with ENTs, pediatricians and allergists by providing precise anatomical visualization and shared diagnostic references.

This session is part of the Advanced Implementation Course.

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