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Anatomy of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses

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Depending on the protocol used, some or all of the paranasal sinuses may be visible within the imaging field-of-view when CBCT is used for dental purposes. Correct interpretation therefore necessitates a knowledge of paranasal sinus anatomy and an understanding of the clinical significance of anatomical variants and pathologies (see Chap. 29).

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  1. Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

    Kivanç Kamburoğlu D.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D., B.P.A.

  2. Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Saulo L. Sousa Melo D.D.S., M.S.D., Ph.D., M.S.

  3. Department of Oral Radiology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Chang Chun, Jilin Province, China

    Zhimin Li D.D.S., Ph.D.

  4. Digitales Diagnostik Zentrum, Freiburg, Germany

    Dirk Schulze Priv. Doz. Dr. med. dent.

  5. Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

    Sema Murat D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.

  6. Division of Radiology and Imaging Science, Department of Surgical/Hospital Dentistry, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, KY, USA

    Bruno Azevedo D.D.S., M.S. & William C. Scarfe B.D.S., F.R.A.C.D.S., M.S.

  7. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Christos Angelopoulos D.D.S., M.S.

  8. Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine, New York City, NY, USA

    Christos Angelopoulos D.D.S., M.S.

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Kamburoğlu, K. et al. (2018). Anatomy of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses. In: Scarfe, W., Angelopoulos, C. (eds) Maxillofacial Cone Beam Computed Tomography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62061-9_12

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