Currently there are various providers of CT imaging services to dental practitioners: hospitals, independent radiology centres, dental practices with in-house CT facilities and other scanning sites.
CT Dent is the only genuinely independent imaging centre which has no affiliation (ownership or operative) to other dental practitioners or implant centres. Many dentists feel uncomfortable referring their patients to competing dentists for natural reasons. In addition, since CT imaging is not their core business it result in slow turnaround times, inconsistent scan quality and generally unprofessional service.
Radiology centres do not provide only CT scans service – they deal with various medical imaging systems eg. MRI, Ultrasound scans and more. Furthermore, they and do not specialise in dental imaging with the dental expetise knowledge.
Referring to hospital has its drawbacks:
