Nuclear medicine studies often play a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of oral and maxillofacial diseases. Though not used commonly in everyday dental practice, the dental clinician should have a conversational knowledge of these imaging modalities. Every general dentist should understand the indications and limitations of these diagnostic modalities. The purpose of this review article is to discuss the nuclear medicine and its applications in the head and neck region.
Keywords: Nuclear Medicine, Bone Scan, SPECT, PET, Oral Cavity, Lymph Nodes.

Corresponding Author: Tarun Kumar, Senior Dental Surgeon, BS Heart Care and Multispeciality Hospital, Kurukshetra, Haryana (India), E-mail drtarunomr@gmail.com
This article may be cited as: Kumar T, Arora N, Kataria A S, Sharma S. Nuclear medicine the way forward: a new approach in the field of oral diagnostics. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2016;2(3):14-16.