Digital Dentistry: An Overview and Future Prospects

Antigoni Delantoni, DDS, MSc, PhD, MD is an assistant Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she serves as faculty. She is agraduate of the Aristotle University, School of Dentistry, Thessaloniki, Greece (1998). Her post degree training includes a 2-yr internship in Oral Radiology (University of British Columbia 2002) from where she got the MSc title in Oral Radiology and Diagnostics and a 2-yr continuing education program in oral implantology (Greek German Dental Association, 2009). In addition, she has completed a doctoral degree (Aristotle University School of Dentistry, Thessaloniki, Greece 2007) and has graduated from medical school (Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece (2008) . She has also finished a postdoctoral research degree with a full scholarship by the Greek State Scholarships foundation (2009) .
She is a member of the editorial board of several journals in her field and a reviewer for over 40 international journals including TripleO, Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Rheumatology, The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal, Head & Face Medicine, Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, International Journal of Clinical Dentistry.
She has published numerous papers and books in Greek and English and has spoken in a large number of congresses nationally and internationally covering a variety of topics with main focus on oral radiology and maxillofacial imaging.
Her main research interests are new imaging methods and digital imaging in dentistry. Also imaging techniques such as CT, CBCT, MRI, ultrasound (USG), in the fields of head and neck radiology, and Dentomaxillofacial Radiology.

Kaan Orhan, PhD MSc MHM DDS BA Dr Hc, is a Professor of DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology at the Faculty of Dentistry, and a board member of Medical Design Application and Research Center (MEDITAM) at Ankara University, Turkey, and a visiting Professor at the Facultyof Medical Dentistry at the Medical University of Lublin, Poland and a visiting Professor at the Semmelweis University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Diagnostics Budapest, Hungary

Dr. Orhan received his degree in 1998 and completed his Ph.D. and specialization in Maxillofacial Radiology in 2002 at Osaka University, Japan, and Ankara University, Turkey. He was a maxillofacial consultant and lecturer at Ankara University from 2004 to 2006, and then became an Associate Professor in 2006 and a Full Professor in 2012. He was the founder and, from 2007 to 2010, the chairman of the Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Department, Near East University, Cyprus.

He served as chairman of the Research and Scientific Committee, European Academy of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology from 2008 to 2012, and later as Vice-President (2012-2014) and President.

Recently he was chosen as president-elect (2023-2025) and president (2025-2027) for International Association of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology (IADMFR).

He is a fellow of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), Japanese Board of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology, European Head and Neck Radiology Society (ESHNR), European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESRMB), International Association of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology, and Medical Ultrasonography Society. He also served as a Board Member of the Specialization Committee in the Ministry of Health and promoted the recognition of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology as a specialization in Turkey.

Dr. Orhan is the editor of several journals, including "BMC Medical Imaging", "BMC Oral Health" "Oral Radiology" and "Scanning", and a reviewer for more than 50 different journals in his field. He has written or co-authored more than ten books in English and Turkish as well as over 450 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals, and received over 6500 citations from his studies with an h-index of 47. His research interests include CT, CBCT, MRI, ultrasound (USG), head and neck radiology, and Dentomaxillofacial Radiology.

Antigoni Delantoni博士是希臘塞薩洛尼基亞里斯多德大學的助理教授，同時也是該校的教職員。她畢業於希臘塞薩洛尼基亞里斯多德大學牙科學院（1998年）。她的進修包括在英屬哥倫比亞大學進行為期2年的口腔放射學實習（2002年），並獲得口腔放射學和診斷學碩士學位，以及在希臘德國牙科協會進行為期2年的口腔植入學繼續教育課程（2009年）。此外，她還獲得了博士學位（希臘塞薩洛尼基亞里斯多德大學牙科學院，2007年）和醫學學位（希臘塞薩洛尼基亞里斯多德大學醫學院，2008年）。她還獲得了希臘國家獎學金基金會的全額獎學金，完成了博士後研究學位（2009年）。

她是該領域多個期刊的編輯委員會成員，並且是包括TripleO、Dentomaxillofacial Radiology、Rheumatology、The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal、Head & Face Medicine、Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences、International Journal of Clinical Dentistry在內的40多個國際期刊的審稿人。她在希臘和英語中發表了大量論文和書籍，並在國內外眾多會議上發表演講，主要關注口腔放射學和顱顏面影像學等各種主題。

她的主要研究興趣是牙科學中的新影像方法和數字影像。同時也涉及頭頸部放射學和牙顱面放射學領域的CT、CBCT、MRI、超聲波（USG）等影像技術。

Kaan Orhan博士是土耳其安卡拉大學牙科學院的牙顱面放射學教授，也是醫學設計應用與研究中心（MEDITAM）的董事會成員，並且是波蘭盧布林醫學大學牙科學院和匈牙利布達佩斯Semmelweis大學牙科學院口腔診斷學系的客座教授。

Orhan博士於1998年獲得學位，並於2002年在日本大阪大學和土耳其安卡拉大學完成了博士學位和牙顱面放射學專業。他曾在2004年至2006年擔任安卡拉大學的牙顱面顧問和講師，之後於2006年晉升為副教授，2012年晉升為教授。他是近東大學塞浦路斯的牙顱面放射學系的創辦人，並在2007年至2010年擔任系主任。

他曾擔任歐洲牙顱面放射學學會研究和科學委員會主席（2008年至2012年），並擔任副主席（2012年至2014年）和主席。最近，他被選為國際牙顱面放射學協會（IADMFR）的當選主席（2023-2025年）和主席（2025-2027年）。

他是歐洲放射學會（ESR）、日本牙顱面放射學委員會、歐洲頭頸部放射學會（ESHNR）、歐洲磁共振醫學和生物學學會（ESRMB）、國際牙顱面放射學協會和醫學超聲學會的成員。他還擔任土耳其衛生部專業委員會的委員，推動牙顱面放射學在土耳其的專業認可。

Orhan博士是多個期刊的編輯，包括《BMC Medical Imaging》、《BMC Oral Health》、《Oral Radiology》和《Scanning》，並且是該領域50多個不同期刊的審稿人。他以英語和土耳其語撰寫或合著了十多本書籍，並在國際同行評審期刊上發表了450多篇科學論文，其研究被引用超過6500次，h指數為47。他的研究興趣包括CT、CBC等領域。