La Imagenología Dental y Maxilofacial desde la perspectiva de los estudios de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad. Revisión Bibliográfica

Abstract

Science and technology constitute a powerful pillar of cultural, social and economic development. General and oral health is considered a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, influenced by social determinants, hence one of the specialties of stomatology, Dental and Maxillofacial Imaging (DMI) is involved in the aforementioned conditioning factors. Objective: Analyze the influence of the development of science and technology in the acquisition of knowledge of stomatologists in the specialty of IDM. Development: IDM is considered a specialty of stomatology in 50 countries worldwide, being in charge of the use of ionizing radiation to obtain diagnostic images of the disease that afflicts the maxillofacial complex. The same that is influenced by social determinants such as the lack of knowledge of stomatologists and resources for the access of the general population, which does not allow treating the patient as a whole and only focus on the attention of the technological advances of the specialty, being unfortunately involved in the "technological sleepwalking". Conclusions: There is a direct relationship between the lack of access to resources used by the IDM and stomatologists, which will lead to misdiagnosis of the disease, building a social problem. The stomatologist needs to be trained in this area to provide patients with an accurate diagnosis and therefore a correct treatment, achieving a complete physical, mental and social wellbeing.