This week I am going to show several examples of rarefying osteitis (sometimes referred to as apical rarefying osteitis when positioned at the apex). Rarefying osteitis is a term that means ‘loss of bone due to inflammation’. I use this term when describing a radiolucent area at the apex of […]
This is the last week of post topics from the review for the hygiene written boards. Today is the inverse square law and how this applies to changing the PID/cone length and exposure settings for a comparable image density. Inverse square law The inverse square law applies to any source […]
This week I am showing a dental material that seems to confuse many new students in the clinic. So here are some examples of ceramic crowns. The radiopaque line seen around the prep is the cement. (I realize this isn’t as exciting or interesting as some of my other cases, […]
