This week will show a common anatomical variant – an ossified stylohyoid ligament. This can occur unilaterally or bilaterally. This is an incidental finding. Many students tend to jump to Eagle’s syndrome as soon as they see an ossified stylohyoid ligament; however for Eagle’s syndrome to be considered the patient […]
This week will be covering the milliampere or mA setting on an x ray unit. Changing the mA affects the QUANTITY of x rays produced. Some units have a fixed mA (typically in the range of 7 – 12) and some are changeable (from 5 – 15). For those units […]
This week I have a fun case of two mesiodens that appear to be erupting towards the nasal cavity. Mesiodens are supernumerary teeth (extra teeth) found in the anterior region. Mesiodens are more common in the maxilla than the mandible. They frequently disrupt eruption of other adjacent teeth. This case […]
