This week I have an example of a very large radicular cyst (sometimes referred to as a periapical cyst) that was encroaching on the maxillary sinus. The patient presented with no symptoms during a new patient exam. A pantomograph was made. On the pantomograph, a well-defined ovoid radiolucent entity is […]
This weeks topic on digital radiography is contrast resolution. Contrast resolution is the ability to distinguish gray levels on an image. The term used to identify how many gray levels that can be identified is bits. When any number is in front of bits, such as 8 bits or 14 […]
This week I have a neat example of a sialolith on a pantomograph. This was an incidental finding at a new patient exam. Sialoliths tend to be single, but this case has multiple calcifications within the duct of the submandibular salivary gland. On the pantomograph there are multiple, irregular shaped […]
