This week I have a case of a nasopalatine canal cyst. This is also referred to as an incisive canal cyst and/or a nasopalatine duct cyst. This case was found on a pantomograph of an edentulous patient. The patient presented for complete dentures and was asymptomatic. There is a well-defined […]
This weeks topic on digital radiography is detector latitude. Detector latitude is the ability of a receptor to capture a range of x ray exposures. The term used to describe this is magnitude. Analog film has a large range of magnitudes from 0.5 to 4, however, only under bright illumination […]
This week is a case of a quite large dentigerous cyst. A dentigerous cyst will appear radiolucent surrounding the crown of an impacted tooth. The teeth most commonly effected are the maxillary canines and third molars (both maxilla and mandible). A pathognomonic sign of a dentigerous cyst is that the […]
