Next is the internal structure of a lesion. There are only three primary descriptions with this letter. They are radiolucent, radiopaque and mixed radiolucent/radiopaque. Radiolucent has two subcategories. The first is unilocular. This refers to a lesion/entity that is completely radiolucent. The second is multilocular. This refers to a lesion/entity […]
This week I am showing a case of remnant lamina dura. Lamina dura is the bony socket which houses a tooth in the jaws. When teeth are extracted the lamina dura is usually resorbed with no evidence of the bony socket after healing. Sometimes there may be portions of the […]
Now onto the overall shape (S) of a lesion or entity. First it is important to know that not all lesions/entities will have a definitive shape. You can state that there is no identifiable shape to the lesion/entity. There are many different shapes in the world, but only a few […]
