I have found that one of the most difficult things for people is after describing a radiographic lesion is to come up with a valid differential interpretation list. (Of note, I use the term interpretation instead of diagnosis as that is made when all the information is combined – radiographic, […]
This week I have a case of a lateral periodontal cyst. Lateral periodontal cysts typically are smaller than 1 cm. When they are located in the mandible, they are most commonly found in the lateral incisor to premolar region. When they are located in the maxilla, they are most commonly […]
This last post on digital radiography is on detector sensitivity. This is probably the most talked about characteristic of digital radiography when the systems are being hyped. Detector sensitivity is the ability of the sensor/phosphor plate to respond to small amounts of radiation. There is no term used to measure […]
