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Case of the Week: Horizontal Impaction

This week I have a neat case of a horizontally impacted tooth. While it’s not uncommon for teeth to be horizontally impacted, this tooth is sort of ‘hidden’. Look for the radiopaque rotated ‘V’ in the right mandible. The ‘V’ appearance is the enamel of the impacted tooth. There are…

Cone Beam CT: Slice thickness

Cone beam CT units have a range of slice thicknesses available. Most units fall between 0.1 mm to 0.4 mm slice thickness. There are units with smaller slice thickness available, however I am focusing on the 0.1 to 0.4 mm range for this post. The first thing to understand is…