Yearly Archives: 2012


Radiographic Quality Evaluation: Ideal Pantomograph 4

This week I am showing an example of an ideal pantomograph along with 6 criteria that are used when determining the quality of a pantomograph.  The next couple weeks will be showing examples of when those 6 criteria are not met and how to correct them. 1. Patient has anterior […]


Case of the week: Apical Periodontitis (Apical Rarefying Osteitis)

This week’s case is from a request to see cases of apical periodontitis and chronic apical periodontitis (coming next week).  A good definition I found of apical periodontitis is “a spectrum of diseases that occur around the tooth apex, including periapical granuloma, periapical abscess, and periapical (radicular) cyst” (Scheinfeld MH, […]