June 2013 – Dr. G's Toothpix

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Radiographic Interpretation

Educational Video: Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome

Being I don’t have any cases to show with this very interesting syndrome just yet 🙁 I’d still like to share this educational video made by Dental Class of 2015 student Lindsey Mikkelsen and Jake Zitterkopf. If anyone has any cases they’d like to share, please let me know. Thanks…

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Case of the week

Case of the Week: Gemination

This week is a fun case of bilateral gemination. Gemination presents as an abnormally large tooth where the overall arch count is still 16 (not to be confused with fusion which reduces the arch count to 15). This case shows gemination bilaterally associated with the mandibular third molars. Here is…

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Radiographic Interpretation

Periodontal radiographic assessment: Irritating factors (natural and man-made)

This week I will be going over other radiographic findings that should be noted as they are irritating to the surrounding soft tissue. Natural There are two entities in this category to be aware of; open contacts and calculus. Open contacts can be either natural (as seen in the first…

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Case of the week

Case of the Week: Cleft Palate

This week I have a case of an unilateral cleft palate with surgery to close the defect. Cleft palate presents as a vertical linear radiolucent defect in the bone in the maxillary lateral incisor region. Treatment of bone grafting is shown on this case. Pantomograph showing right unilateral cleft palate…

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Radiographic Interpretation

Periodontal radiographic assessment: Furcation involvement and Cortical plate loss

This week is all about furcation involvement and cortical plate loss. I will not be classifying the different classes of furcation involvement just how it appears on radiographs. Furcation Involvement Furcation involvement is much easier to identify in the mandible due to the splayed nature of the mesial and distal…