Month: October 2013

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Anatomy Monday: Palatoglossal air space

The next three posts will be devoted to air spaces visible on pantomographs.  The first is the palatoglossal air space. The palatoglossal air space is between the palate and the tongue.  It is only visualized on a pantomograph when the patient does not place their tongue to the roof of…
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Case of the Week: Tonsiliths

This week is another CBCT case of calcifications, this time in the tonsils.  On CBCT images, these are seen on the axial views lateral to the airway and on coronal views medial to the ramus of the mandible.  They are well-defined irregular shaped radiopaque entities. They may be single or…
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Locate the Object: October 2013 Answer

Now onto the answers for the October 2013 Locate the Object. I will be going over both image shift and SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) to determine the location of the left lateral incisor in relation to the left central incisor. Image shift Before starting to use the image shift principle it…
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Anatomy Monday: External Auditory Meatus

This week is the external auditory meatus.  The external auditory meatus is the external opening to the auditory canal. It presents as a well-defined round to ovoid radiolucent area lateral to the condyle. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below. Thanks and enjoy!
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Case of the Week: Antrolith

This week is a case of calcifications in the maxillary sinus commonly referred to as antroliths.  This case is a CBCT case seen as multiple well-defined radiopaque entities near the floor of the right maxillary sinus. If you have any questions or comment, please leave them below. Thanks and enjoy!