This month I have two cases to use your image shift and SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) information. 1. The object in question is the round radiopaque entity labeled A. Where is it located (buccal or lingual) compared to the maxillary second premolar? 2. The object in question is the supernumerary tooth […]
This is the last post on air spaces on pantomographs; the glossopharyngeal air space. It presents as a radiolucent band superimposed over the angle of the mandible at the lateral aspects of the pantomograph. If the cervical vertebrae are visible, it is seen anterior to them. If you have any […]
This week and next I will be covering two extraoral radiographs made in dentistry. The first one is a lateral cephalometric skull radiograph which is commonly made for orthodontic purposes. Here is how to position a patient for this radiograph. 1. Place the midsagittal plane of the patient parallel with […]
