Year: 2013

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Anatomy Monday: Zygomatic Process of the Maxilla

This week’s anatomy is a fun one that I enjoy quizzing the students on when doing interpretations with them in the clinic, granted they may not think it’s fun when their mind goes blank on the answer. For starters when identifying the zygomatic process of the maxilla it is important…
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Website Difficulties

I apologize for those struggling to connect to the website for the past two weeks. I have been working with the host and it appears that the problem is fixed. Next week posts will be starting again now that I can finally log onto the site again. Thanks for the…
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Case of the Week: Radicular / Periapical cyst

Now before I get to the actual case I want to make sure that you realize that a radicular/periapical cyst is diagnosed with a histopathological slide and not by radiographs alone.  There are certain features of a radicular/periapical cyst that may cause you to put it higher on a differential…
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A day to give thanks

Today is Thanksgiving and I wanted to take this chance to mention a few things I’m thankful for. A job that challenges me in the radiographic cases that are presented along with a healthy dose of more common radiographic cases. All those that I’ve connected with through this site and…
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Locate the Object: November 2013 Answer – SLOB rule

Now onto the answers for the November 2013 Locate the Object using the SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) rule. SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) 1) Pick an object with a known fixed location = second premolar. 2) Determine which direction we are moving from the premolar periapical radiograph to the molar periapical radiograph = distal.…