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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
