Yearly Archives: 2013

Locate the Object: November 2013 Answer – SLOB rule

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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. […]

Locate the Object: November 2013 Answer – Image Shift

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Now onto the answers for the November 2013 Locate the Object. Here is image shift for both cases with the SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) coming later today. Image shift Before starting to use the image shift principle it is important to know/remember two key points Images move in the opposite direction […]

Anatomy Monday: Lateral Fossa / Incisive Fossa / Canine Fossa

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Today’s anatomy is by request for the lateral fossa also known as the incisive fossa and canine fossa.  The lateral fossa is  depression of the maxilla around the root of the maxillary lateral incisors.  It presents as a diffuse radiolucent area around the root of the lateral incisor. It is […]