Year: 2013

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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!
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Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology as a Career

At the end of the summer I was asked what career options there are for those who are interested in oral and maxillofacial radiology (oral radiology for short). So here’s a post of the options as an oral and maxillofacial radiologist being that the 14th anniversary of it being accredited…
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Locate the Object: October 2013

Onto another fun case to use your image shift and SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) information. The object in question is the round radiopaque entity inferior to the mandibular central incisors. Where is it located (buccal or lingual) compared to the mandibular central incisors? The answer will be coming next week (October…
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Locate the Object: September 2013 Answer

Now onto the answers for the September 2013 Locate the Object. Sorry it’s a little late. 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…