Yearly Archives: 2013

Radiographic Technique: PosteroAnterior (PA) Skull Radiograph 2

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This week is a less commonly made extraoral radiograph but still occasionally seen in dentistry. Here is how to position a patient for this radiograph. 1. Place the coronal plane of the patient parallel with the image receptor. If there is a craniostat to help position this will be GENTLY […]

Locate the Object: November 2013 4

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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 […]

Anatomy Monday: Glossopharyngeal air space 4

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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 […]