2013 – Page 7 – Dr. G's Toothpix

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Radiographic Interpretation

Radiographic Quality Evaluation: Posterior Bitewing Radiographs

Now onto evaluation of bitewing radiographs and what to look for. 1. The teeth to be captured are recorded on the radiograph. This means that no portion the crown is cut off on the radiograph. 2. A minimum of 2 mm of alveolar crest in both the maxilla and mandible…

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Radiographic Quality Evalution: Periapical Radiographs

Today is the first of two posts on intraoral radiographic quality evaluation. For those who are looking for a series on pantomograph radiographic quality evaluation there are 4 posts that can be found here – ideal pantomograph quality, bad pantomograph quality – part 1, bad pantomograph quality – part 2,…

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Radiographic Interpretation

Locate the Object: August 2013 Answer

Now onto the answers for the August 2013 Locate the Object. 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 the image shift principle it…

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Anatomy Monday

Anatomy Monday: Mandibular Foramen

Since I just finished a series of anatomy post of canals I find it fitting to now move onto foramina. 🙂 I’ve already covered a few in the past; the lingual foramen and the mental foramen. So I will finish off the mandible with today’s post of the mandibular foramen.…

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Case of the week

Case of the Week: Oligodontia

This week I have a case of developmentally missing teeth (oligodontia) along with the last educational video in my library (to date). 🙂 This case shows all four second premolars did not develop with retained primary second molars. And for the last of this years educational videos on oligodontia by…