Year: 2015

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Find the Caries: April 2015

Here’s a quick way to test your caries interpretation skills this month. For a review, here’s where you can find the caries interpretation posts (interproximal caries, occlusal caries, root caries and recurrent caries).   If you have any questions or answers, please leave them below. Answers coming on Thursday. Thanks and enjoy!
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Case of the Week: External resorption with CBCT view

This week I have a interesting case of severe external resorption as seen on a periapical radiograph as well as a cone beam CT (CBCT) view to show the true extent of the resorption. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below. Thanks and enjoy!
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Locate the Object: April 2015 – ANSWER

Now for the answers from Tuesday. Where is the radiolucent circle (between premolars) in relation to the mandibular left first premolar (#21)? 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 from the movement of the source.…
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Locate the Object: April 2015

I know it’s been a while since you’ve had a fun new case to practice image shift and the SLOB rule with so here you go. 🙂   Where is the radiolucent circle (between roots of premolars) in relation to the mandibular left first premolar (#21)? Answer coming Thursday, April 23rd. If…
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Locate the Object: February 2015 – 18 ANSWER

Now for the answers from last weeks post. Where is the radiopaque entity (orange arrow) in relation to the mandibular right second premolar (#29)? 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 from the movement…