Year: 2017

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Anatomy Monday: Zygomatic Process of the Maxilla

This anatomy can be tricky for some to visualize as its appearance is understood by knowing the direction of x rays and how they course through this process. So to try and show that I’m adding some 3D renderings from a CBCT scan. The zygomatic process of the maxilla appears…
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Locate the Object: March 2017 – B : ANSWER

Now the answer from Tuesday. Where is the foreign body (white arrow) in relation to the second molar? 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. Images of objects…
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Locate the Object: March 2017 – B

Here’s another fun case to practice image shift and the SLOB rule. Where is the foreign body (white arrow) in relation to the second molar? Answer coming Thursday, March 9th. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below. Thanks and enjoy!
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Locate the Object: March 2017 – A: ANSWER

Now the answer from Wednesday. Where is the retained root fragment (white arrow) in relation to the first premolar? 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. Images…
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Locate the Object: March 2017 – A

I did not realize its been so long since I’ve posted on here so I’m going to start off with a few locate the object posts. 🙂 Here is a case to practice image shift and the SLOB rule. Where is the retained root fragment (white arrow) in relation to…