Radiographic Interpretation List

Benign Neoplasms

(hyperplasias) Buccal Exostosis, Enostosis, Focal Idiopathic Osteosclerosis, Mandibular Tori, Palatal Tori

(odontogenic – epithelial) Ameloblastoma, Odontogenic Keratocyst

(odontogenic – mesenchymal) Cementoblastoma

(mixed) Compound Odontoma

Cyst of the Jaws

Buccal Bifurcation Cyst, Dentigerous Cyst, Lateral Periodontal Cyst, Nasopalatine Canal Cyst, Periapical / Radicular Cyst, Simple Bone Cyst

Maxillary Sinuses 

Antral projection/antral exostoses, Antrolith, Mucositis, Mucous retention pseudocyst, Sinusitis

Other

Retained deciduous root fragment

Periapical Inflammatory Diseases

Rarefying osteitis, Sclerosing osteitis, Widened periodontal ligament space 

Skeletal Developmental Abnormalities

Cleft Palate

Soft Tissue Calcifications / Ossifications

Arterial calcification, Ossified stylohyoid ligament, Rhinolith, Sialolith, Thyroid cartilage, Tonsilith, Triticeal cartilage

Tooth Anomalies

(acquired) Abrasion, Attrition, External Resorption, Hypercementosis, Internal Resorption, Pulp Stone, Pulpal Sclerosis

(eruption abnormalities) Ankylosis, Ectopic Eruption, Transposition

(number variations) Oligodontia, Supernumerary Teeth

(shape variations – generalized) Amelogenesis Imperfecta, Dentin Dysplasia Type II, Dentinogenesis Imperfecta, Regional Odontodysplasia

(shape variations – localized) Dens Evaginatus, Dens Invaginatus, Dilaceration, Enamel Pearl, Gemination, Talon Cusp, Taurodontism

(size variations) Macrodont, Microdont

Trauma to the Teeth

(bone healing) Fibrous scar, Normal bone healing, Remnant lamina dura, Sclerotic bone healing

Coronal Fractures, Mandibular Fractures, Root Fracture – Horizontal, Root Fracture – Vertical

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