Dr. Shawneen Gonzalez – Dr. G's Toothpix

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Diagnostic Challenge

Diagnostic Challenge: What’s on your differential list? (December 2024)

Today I thought I’d give you a chance to practice your interpretation skills on a finding from a CBCT. I’ve included a couple screenshots as well as a couple videos from the axial, coronal and sagittal views. So what’s on your differential list?

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Case of the week

Case of the Week: Taurodontism on CBCT

This fun case of taurodontism involves all the maxillary and mandibular molars. This tooth anomaly is not one that I come across often so when I saw this awesome example I just had to share. Taurodontism refresher = elongated body/pulp chamber with shortened roots and lack of constriction of the…

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Radiographic Interpretation

LESION(S) acronym video

Hi all! I realize it’s been a while since I’ve posted. Let’s just say the past year+ has been odd. Today I have a short video explaining my LESION(S) acronym. Thanks for watching!

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Radiographic Interpretation

Periodontal Assessment: Creating a systematic radiology report for 2D radiographs

The third section is variable based on the patients age. For a patient 18 and older, a more thorough periodontal assessment would be completed and for patients under 18, a pediatric assessment would be completed. (In those cases of a patient under 18 with periodontal issues, complete a periodontal assessment…

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Radiographic Interpretation

Caries: Creating a systematic radiology report for 2D radiographs

The next section I cover for radiology reports is caries. How to go about this for a radiology report can be as simple as listing teeth and surfaces with carious lesions identified to having a table to list the surfaces. For some posts on caries identification on radiographs you can…