Author: Dr. Shawneen Gonzalez

DDS, MS, Diplomate ABOMR
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Find the Caries: October 2014

Here’s another 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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Find the Caries: September 2014 ANSWERS

And now the answers for the September 2014 Find the Caries. None 😀 Not trying to trick you here, but you need to not only be able to find caries but also determine the absence of caries and not over interpret caries.   If you have any questions or answers,…
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Find the Caries: September 2014

Here’s a quick fun way to test your caries interpretation skills for the 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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Locate the Object: September 2014 ANSWERS

Here is the answer for the September 2014 Locate the Object We will be going over both image shift and SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal). . 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: September 2014

And now back to our regular programming. 😛 Here’s a fun case for the month to practice your image shift and SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) information. The object in question is the supernumerary tooth (mesiodens) the white arrow is pointing to. Fun note – there is resorption of the supernumerary tooth in the coronal portion…