Author: Dr. Shawneen Gonzalez

DDS, MS, Diplomate ABOMR
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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…
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Anatomy Monday: Anterior Articular Eminence (Temporal Bone)

This Monday I thought I’d go outside the jaws again but this time to the temporal bone, specifically the anterior articular eminence which is on the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.  The anterior articular eminence is a bony prominence at the anterior aspect of the glenoid fossa which the…
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Case of the Week: Condylar Ankyloses

This is something I don’t see very often so don’t have a ton of examples of this but it is a really neat find.  Condylar ankyloses is just like it sounds – the condyle fuses to the fossa.  Cases have been reported to be due to trauma and I have…
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Anatomy Monday: Soft tissue of the ear

This anatomy seems to throw a lot of students off due to the radiopacity it presents as on pantomographs.  Being that it’s a soft tissue entity many assume it’s bone as it shows up more radiopaque. This increased radiopacity is due to the ghost image of the opposite ramus. The…