Category: Radiographic Interpretation

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Locate the Object: April 2014 ANSWER – SLOB rule

Now onto the answers for the April 2014 Locate the Object using the SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) rule. SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) 1) Pick an object with a known fixed location = distal surface of canine 2) Determine which direction we are moving from the premolar periapical radiograph to the canine/lateral incisor periapical…
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Locate the Object: April 2014

This month I have two cases to use your image shift and SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) information. 1. The object in question is the metallic restoration on the canine. Which surface of the canine (buccal or lingual) is it located on? 2. The object in question is the broken endodontic file…
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Find the Caries: April 2014 ANSWERS

Here are the carious lesions for the 4 radiographs posted earlier this week. 1. Maxillary left lateral incisor (#10) distal Maxillary left canine (#11) mesial 2. Mandibular right second premolar (#29) distal Mandibular right first molar (#30) mesial 3. Maxillary right first premolar (#5) distal Mandibular right first molar (#30)…
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Find the Caries: April 2014

Being that the caries series (here, here, here and here) was a topic many want more examples of I thought I should add a few cases each month for everyone to practice and see how they are doing. So without further ado here are four radiographs for you to find…
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Caries Interpretation: Recurrent Caries Answers

And now the answers from yesterdays recurrent caries practice. 1. Maxillary right premolar – distal Mandibular right first molar (#30) – mesial recurrent 2. Maxillary left second premolar (#13) – distal Mandibular left second molar (#18) – occlusal recurrent & mesial Mandibular left second premolar (#20) – occlusal recurrent &…