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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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Intraoral Radiographic Technique: Mandibular Occlusal Radiographs

I’ve posted before about the specifics for mandibular occlusal radiographs but today I am sharing how-to videos created by the Hygiene Class of 2015. (Note: these are one take videos meaning no editing allowed after filming) Mandibular Anterior Occlusal Radiograph Mandibular True Occlusal Radiograph Mandibular Lateral Occlusal Radiograph If you…
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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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Case of the Week: Supernumerary Microdont (Distodens)

This week I have a tooth that falls under two descriptions; a supernumerary tooth and a microdont. 🙂 This little guy was hanging out just coronal to the third molar.  I’ll let you find him yourself. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below. Thanks and enjoy!
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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 &…