floor of the nasal cavity – Dr. G's Toothpix

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Anatomy Monday

Anatomy is your friend: Maxillary Central Incisors Periapical Radiograph

I’m updating Anatomy Monday to Anatomy is your friend (I didn’t want to feel tied to only posting on Monday – but go figure this initial one is coming out on a Monday :P). I thought I’d start by picking a random periapical radiograph and identifying all the anatomy visible…

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Anatomy Monday

Anatomy Monday: Floor of the nasal cavity (maxilla)

The floor of the nasal cavity that is visible on radiographs is actually the junction of the floor and lateral wall or vomer. On intraoral radiographs this will appear as a single radiopaque straight line superior to the maxillary teeth. It is visible on any periapical radiograph (anterior and posterior). …

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Anatomy Monday

Anatomy Monday: Y line of Ennis (maxilla)

Today I am starting a new series for Mondays on anatomy. I will be showing different anatomical landmarks for both intraoral and extraoral radiographs. This first entity I am showing is a radiographic anatomical landmark; the Y line of Ennis. This is sometimes referred to as an Inverted Y. It…

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Radiographic Interpretation

Anatomy on Radiographs: Extraoral Radiographs (Lateral Cephalometric Skull)

This week is extraoral radiographs, specifically the lateral cephalometric skull radiograph. This will be a short and sweet post only going over basic anatomy. I am not covering most of the anatomical landmarks used in orthodontics, but if you would like a post on this, please let me know and…

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Radiographic Interpretation

Anatomy on Radiographs: Pantomographs Part 1

Ok, I am back and now onto pantomographs. Since these images are larger and will take up much more space I have decided to break them down into 2 parts. I also will have several anatomy identified on each radiograph as well. Here we go. Mandible *The mandibular condyle (two…