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Locate the Object: November 2013 Answer – SLOB rule

Now onto the answers for the November 2013 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 = second premolar. 2) Determine which direction we are moving from the premolar periapical radiograph to the molar periapical radiograph = distal.…
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Locate the Object: November 2013

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 round radiopaque entity labeled A. Where is it located (buccal or lingual) compared to the maxillary second premolar? 2. The object in question is the supernumerary tooth…
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Locate the Object: October 2013 Answer

Now onto the answers for the October 2013 Locate the Object. I will be going over both image shift and SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) to determine the location of the left lateral incisor in relation to the left central incisor. Image shift Before starting to use the image shift principle it…
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Locate the Object: October 2013

Onto another fun case to use your image shift and SLOB (Same-Lingual, Opposite-Buccal) information. The object in question is the round radiopaque entity inferior to the mandibular central incisors. Where is it located (buccal or lingual) compared to the mandibular central incisors? The answer will be coming next week (October…