Tag: root caries

Answers from yesterdays root caries practice. 1. Maxillary left first molar (#14) 2. No root caries Cervical burnout / root morphology = maxillary left second premolar (#13) distal & mandibular left canine (#22) distal 3. Mandibular right second premolar (#29) Mandibular right first premolar (#30) If you have any questions,…

Now for some root caries and cervical burnout practice. Where can you find both below? 1. 2.   3. Answers coming tomorrow or you can leave them below. Thanks and enjoy!

Now this post will be fairly short as root caries are more commonly seen intraorally then on radiographs.  Larger lesions with loss of tooth structure will be evident on radiographs. Note the loss of tooth structure apical to the cemento-enamel junction of the maxillary canine. One thing to be aware…