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  2. Dental radiography - Wikipedia

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    Dental radiographs, commonly known as X-rays, are radiographs used to diagnose hidden dental structures, malignant or benign masses, bone loss, and cavities. A radiographic image is formed by a controlled burst of X-ray radiation which penetrates oral structures at different levels, depending on varying anatomical densities, before striking the ...

  3. Oral and maxillofacial radiology - Wikipedia

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    ConeBeam computerized tomography image of a post-operative orthognathic surgery. Oral and maxillofacial radiology, also known as dental and maxillofacial radiology, or even more common DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology, is the specialty of dentistry concerned with performance and interpretation of diagnostic imaging used for examining the craniofacial, dental and adjacent structures.

  4. Panoramic radiograph - Wikipedia

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    A panoramic radiograph is a panoramic scanning dental X-ray of the upper and lower jaw.It shows a two-dimensional view of a half-circle from ear to ear. Panoramic radiography is a form of focal plane tomography; thus, images of multiple planes are taken to make up the composite panoramic image, where the maxilla and mandible are in the focal trough and the structures that are superficial and ...

  5. Sialodochitis - Wikipedia

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    Sialodochitis (also termed ductal sialadenitis), [1] is inflammation of the duct system of a salivary gland. [2] This is compared to sialadenitis, which is inflammation of the gland parenchyma.

  6. Cysts of the jaws - Wikipedia

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    Most cysts are discovered as a chance finding on routine dental radiography. [7] They are often asymptomatic unless there has been long-standing with significant enlargement (causing bony expansion or egg-shell cracking feeling [7]) or secondary infection. On an x-ray, cysts appear as radiolucent (dark) areas with radiopaque (white) borders. [7]

  7. Instruments used in radiology - Wikipedia

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    Instrument Uses Ultrasonography machine: uses ultrasound to produce images from within the body; video link X-ray: uses X-rays to produce images of structures within the body; video link

  8. C. Edmund Kells - Wikipedia

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    The next year, Kells stopped seeing general dentistry patients and focused his practice on dental radiography and minor oral surgery. [ 1 ] Late in his career, Kells was a vocal critic of focal infection theory , the idea that minor infections in one part of the body spurred more serious infections such as meningitis and osteomyelitis .

  9. Periradicular surgery - Wikipedia

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    In the dental specialty of endodontics, periradicular surgery is surgery to the external root surface. Examples of periradicular surgery include apicoectomy, root resection, repair of root perforation or resorption defects, removal of broken fragments of the tooth or a filling material, and exploratory surgery to look for root fractures.