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orthopantogram; panorex
Indications:
- *trauma to the jaws
- impacted wisdom teet
- periodontal bone loss
- *dental pain
- assessment for dental implants
- orthodontic assessment, preoperative & postoperative
- caries detection especially in the inter-dental region
- developmental anomalies:
- Cherubism
- Cleidocranial dysplasia
- temporomandibular joint syndrome
- *malignancy involvoing the jaw
- osteosarcoma
- ameloblastoma
- renal osteodystrophy affecting jaws
Procedure:
- panoramic scanning dental X-ray of the upper & lower jaw
General
radiography (roentgenography)
References
- Wikipedia: Orthopantomogram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopantomogram