Orthopantomography

• Main Authors: Pandolfo, Ignazio. (Author), Mazziotti, Silvio. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dentistry.; Radiology, Medical.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5289-5

Although orthopantomography (OPT) is a very frequently employed radiological examination, even the expert radiologist can encounter difficulty in reporting the findings owing to the specific terminology, the nature of the diagnostic queries, and the need to describe precisely the clinical implicatio...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Technique and normal anatomy. 1 Hints of technique and methodology
• 2 Normal anatomy
• Part II Elementary radiographic semeiotics and pathological terminology. 3 Alterations of number, orientation, seat, morphology, width and structure of the dental element
• 4 Caries
• 5 Periapical lesions
• 6 The periodontal disease
• 7 Cystic lesions and maxillary tumors
• 8 OPT in post-treatment evaluation.