background: since there has been no published report on the impact of permanent canines in shiraz population, this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and the location of the impacted permanent canines in patients referred to the department of radiology of shiraz dental school in 2012. materials and methods: this was an analytic cross-sectional study on 1012 panoramic radiographs....

background and aims. inferior alveolar nerve block injection is one of the common intra oral anesthetic techniques, with a failure rate of 15-20%. the aim of this study was to evaluate the position of the lingula as an index for this injection. materials and methods. thirty eight panoramic radiographs of 7–11 year old patients were analyzed and the distance between the lingula index and occlusa...

Amaç: Bu çalışmada elde edilen panoramik radyografilerin kalitesinin değerlendirilmesi ve tanı için yetersiz görüntülere neden olan hataların tespiti amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Çalışmada Oral Diagnoz ve Radyoloji AD arşivlerinde yer alan 150 adet panoramik radyografi incelenmiştir (Morita Veraviewwopcs model 550 ,Kyoto-Japan, en yüksek KVP of 80, mA=12, monitör 17 inç TFT LCD, 100-240 VAC 60/50 Hz,...

Background and aim: Considering the widespread development of implants in dental treatment plans, linear measurements on panoramic radiography are of especial importance. In the present study we investigated the effect of head misalignment up to 15° around vertical and horizontal axes on the magnification rate of digital panoramic radiography in each part of upper and lower jaws. Materia...