Oral Health and Dental Management

Abstract

Normal Radiographic Anatomy ? Maxillary Lateral Area

Carmen Elena Georgescu, Gabriela T?nase, Augustin Mihai

Intraoral examinations are the backbone of dental radiography. Every radiographic examination should produce radiographs of optimal diagnostic quality, incorporating the following features: (a) recording the complete areas of interest on the image, (b) having the least possible amount of distortion, (c) having optimal density and contrast. Although the diagnostic information provided by radiographs may be of definite benefit to the patient, dental clinicians have to be considered when is absolutely necessarily using the radiographic examination. The objective of this study is to present the normal radiographic anatomy of maxillary lateral area in the periapical, panoramic, occlusal, cephalometric radiographs and volumetric computed tomography. Material and method. This study includes 17 images which present normal anatomy of the maxillary lateral area. The results show the importance of radiographs in helping the clinician to recognize normal structures and to guide the choice of proper implants in different sites of the maxillary lateral area. The conclusion of the study encourages the use of volumetric computed tomography as a new technique that permit standard visualization and complex image analysis, especially when considering use of implants.