Orthopantogram

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Contents 1 Indications 2 Procedure 3 More General Terms 4 References

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, Cleido cranial 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

More General Terms

• radiography (diagnostic imaging, roentgenography)

References

1. Wikipedia: Orthopantomogram [1]

orthopantogram; panorex