CRANIOFACIAL Flashcards
what are the views for skull
30 degree Townes
15 degree caldwell
lateral
what are the views for sinuses
waters
caldwell
lateral
what are the views for facial bones
caldwell
waters
reverse waters
lateral
what are the views for orbits
caldwell
reverse waters
lateral
fb (modified waters and lateral
what are the views for nasal bones
PA waters
lateral
what are the views for zygomatic arches
PA waters
tangential
townes
SMV
what are the views for mandible
PA
AP
Townes
axiolateral
axiolateral obliques
pa axial
what are the views for TMJ
modified townes
axiolateral open and closed mouth
SKULL TOWNES
- centering
- angle
- positioning lines
CR 2.5” above globella (hairline)
- 30 degrees caudal for OML
-37 degrees caudal for IOML
AP
SKULL CALDWELL
- centering
- angle
- positioining lines
CR exits at nasion
- 15 degrees caudal
- OML perpendicular to floor
PA
SKULL LATERAL
- centering
- angle
- positioning lines
- CR 2 inches above EAM
- IOML and IPL perpendicular to floor
- no angle straight beam
SINUSES WATERS
- centering
- angle
-positioning lines
- CR exits at acanthion
- No angle
- MML perpendicuar to IR
PA
what sinuses are best visualized in waters
frontal and maxillary
SINUSES CALDWELL
- angle
-centering
positioning lines
- CR exits at nasion
- OML 15 degrees up from parallel to floor
no angle
Where do the petrous ridges sit in caldwell sinues
In lower 1/3 of orbits
where to petrous ridges dit in waters sinuses
below maxillary sinuses
what sinus is best visaulized in caldwell projection
ethmoid and frontal
SINUSES LATERAL
- angle
- centering
-positioning lines
- no angle
- center mid way between EAM and outer canthus
- IOML and IPL perpendicaulr to IR
What sinuses should be seen in lateral view
Ethmoid
sphenoid
frontal
maxillary
what should be superimposed for lateral sinuses
ramus of mandible and sphenoid wings