Image Interpretation Basics (Ch 30-35) Flashcards
Ch 30- Introduction to Image Interpretation Ch 31- Descriptive Terminology Ch 32- Identification of Restorations, Dental Materials, and Foreign Objects Ch 33- Interpretation of Dental Caries Ch 34- Interpretation of Periodontal Disease Ch 35- Interpretation of Trauma, and Pulpal and Periapical Lesions
Define the term: diagnosis
identification of a disease by examination or analysis
Define the term: image interpretation
an explanation of what is viewed on a dental radiograph
Define the term: alveolar bone loss
a loss of bone that surrounds and supports teeth in the maxilla and mandible
Define the term: edentulous zone
Define the term: expansile
Define the term: dental image
Define the term: focal opacity
Define the term: ground glass
Define the term: inter-radicular
Define the term: mixed lucent-opaque
Define the term: multifocal confluent
Define the term: multilocular
Define the term: periapical
Define the term: pericoronal
Define the term: radiograph
Define the term: radiolucent
Define the term: radiopaque
Define the term: soft tissue opacity
Define the term: target lesion
Define the term: corticated unilocular
Define the term: noncorticated unilocular
Define the term: x-ray
Define the term: amalgam
Define the term: diatoric
Define the term: ghost image
Define the term: gutta percha
Define the term: metallic restoration
Define the term: nonmetallic restoration
Define the term: buccal decay/caries
Define the term: lingual decay/caries