Radiographs

Question 1

How many incipient carious lesions do you clearly see?

Answer 1

Question 2

How many caries do you see clearly that need a restoration?

Answer 2

Question 3

In the following radiograph:
* Which tooth do you treat first?
* Do you need more information?

Answer 3

Question 4

Patient comes to the clinic in pain. What would you do? Is the tooth restorable? Why?

Answer 4

RCT, CBU, Crown
Tooth appears restorable, adequate remaining tooth structure

Question 5

What is the artifact in the following radiograph?

Answer 5

lip piercing

Question 6

Do you see any pathology in the following radiograph?

Answer 6

Question 7

In the following radiograph:
* Do you see any caries?
* Any other findings?

Answer 7

perio and caries

Question 8

Based on the previous radiograph:
* Does 25 need to be retreated based on the radiograph?
* Do you need more info?
* What would be helpful?

Answer 8

• Does 25 need to be retreated based on the radiograph? NO
• Do you need more info? Symptoms
• What would be helpful? Oral exam to determine if there is any apparent pathology.

Question 9

• What do you see in the following radiograph?
• How would you treat it?

Answer 9

• What do you see in this radiograph? Amalgam overhang, bone loss
• How would you treat it? Redo amalgam, perio treatment

Question 10

What is wrong with the treatment in the following radiograph?

Answer 10

Distal cantilever FPD