TOPIC: FORENSIC RADIOLOGY 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔸Forensic Odontology: It is the element of dental medicine that examines studies and proposes the evidences in court. 🔸Bite-mark Matching: The match made between bite marks and the dental impression of the suspected person is principally based on relationship between the jaws, form and size of arches, […]
TOPIC: SOFT-TISSUE CALCIFICATION 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Antroliths: It is the term used to describe calculus located in the paranasal sinuses. Majority of patients present clinical signs and symptoms, such as facial pain, nasal stuffiness and obstruction, and purulent, blood-stained or foul-smelling discharge. They have well-defined periphery with smooth or irregular shape.
TOPIC: TRAUMATIC INJURIES TO THE MAXILLOFACIAL REGION 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔸Factors that significantly increase susceptibility to dental injury are postnormal occlusion, an overjet exceeding 4 mm, short upper lip, incompetent lips and mouth breathing. 🔸Fractures Of Alveolar Process: The labial plate is most often fractured than palatal plate; occlusion has been changed. 🔸Lateral […]
TOPIC: SYSTEMIC DISEASES MANIFESTED IN JAW 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔸Diabetes Mellitus: Polyuria, polydipsia (excessive intake of water), polyphagia, nocturia and rapid weight loss are present. Radiograph shows discontinuity or blurring of the cortex of the alveolar crest, wide destruction of the lamina dura, thickening of periodontal membrane, and horizontal and vertical bone loss. […]
TOPIC: DISEASES OF BONE MANIFESTED IN JAW 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Fibrous Dysplasia: It is also known as leontiasis ossea. It can be Monostotic Fibrous Dysplasia (only single bone is affected), Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia (multiple bones are affected), McCune-Albright Syndrome (polyostotic form accompanied by cutaneous pigmentation, endocrine dysfunction) and Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia (bones of […]
TOPIC: SALIVARY GLAND DISORDERS 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Aplasia and Hypoplasia Of Glands: Unilateral gland is missing or is very small compared to the contralateral side with congenital reasons. 🔹Acute Inflammation: Symptoms are pain or heat sensation; sonographs of acute inflammation–affected gland show swelling and increased vascularity.
TOPIC: DISORDERS OF PARANASAL SINUS 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔸Sinusitis: Sinusitis is the inflammatory condition that causes generalised inflammation of the PNS mucous membrane. 🔸Pansinusitis: All the sinuses will be involved, and may be unilateral or bilateral. There is fever, general malaise, bodyache and headache, usually confined to forehead, and there is also postnasal […]
TOPIC: TUMORS OF JAW 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔸Ameloblastoma: It is also called adamantinoma. It begins as a central lesion of bone which is slowly destructive but tends to expand the bone rather than perforate it. Teeth in the involved region may be displaced. Radiographically, classic ameloblastoma appears as multilocular cyst-like lesion and gives […]
TOPIC: TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹The condylar head with its cartilaginous surface is particularly vulnerable to environmental and genetic influence leading to growth disturbance. 🔹In unilateral hypoplasia of condyle sigmoid notch is shallow. Prominent antegonial notch is seen on the affected side.
TOPIC: DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECTS OF CRANIOFACIAL REGION 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔸Facial Hemihypertrophy: It is also known as Friedreich disease. Enlargement of half face occurs. On radiograph there is enlargement of bone to the affected side of the skull. 🔸Facial Hemiatrophy: It is also known as Parry–Romberg syndrome. There is appearance of white furrow on […]
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