A survey of disease changes observed on dental panoramic tomographs taken of patients attending a periodontology clinic

Osborne, Ge; Hemmings, Ken

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4807985

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“…Similar findings were reported for a sample of periodontal clinic patients by Osbourne and Hemmings. 29 These factors contributed to the fact that, after removal of findings identifiable on posterior bitewings and findings of no treatment relevance, 56.3% of patients had no radiological yield at all. This is of major importance in judging the validity of using panoramic radiology as a screening procedure in general dental practice.…”

Section: Number Of Carious Lesionsmentioning

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Screening panoramic radiology of adults in general dental practice: radiological findings

2001

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The choice of radiographic examination for the majority of patients in the study did not follow current guidelines. Dentists diagnosed fewer abnormalities than did experts. While many radiological findings are revealed by panoramic radiography, these may either duplicate information from bitewing radiographs or are often of no significance to treatment planning. This study did not provide evidence to support the practice of routine panoramic radiography of all new adult patients.

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Section: Number Of Carious Lesionsmentioning

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Screening panoramic radiology of adults in general dental practice: radiological findings

2001

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“…Further, panoramic radiographs have been shown to reveal in a majority (63 per cent) of periodontal patients some form of dental abnormality unrelated to periodontal disease 41 . General radiologists in Australasia have had recent advice on the interpretation of dental panoramic radiographs 42 and should thus be available for consultation, as would be other dental specialists in Australia, if abnormalities detected were to be out of the ordinary.…”

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Radiographs in periodontal disease diagnosis and management

Corbet

Lai

2009

Australian Dental Journal

116

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Radiographs are an integral component of a periodontal assessment for those with clinical evidence of periodontal destruction. A close consideration of the current approach to periodontal diagnosis compatible with the current classification of periodontal diseases reveals that radiographs only inform with respect to diagnosis for a small proportion of conditions. The area in periodontal assessment in which radiographs play a pivotal role is in treatment planning. A variety of radiographic exposure types assist in the development of periodontal treatment plans. This ''therapeutic yield'' can be achieved by panoramic oral radiographs supplemented by selective intra-oral views. Digital panoramic oral radiographs viewed on screen appear to offer advantages over printouts or films. Newer imaging approaches, such as cone-beam computed (digital volume) tomography, may come to show some usefulness but experience has shown that digital subtraction radiography will probably remain a research tool without much clinical application.

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