All radiographic examinations must be justified on an individual needs basis whereby the benefits to the patient of each exposure must outweigh the risks. In no case may the exposure of patients to X-rays be considered "routine", and certainly CBCT examinations should not be done without initially obtaining a thorough medical history and clinical examination. CBCT should be considered an adjunc...

Although periapical inflammatory lesions are usually resulted by infection in the root canal system, this rare case showed that a periapical lesion related to an infected tooth may cause pulpal necrosis in adjacent intact tooth, with no history or clinical signs of caries, disease, trauma or developmental anomaly. This case also suggests that the periapical lesion can be treated conservatively,...

A customized acrylic-resin template with gutta percha markers was fabricated for a human cadaver mandible. Twelve measurements were made between gutta percha markers and between the markers and known mandibular anatomic locations. Periapical, panoramic, and computerized tomographic radiographs were taken of the mandible and stent. Similar readings were recorded from the radiographs. The average...

Pulpal and periradicular pathosis are the result of microbial, mechanical, or chemical invasion. Microorganisms are the main irritants of pulpal and periapical tissues. The goal of the obturation is to obtain a fluid-tight seal of the root canal system from its coronal aspect through its apical extent to preserve from the irritants.. Root apices have morphological irregularities in teeth with p...

AIM To determine the pH of pus collected from periapical abscesses. METHODOLOGY Forty patients (Male = 17/Female = 23) between the ages 17 and 37 years, each with a periapical abscess and with no relevant medical history, were recruited. All the participants had moderate-to-severe pain on percussion accompanied by localized or generalized swelling. At least 1 mL of pus was aspirated from each...

Periapical surgery is a well-accepted technique used to salvage endodontically involved teeth that cannot be satisfactorily treated or retreated by nonsurgical conventional endodontic procedures (1-4). Indications for periapical surgery are well described in the above mentioned endodontic references. Considering that the prognosis of success following endodontic surgery ranges from 60 to 89% (5...

Objectives: This article is aimed to report the use of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging analysis on a radiolucent lesion case.
 Case Report: A 24-year-old female patient was referred dentomaxillofacial radiology installation, at Universitas Padjadjaran Dental Hospital for CBCT examination lower jaw lesion. The result demonstrated large periapical tooth 37 with mostly diffuse bo...

A new staging system for osteoradionecrosis of the mandible has been retrospectively applied to a group of 31 patients. In this system clinicoradiographic signs and symptoms are incorporated in a simplified manner. For imaging purposes the use of plain radiographs such as periapical films and panoramic radiographs is recommended, mainly because of their readily availability. The presented stagi...

Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) has been specifically designed to produce undistorted three-dimensional information of the maxillofacial skeleton, including the teeth and their surrounding tissues with a significantly lower effective radiation dose compared with conventional computed tomography (CT). Periapical disease may be detected sooner using CBCT compared with periapical views and th...