Copyright: © 2015 Vempaty S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Figure 1: Radiopaque lesion (Arrow) extends from roots of lower left canine to lower left second premolar lying parallel to lower bo...

The "Dense Bone Island" (DBI) is a radiopaque lesion referred in leterature as idiopathic osteosclerosis, enostosis, focal osteosclerosis, periapical osteopetrosis, and bone scar. The DBI are accidentally found in routinary Xray of bone structures. In the maxillary bones, often localized in the mandible, especially in the molar region, with a reported incidence ranging from 2.3 to 9.7%. DBI doe...

Spinal tumors consist of a large spectrum of various histologic entities. Multiple spinal lesions frequently represent known metastatic disease or lymphoproliferative disease. In solitary lesions primary neoplasms of the spine should be considered. Primary spinal tumors may arise from the spinal cord, the surrounding leptomeninges, or the extradural soft tissues and bony structures. A wide vari...

Osteopoikilosis is an asymptomatic osteosclerotic dysplasia initially described by Albers Schönberg in 1915. Osteopoikilosis is a rare disease with an estimated incidence of 1/50,000 and with an unknown etiology. Osteopoikilosis can have a very typical radiographic appearance and distribution; however, diverse clinical associated pathologies can lead to diagnostic uncertainty and the need for f...

Introduction: This study sought to assess the performance of 4th year dental  students in detection of residual roots on panoramic radiographs of edentulous patients.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated 37 fourth-year dental students of School of Dentistry, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. Ten panoramic radiographs of edentulous patients with residual roots in thei...