To cite: Badar SB, Ghafoor R. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016216353 DESCRIPTION A 14-year-old girl presented to the dental clinic with a history of a fall and blow to her upper front teeth. After initial management by the oral surgeon she was referred to the endodontic department for the management of her fractured maxillary incisors. Her medi...

Case RepoRt A 55-year-old male patient signed in for replacement of his edentulous space by implants. Most of his maxillary and mandibular teeth had got exfoliated because of periodontitis and the patient was edentulous for around 8-10 years. He had now visited us for replacement of teeth. A panoramic radiograph was made in which showed as an incidental finding of multiple bilateral radiopacite...

One of the most common positioning errors in panoramic radiography is palatoglossal air space above the apices of the root of maxillary teeth. It causes a radiolucency obscuring the apices of maxillary teeth. In the case of this positioning error, the imaging should be repeated. This causes the patient be exposed to radiation again. To avoid the repetition of exposing harmful X-rays to the pati...

P NEUMOTHORAX is an uncommon but potentially serious occurrence during anesthesia. Initial clinical signs may be subtle, but progression to a tension pneumothorax can result in significant cardiorespiratory instability. Because therapy for pneumothorax may require invasive chest tube placement, definitive diagnosis by chest radiography is necessary. However, intraoperative chest radiograph may ...