Radiology quiz 1

Your patient has been diagnosed as having a periodontal classification of ADA case type 1. How far below the CEJ would you expect to see the crestal bone on the dental image?

1.5mm to 2.0mm

The term used for a tooth that is totally dislodged from the alveolar bone is

Avulsion

The --- of adjacent teeth can be used as a plane of reference in determining the pattern of bone loss present.

CEJ

Which of the following should you use to determine the extent of your patients periodontal disease?

Clinical attachment loss

You are viewing your patients bite wings images. he has an interproximal carious lesion that is almost to the pulp. What is the classification of the lesion?

IV

Your patient thinks he fractured his mandible. Which image would you take to evaluate for a fracture?

Panoramic

Dental images permit the evaluation of ______ in the detection of periodontal disease.

bone

radiopaque area on image that sticks out like a point on it.

calculs

Your patients dental image reveals a distinct radiopaque area below the apex of tooth #18. which is nonvital tooth and has had a chronic pulpitis. your pt most likely has

condensing osteitis

On a dental image, inter proximal caries are typically seen at or just below the

contact point

In health, the lamina dura around the roots of the teeth appears as a ---- line

dense radiopaque

The greatest potential negative consequence of an amalgam overhang is

destruction of interproximal bone

Pulp stones --- cause symptoms and --- require treatment

do not; do not

A dental image is most useful for detection of ----- caries

interproximal

Root fractures occur most often in the ____ region.

maxillary centrals

----- is a diffuse calcification of the pulp chamber and pulp canals of teeth

plural sclerosis

Rampant caries are typically seen in the children with ---- dietary habits or in adults with --- salivary flow

poor; decreased

Because metallic restorations absorb x-rays, the area of the image that corresponds to their location remains unexposed, and the metallic restorations appear completely _____ on a dental radiograph.

radiopaque

Which type of caries occurs under an existing restoration?

recurrent

Sclerotic bone is seen below the apices of --- teeth

vital, non carious