Pankaj Banode
Department of Radio Diagnosis and Imaging Sciences, Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Research Article
Utility of Denta Scan in Evaluating Relationship of Inferior Alveolar Canal and Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Roots
Author(s): Anuraag Bhaskar Choudhary*, Mukta B Motwani, Trupti Chordia, Mayur B Chaudhary, Pankaj Banode and Manoj Patil
Background: The impacted mandibular third molar may cause pathologies like pain, pericoronitis, periodontal infection, periapical infection, cellulitis, orthodontic problems, and facilitation of fracture of mandible at the angle of mandible, cyst and tumors from the tooth germ or follicle or from tooth itself. Any of these reasons could necessitate the extraction of the tooth, which could be either intentional or prophylactic. This study tried to evaluate the necessity of using CT as against only panoramic radiographs and the diagnostic accuracy of panoramic radiography for pre-operative assessment of patients with impacted mandibular third molars showing close approximation to the Inferior Alveolar Canal (IAC). Objectives: To evaluate the relationship of inferior alveolar canal to the impacted mandibular third molar root using radiographic markers on rotational p.. Read More»