NORMAL RADIOGRAPHIC

ANATOMY

Dr. Junie Maglutac

TEETH
Enamel
Dentin
Cementum
Pulp
 Cervical burn-out

>decreased x-ray absorption at the

junction of the CEJ
Root Canal
 LAMINA DURA

Radiopaque layer of dense bone

lining the tooth sockets
ALVEOLAR CREST

Gingival margin of the alveolar

process
PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT
SPACE
radiolucent space between the tooth
root and lamina dura
CANCELLOUS BONE

Between the cortical plates of

maxilla and mandible
 MAXILLA

Intermaxillary suture
ANTERIOR NASAL SPINE

1.5-2 cm above the alveolar crest;

below the junction of the inferior
end of nasal septum
 NASAL FOSSA

>anterior floor of the nasal fossa

>nasal septum
>Inferior concha
INCISIVE FORAMEN

Midline of the palate behind the

centrals; junction of median
palatine and incisive sutures
NASOPALATINE CANAL

>lateral wall
>superior foramina
INCISIVE FOSSA

>depression in the maxilla

NASOLACRIMAL CANAL

>formed by nasal and maxillary

bones
>drains under the inferior concha
MAXILLARY SINUS

>the border appear as a thin

radiopaque line
May show the following:

>neurovascular canals
>septum
>bony nodule
ZYGOMATIC PROCESS
AND BONE
> U-shaped radiopaque line
NASOLABIAL FOLD

> Oblique line at the premolar

region
PTERYGOID PLATES

>medial and lateral

MANDIBLE
 SYMPHYSIS

>radiolucent line through the

midline of the mandible
GENIAL TUBERCLE

>radiopaque mass; located at the

lingual surface of mandible
> contains a foramen
 MENTAL RIDGE

>2 radiopaque lines sweeping

bilaterally
 MENTAL FOSSA

>depression on labial aspect

MENTAL FORAMEN

>anterior limit of the inferior

dental canal
>may simulate periapical disease
MANDIBULAR CANAL

>dark linear shadow with thin

radiopaque superior and inferior
borders
NUTRIENT CANALS

>radiolucent lines with

hyperostotic borders
 MYLOHYIOD

>irregular crest of bone

>above IAN at the level of the
molars going anteriorly to the
premolar region
SUBMANDIBULAR FOSSA

>depression of bone at the molar

area
>radiolucency poorly defined
EXTERNAL OBLIQUE
RIDGE
>continuation of ascending ramus
INFERIOR BORDER OF
MANDIBLE
>broad radiopaque band of bone
CORONOID PROCESS

>exposure of maxillary region

>triangular radiopacity
RESTORATIVE
MATERIALS
amalgam
gold crown
stainless steel pins
•base material
•gutta-percha
Silver points
silicate
composite
Composite with
fillers
Stainless steel
crown
Ortho
appliance
Lab Exercise

September 21,2012
1. Green
arrow
2. White
Arrows
3. Black arrow
4. Green arrow
5. Black arrow
6. White arrow
7. Green arrow
8. White arrow
10. White arrow
11. Black arrow
12. Green arrow
13. Yellow arrow
14-15 Identify
Pathology present and
teeth involved