DH radiology quiz 3

between 2 adjacent teeth

intraoral radiographic examination used to inspect the crowns of both the maxillary and mandibular teeth on a single film

type of film used in the interproximal examination. As the term bite-wing suggests, this film has a wing or tab. the pt bites on the wing to stabalize the film-hence the term bite-wing

bone that supports and encases the roots of the teeth

coronal portion of alveolar bone found between the teeth

area of a tooth that touches an adjacent tooth; the area where adjacent tooth surfaces contact eachother

on a dental radiograph, open contacts appear as thin radiolucent lines between adjacent tooth surfaces

on a dental radiograph, the area where the contact area of one tooth is superimposed over the contact area of an adjacent tooth is referred to as overlapped contacts