TY - JOUR
T1 - Teeth
T2 - What radiologists should know
AU - Scheinfeld, Meir H.
AU - Shifteh, Keivan
AU - Avery, Laura L.
AU - Dym, Harry
AU - Joshua Dym, R.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Disease of the teeth and their support structures is common and frequently seen at imaging of the head and neck. Recognition of dental disease by the interpreting radiologist has the potential to alter the course of patient care, such as when periapical disease is identified as the cause of sinusitis or pericoronitis is identified as the cause of deep neck infection. Furthermore, incidental recognition of carious lesions in both children and adults who are undergoing CT for other reasons may alert the patient and care team of the need for a dental consultation. In fact, most of the images of dental and periodontal conditions that are used in this article were obtained from CT studies that were performed to investigate other problems. Familiarity with the imaging appearance of common dental conditions, such as hyperdontia and hypodontia, tooth trauma, periodontal disease, caries, periapical disease, odontogenic sinusitis, and deep neck infections, allows the radiologist to render a timely, confident, and specific diagnosis of dental abnormalities, even when such findings are unexpected.
AB - Disease of the teeth and their support structures is common and frequently seen at imaging of the head and neck. Recognition of dental disease by the interpreting radiologist has the potential to alter the course of patient care, such as when periapical disease is identified as the cause of sinusitis or pericoronitis is identified as the cause of deep neck infection. Furthermore, incidental recognition of carious lesions in both children and adults who are undergoing CT for other reasons may alert the patient and care team of the need for a dental consultation. In fact, most of the images of dental and periodontal conditions that are used in this article were obtained from CT studies that were performed to investigate other problems. Familiarity with the imaging appearance of common dental conditions, such as hyperdontia and hypodontia, tooth trauma, periodontal disease, caries, periapical disease, odontogenic sinusitis, and deep neck infections, allows the radiologist to render a timely, confident, and specific diagnosis of dental abnormalities, even when such findings are unexpected.
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U2 - 10.1148/rg.327125717
DO - 10.1148/rg.327125717
M3 - Article
C2 - 23150849
AN - SCOPUS:84869211468
SN - 0271-5333
VL - 32
SP - 1927
EP - 1944
JO - Radiographics
JF - Radiographics
IS - 7
ER -