orthopantogram; panorex

Indications

• trauma to the jaws
• impacted wisdom teet
• periodontal bone loss
• dental pain
• assessment for dental implants
• orthodontic assessment, preoperative & postoperative
• caries detection especially in the inter-dental region
• developmental anomalies:
  • Cherubism
  • Cleidocranial dysplasia
• temporomandibular joint syndrome
• malignancy involvoing the jaw
  • osteosarcoma
  • ameloblastoma
• renal osteodystrophy affecting jaws

Procedure

• panoramic scanning dental X-ray of the upper & lower jaw

More general terms

• radiography (roentgenography)