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In general practice, dental radiography is currently being performed more often as a treatment planning technique during routine dental prophylactic procedures than ever before. Medical radiography units, although still useful for the determination of bone cancer, mineral deficiencies, and fracture studies, are yielding to the use of more versatile dental radiograph machines that are being installed in the dental operatory and expose only the dental film. Currently, the technology of intraoral digital radiography, photography, and videography is available. Digital images can be enhanced, preserved on Polaroid film, or stored directly into computer data banks, without the use of dental film. This article acquaints the reader with digital technology, but deals primarily with traditional film-based oral-dental radiographic examination technique. The equipment and techniques described are affordable and well within the capabilities of the general practitioner. The importance of being able to produce dental radiographs of excellent quality is basic when providing competent dental care.
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Doenças do Gato/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças do Cão/diagnóstico por imagem , Radiografia Dentária/veterinária , Doenças Dentárias/veterinária , Animais , Animais de Zoológico , Gatos , Cães , Radiografia Dentária/instrumentação , Radiografia Dentária/métodos , Doenças Dentárias/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
A six year old cat with a chronically luxating jaw was treated by bilateral condylectomy. The etiology of the chronic luxation was unilateral temporomandibular joint dysplasia.
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Doenças do Gato/cirurgia , Anormalidades Maxilomandibulares/veterinária , Luxações Articulares/veterinária , Côndilo Mandibular/cirurgia , Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular/veterinária , Animais , Gatos , Doença Crônica , Anormalidades Maxilomandibulares/cirurgia , Luxações Articulares/cirurgia , Masculino , Côndilo Mandibular/anormalidades , Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular/cirurgiaRESUMO
Veterinarians have been radiographing animal skulls for many years, but sophisticated dentistry was not widely used until the 1970s. Elevated awareness of veterinary dental techniques has led to the need for producing accurate radiographic images of the teeth and periodontal structures. Many problems arise for the clinician who treats small animals who has, before this time, radiographed the skull of dogs and cats solely for the purpose of assessing neoplastic, infectious, or traumatic disease of the mandible, maxilla, or calvarium and now desires to perform dental radiography. This chapter will describe the advantages and disadvantages of some of the more common types of radiographic equipment and supplies, discuss extraoral and intraoral radiographic positioning and technique, identify anatomic landmarks and diagnostic features of intraoral radiography, and offer suggestions concerning the art of using dental radiography in veterinary practice.
