Radiology

by Friedrich Anton Pasler, Klaus H. Rateitschak (Editor), Herbert F. Wolf (Editor)

Today, for patients of any age, a "panoramic" radiograph that allows high
diagnostic reliability with minimum radiation exposure must be acknowledged as
the standard of care. The new, more medically and legally "responsible" strategy
for examination of patients is closely intertwined with a basic principle of
patient care. Panoramic radiograph is rapidly becoming a meaningful and normal
component of dental practice-oriented "prevention". This Atlas presents the
proper use of optimum radiographic exposure and contemporary techniques for
today's dental office. Emphasis is placed on the reliable recognition of normal
structures in the projected space and clear differentiation of normal features
from pathological radiographic signs. These major topics of fundamental
importance for correct interpretation are treated more extensively. The section
on diagnosis deals in depth with the typical radiographic manifestations of
frequently occurring pathological processes. Inherent in that section of the
book is the basic understanding that the radiopathologic manifestation of one
and the same lesion may vary considerably depending on the patient's age and
sex, on the phase of development of the lesion at the time of documentation, on
the localization within different surrounding structures, and according to
actual histologic features of the lesion.

276 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992