3. THE PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPH PROVIDES
INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF TEETH
PRESENT, ERUPTION PROBLEMS, ROOT
FORM AND LENGTH, QUALITY OF
ALVEOLAR BONE AND OTHER
PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. PANORAMIC
RADIOGRAPHS ARE ALSO OFTEN TAKEN
DURING TREATMENT TO EVALUATE THE
PARALLELISM OF THE ROOTS AND THE
PRESENCE OF ROOT RESORPTION OR
BLUNTING OF THE ROOT APICES.
24. PANORAMIC X-RAY ON THIS NINE YEAR OLD
REVEALS CONGENITALLY MISSING ADULT PRE-
MOLAR. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT OF THE
SCREEN THERE IS NO TOOTH BUD FORMING AS
COMPARED TO THE SAME AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE
32. PANORAMIC IMAGE SHOWS SOFT PALATE (THICK WHITE ARROW),
SUBCONDYLAR FRACTURE (THICK BLACK ARROW), SPINE OF
SPHENOID BONE (THIN BLACK ARROW), AND PHARYNGEAL WALL
(THIN WHITE ARROW).
45. THE PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPH DISCLOSED A NORMAL
BONE, ABSENCE OF THIRD MOLARS AND A GOOD
ROOT PARALLELISM
46. SERIAL PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHS CONFIRMED THE
UPRIGHTING OF THE MANDIBULAR PREMOLARS AND
FIRST MOLARS, AND FAVORABLE ROOT PARALLELISM.
MESIAL DRIFTING OF THE MANDIBULAR THIRD
MOLARS AND A GOOD ERUPTION PATH OF UPPER
THIRD MOLARS