Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2011. — 448 p.The aims and objectives of the book Step by Step Oral Radiology is to provide a basic and practical knowledge in the subject of dental radiography required by undergraduate and postgraduate dental students. The book is containing the text along with the diagrams and photographs for better understanding of the topics. Covered all the diseases related with the teeth and jaws and their normal appearance in radiographs. Imaging in dentistry is now recently introduced as a new technology into everyday clinical practice. Digital imaging including cone beam CT, MRI, ultra sonography, scintigraphy is included in the book. The contents of the book satisfy the requirement of most undergraduate and postgraduate dental students from examination point of view.Introduction
Atomic Structure
X-ray Image Characteristics
Dose Units and Dosimetry
Biological Effects
Factors Controlling X-ray Beam
Film Mounting
Infection Control in Dental Radiography
Characteristics of Radiographic Film
Film Processing
Dental X-ray Film Composition
Extraoral Radiography
Radiographic Techniques
Bitewing and Occlusal Radiography
Panoramic Radiography (Pantomography)
Cephalometric Radiography
Radiography of the Temporomandibular Joint
Normal Anatomical Structures in Radiographs:
Intraoral Radiographs
Maxillofacial Imaging
Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Jaw
Diseases of Bone
Preoperative Radiographic Assessment of Impacted
Mandibular Third Molars and Canines
Radiopaque Lesions in the Jaws
Radiolucent Lesions of the Jaws
Developmental Anomalies of Teeth and Facial Skeleton
Dental Caries
Periodontal Disease
Index
