Tooth structures that can be viewed on dental images include the following: enamel, dentin, the dentino-enamel junction, and the pulp cavity. ****Cementum is not usually apparent radiographlly because cementum layer is so thin..
Like X-rays taken in other parts of your body, dental X-rays use electromagnetic radiation to capture images of your mouth.
The radiation beam passes through your soft tissues and creates images of your teeth and bones..
Radioanatomy (x-ray anatomy) is anatomy discipline which involves the study of anatomy through the use of radiographic films.
The x-ray film represents two-dimensional image of a three-dimensional object due to the summary projection of different anatomical structures onto a planar surface..
There is a certain number of anatomical structures within head and neck, and only some of them are visible in dental X-rays, the majority of them being teeth and skeletal landmarks
The same structures appear in interaoral radiographs, panoramic radiographs, cephalometric radiographs as well as in CBCT scans
A dental radiograph gives your dentist a picture of your hard tissues (teeth and bones) and the soft tissues that surround your teeth and jawbones
For example, dental radiographs may help your dentist see caries (tooth decay) that develops between the teeth or under restorations (fillings); some types of tumors
In this chapter the authors will deal with the normal radiographic anatomy of teeth and periapical tissues seen in intraoral radiographs, which include periapical bitewing and occlusal radiographs which are basically radiographs taken with the image receptor placed in the oral cavity
Type of X-ray
