PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF DENTAL ANOMALIES IN THE MIXED DENTITION PHASE

Abstract

PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY ALLOWS THE EXAMINATION OF THE LOWER MIDDLE PART OF THE FACE, BEING CONSIDERED ONE OF THE INVALUABLE COMPLEMENTARY EXAMS, ASSISTING IN THE CONCLUSION OF THE DIAGNOSIS AND ESPECIALLY IN THE ELABORATION OF A SUCCESSFUL THERAPEUTIC PLAN. PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE IMAGING EXAMS BECAUSE IT IS AN INSTRUMENT OF UNQUESTIONABLE QUALITY THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY PRESENTING THE POSSIBILITY OF A GLOBAL VIEW OF THE MANDIBULAR MAXILLARY COMPLEX. IT PRESENTS GREAT ADVANTAGES IN RELATION TO THE OTHER INTRAORAL RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMS, AS IT ALLOWS THE EXAMINATION AND VISUALIZATION OF DENTAL STRUCTURES AND ADJACENT ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES, IN A SINGLE RADIOGRAPHIC SHOT, EASE OF EXECUTION OF THE TECHNIQUE AND LOW RADIATION DOSE RECEIVED BY THE PATIENT. PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY IS AN IMAGE EXAM COMPLEMENTARY TO ANAMNESIS AND CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE IN THE MIXED DENTITION PHASE, AS IT ALLOWS VISUALIZATION OF THE OVERALL INTRAOSSEOUS DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT DENTAL GERMS AND IDENTIFIES DENTAL ANOMALIES OR CHANGES IN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ALLOWS THE SURGEON DENTIST ANALYZE IF THE CHRONOLOGY, SEQUENCE AND ERUPTION SITE OF THE PERMANENT TEETH ARE CORRECT OR IF THERE ARE DEVIATIONS FROM THE NORMAL PATTERN. IT IS AN IMAGING EXAMINATION THAT MAINLY ASSISTS THE PEDIATRIC DENTIST IN THIS DETAILED MONITORING, ALLOWING THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF ANY ALTERATION OR ABNORMALITY, THUS ASSISTING IN OBTAINING THE DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTIVE THERAPEUTIC PLANNING,WITH THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE MANDIBULAR MAXILLARY COMPLEX AND MAINLY THE GOOD DEVELOPMENT OF THE OCCLUSION.