The appearances of common dental diseases on radionuclide bone images of the jaws.
Radionuclide images of hospital patients were examined for abnormal areas within the jaws. Fourteen of 25 subjects studied showed one or more abnormal image areas, most of which were attributable to common dental lesions revealed by oral examinations. The lesions detectable on images included healing bone sites, periodontal and pulpal disease, residual osteitis and irritations caused by ill-fitting dentures.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003788:Dental Pulp Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014945:Wound Healing