Localization of impacted canines with Status-X radiography.
There are, at present, a number of clinical and radiologic methods available to establish the buccopalatal relationship of an impacted maxillary canine. A new method, employing the Status-X x-ray machine, can now be used. This technique makes use of the fact that the anode of the Status-X machine is considered to have an almost point source of x-radiation. Applying the laws of central projection, an object closer to the focal point will produce a larger image on a film than that produced by an object of equal size but farther away from the focal point. In a recent series of twenty-eight canine transplant procedures, this method was used with great success to establish, preoperatively, the position of the impacted canines.
D003481:Cuspid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*