Dental disease, acute sinusitis and the orthopantomogram.
This study was undertaken to determine the incidence of undiagnosed apical disease in acute unilateral sinusitis and to evaluate the role of Orthopantomograms (OPGs). Our results, with an incidence of 10 per cent, are in agreement with the findings of Formby (1960) and we conclude that OPGs are not justified in the routine investigation of acute sinusitis.
Lee
R J
RJ
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
O'Dwyer
T P
TP
Sleeman
D
D
Walsh
M
M
D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D011897:Random Allocation; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*