title: Assessment of the radiographic image: recognition of abnormal features.
abstract: Radiographs, due to their ability to pass through materials differentially, are used in dental practice to obtain information that is not available by other means. Recognition of the presence of a variation from normal is the first step to accurate interpretation of abnormalities. This article presents an outline of a method for examining radiographs in order to recognize that an abnormality is present, and to learn from the visual information some of the characteristics of the abnormality. A number of clinical examples are used to illustrate the conclusions that we can draw from the radiographic changes.
authors.affiliation: University of Glasgow.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Brocklebank
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic