Common errors on panoramic radiographs taken in a dental school.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the frequency of common errors seen on panoramic radiographs taken in the Radiology Department of a dental school by trained assistants. Four hundred and sixty radiographs were evaluated for 20 categories of common errors. Out of the evaluated radiographs, 37.61% were found to be error-free. The most common errors were found to be the palatoglossal airspace shadow of air above the tongue due to the patient not raising the tongue against the palate (46.30%) and the superimposition of hyoid bone with the mandible (26.30%) respectively. The least common error was found to be dirty or bent films (0.21%). The quality of panoramic radiographs could be enhanced by improving radiographic technique.
Akarslan
Zühre Zafersoy
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Department of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology of the Faculty of Dentistry at Gazi, University in Ankara, Turkey.
Erten
Hülya
H
Güngör
Kahraman
K
Celik
Ilkay
I
D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education