Artefact in a panoral radiograph: a short communication.
Artefacts in dental radiographs are not uncommon findings. In some cases, however, such film faults might lead to difficult or even wrong diagnoses. In this brief report, the authors present a case where a small piece of paper cast a foreign body-like image onto a panoral radiograph. The importance of proper techniques and film handling when taking radiographs cannot be over-emphasised.
Cho
Shiu-Yin
SY
Fanling School Dental Clinic, Department of Health, Hong Kong. rony_cho@dh.gov.hk
Chu
Vanessa
V
Ki
Yung
Y
D016477:Artifacts; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010209:Paper; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic / Q000295:instrumentation