title: A simple radiographic approach to maxillary pathologies.
abstract: This article describes an intraoral radiographic technique for identifying lesions located on the buccal surfaces of the maxillary alveolar process. An intraoral film is placed behind the maxillary tuberosity and the X-ray beam exposes the film perpendicularly, running laterally to the buccal surface of the cortical bone. As a result, any external alteration can be seen clearly, with no superimposed maxillary teeth or osseous tissues.
authors.affiliation: Oral Radiology Division, Department of Surgery and Orthopedics, Dental School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Heloisa Emilia
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Dias da Silveira
authors.forename: Eduardo Luiz
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Delamare
authors.forename: Gabriela Salatino
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Liedke
authors.forename: Mariana Boessio
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Vizzotto
authors.forename: Heraldo Luis
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Dias da Silveira
authors.forename: Reni Raymundo
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Dalla-Bona
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult