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7. Sclerosing osteomyelitis / chronic osteomyelitis
Sclerosis of sequestrum/ surrounding bone
Hyperostotic border
Sclerosis
Surrounds benign osteolytic process with in the bone(cysts,
granuloma,benign tumours ,slowly expanding malignancy)
PRESSURE OF EXPANDING TUMOUR
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10. True periapical radiopacities
• These are group of lesions that occur in the
immediate region of periapex and are
composed of dense bone,cartilage,hard dental
tissues,or foreign material
• Condensing /sclerosing osteitis-sclerosis of the
bone is induced by an inflammation or
infection
• In this lesion there is proliferation of bone
tissue.
• They are produced by the extension of the
inflammatory process into the periapical area.
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11. • Chronic infection acts as irritating factor
(causing resorption of bone )and a stimulating
factor (producing dense bone.
Features
• Nonvital tooth
• No pain,swelling,drainage,or associated
lymphadenitis
• Site- apices mandibular 1stmolar
• Sex-f:m-3:2
• Age <30yrs
• 12%cases-root resorption
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13. Differential diagnosis
• Idiopathic osteosclerosis-vital teeth
• Hypercementosis-tooth root is seperated from
periapical bone by pdl space
• Foreign body introduced during rct-h/o rct
• Pcod/fcod-have thin uniform radiolucent rim
Age>30yrs
Management-extraction
Rct
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14. Periapical idiopathic
osteosclerosis
• Enostosis,dense bone island,bone whorls, bone
eburnation
• It is acommon finding on full mouth radiographs of
dentulous pts over 12yrs of age
• Idiopathic-not readily apparent/understood
• Features-
• Site-mandibular 1st premolar and canine
• Sex-f=m
• Vital tooth
• No pain ,swelling,cortical change,softness, drianage,or
lymphadenitis,alv.mucosa is normal
• Size-few mm to 2cm in diameter
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17. • It is round to irregular with with well defined
/ragged borders
• Occasionally they are multiple and bilateral
• Inc incidence-colrectal cancers /adenomas
• Differential Diagnosis –
• Dense trabecular pattern in alveolar bone
induced by heavy masticatory forces-sclerosis
involves entire alveolar process, diffuse outline
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18. • Hypercementosis-club shaped appearance of
tooth root and root is seperated from adj bone
by pdl space
• Pcod/fcod- welldefined radiopacity surrounded
by radiolucent halo
• Condensing osteitis-nonvital teeth
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20. Mature pcod/fcod
• It is a reactive phenomenon that arises from
elements with in the periodontal ligament
• These lesions are sub divided into
• 2groups- 1.Mandibular incisor
region(pcod)
• 2.Premolar molar region(fcod
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26. Unerupted succedenous teeth
• When the permanent crown of succedenous
teeth are completely formed and resorption
of corresponding deciduous teeth is initiated
the images of permanent tooth crowns
represent periapical radiopacities.
• Age-<12-13 yrs
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28. Foreign bodies
• Radiopaque foreign bodies in the periapex
are usually root canal filling materials.
• Images produced by extruded guttapercha
,silver points,sealer or retrograde amalgam
restoration and filled root canal –periapical
radiopacities
• H/o root canal filling
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30. hypercementosis
• Cemental hyperplasia
• Excessive formation of cementum on the
surface of the root of the tooth.
• Etiology-not known
• Associated with periapical inflammatory
conditions –pcod,systemic diseases(pagets ,
acromegaly,gigantism
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31. features
• Asymptomatic
• Premolars , molars
• It may be confined to small region of root or
whole root .
• They may be bilateral and a generalised
form with hyperplasia of cementum on all
root surfaces may be seen.
• Vital tooth and not sensitive to percussion.
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32. Radiographic features
• Club shaped root
• Normal pdl space and lamina dura
• In anterior teeth they appear as spherical mass
of cementum attached to root end
• Differential diagnosis
• False radiopaque images
• The projected radiopacities are not delineated
by pdl space and lamina dura
• Tube shift method
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36. False periapical radiopacities
• They can be categerised into
• Radiodense bodies with in the bone situated
either buccally or lingually to the apex
• Hard or soft tissue situated on the periphery
of the bone or in the adjacent soft tissue.
• They can be identified altering the angle of
the projection
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37. Anatomical structures
• Anterior nasal spine
• Ala of the nose
• Malar process of maxilla
• External oblique ridge
• Mental protuberance
• Mylohyiod ridge and hyiod bone
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40. Impacted teeth supernumarary teeth
and compound odontomas
• Radiographically they appear as periapical
radiopacities and the they can be identified
by-density and shape
• Clarks tube shift technique
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42. Tori , exostosis andperipheral
osteomas
– On radiographic examination tori , exostosis
may appear as single or multiple smoothly
contoured dense radiopaque masses
– Their shadows happen to fall in an apical area
on the radiograph shifting the tube
demonstrates these are false periapical
radiopacities
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44. Retained root tips
• Molar regions
• It canbe identified by
• Shape of the root and its root canal, pdl
space,lamina dura
• Tube shift method
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46. Foreign bodies
• Metal fragments ,buttons,zippers ,hooks,and
fragments of the instrument
• They appear in the radiographs as periapical
radiopacities
• h/o restorations
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48. Mucosal cyst of maxillary sinus
• It represents retention cyst in the lining
mucosa of the maxillary sinus
• Features-
• M=f
• Bilateral
• Age 3rd decade
• Asymptomatic
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49. • On radiographs the cyst may appear as dense
dome shaped mass with with its base on the
floor of maxillary sinus
• The apices of maxillary 1st and 2nd molars may
apear to be with in the opaque image of the
cyst
• Diagnosis-location and appearance of dome
shaped radiopaque structure
• Periodic radiographic examination
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51. Differential diagnosis
• True radiopacities-condensing osteitis
• Periapical idiopathic osteosclerosis
• Pcod
• Malignant tumour of sinus
• Fibrous dysplasia of maxillary sinus-ground
glass appearance
• Radiographic views such as panoramic,waters
,pa view identify it as a mass situated in the
maxillary sinus.
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52. Ectopic calcifications
• Ectopic calcifications in the soft tissues
surrounding the jaw-mistaken as calcified
odontogenic cyst
• They diagnosed by –radiopacities are
surrounded by pdl space and lamina dura
• Location of these ectopic calcifications are
shown to be away from the teeth by clarks
tube shift method.
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53. sialoliths
• These are calcareous deposits in the ducts of
minor and major salivary glands or with in
the glands
• They are thought to form from a slowly
calcifying nidus of tissue or bacterial debris
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54. Major salivary gland sialolith
The submandibular gland is the most common site of
involvement, 80 to 90%
The parotid gland - 5 to 15%
The sublingual gland or minor salivary glands- 2 to 5%
REASONS:
• The torturous course of Wharton’s duct
• Higher calcium and phosphate levels, and
• The dependent position of the submandibular
glands,which leave them prone to stasis.
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55. features
• Present with a history of acute, painful, and intermittent
swelling of the affected major salivary gland.
• Typically, eating will initiate the salivary gland
swelling.
• The involved gland is usually enlarged and tender
• The soft tissue surrounding the duct may show a severe
inflammatory reaction
• Complications: Acute sialadenitis,
Ductal stricture, and
Ductal dilatation
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56. Radiographic features
R/F:
LOCATION: Submandibular gland ( 83 to 94 %)
50% lies in the distal portion of warthons duct,
20% in the proximal portion ,
30% in the gland itself
PERIPHERY & SHAPE:
Duct- cylindric & very smooth in their outline
INTERNAL STRUCTURE:
Some stones are Homogeneously RO
Others show evidence of multiple layers of calcifications
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58. Multiple sialoliths and a sialolith of unusual size in the
submandibular duct :A case report
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59. Differential diagnosis
Hyiod bone Myositis ossifans phleboliths
Bilaterally
Shape –v shaped
Restriction of mandibualr
movements
Symptoms of sailadenitis
are absent
Calcifications in
the walls of facial
artery
Foreign bodies Avulsed toth Calcified lymph
node
-serpentine
calcified image is
diagnostic
Charecteristic shape
h/o trauma
Shape
h/o trauma
•Incidence
•Painful swelling is
not persent,old
burned out
asymptomatic
lesion.
•sialogram
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60. • Management-
• Small sialolith-milking of duct
• Large sialolith-surgical excision
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61. Minor salivary gland sialoliths
• They are usually solitary ,small ,painless
submucosal nodules that are fully movable
in the tissue .
• Location-buccal mucosa ,upperlip ,palate
• Age-5th -7th decade
• Rarely multiple siaoliths may be seen
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63. Rhinoliths and antroliths
• Calcareous concretions that occur in the
nose(rhinolith) or the antrum of the
maxillary sinus(anthroliths) arise from the
deposition of nasal,lacrimal and
inflammatory mineral salts
Anthrolith Rhinolith
Endogenous Exogenous substance
Adult population Pediatric population
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66. Differential diagnosis
Periapical condensing
osteitis
Buccal exostosis or
palatine torus
Complex odontoma
Non vital tooth
Additional films show
that mass is not
encroaching the sinus
Clinical examination Radiopacity is surrounded
by radiolucent capsule
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67. • Conecuts
• Eyeglasses
• Ala of the nose
• inferior additional
portion of malar process fims
of the maxilla should be
taken
• Root tips in maxillary sinus-root canal present
• Fibrous dysplasia-ground glass appearance on
periapical radiograph
• Mucous retention cyst-dome shaped appearance
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68. Calcified lymph nodes
• They occur in cervical and submaxillary
regions
• Majority-submandibular lymph nodes
• On certain radiographic views they may
appear over mandibular bones /apex of
mandibular tooth
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69. features
• Asymptomatic
• H/o succesful treatment of tuberculosis
• Isolated nodes /several nodes/whole chain of
nodes –calcified
• Superficial nodes-palpated as bony hard ,round
or linear masses with variable mobility.
• Radiographs-single round ,oval or linear
radiopaque mass with well contoured and well
defined outline.
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71. Differential diagnosis
• Sialoliths
• Superimposed myosistis ossificans
• Tubercular calcified lymph node must be
differentiated from histoplasmosis,bacillus
calmette –guerin vaccination,cocccidosis
Filariasis,lymphoma,metastatic calcifying
tumour and idiopathic calcifications
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72. phleboliths
• Calcified thrombi occuring in venules ,veins,or
sinusiodal vessels of hemangiomas
• They may occurs singly or multiple
calcifications and are usually small
radiopacities ,may be round or oval and may
show concentric light and dark rings
• Differential diagnosis-
• Sialoliths ,tonsilloliths,calcified acne,myositis
ossificans and arterial calcifications
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74. Arterial calcifications
• Calcification frequently accompanies
arteriosclerosis and facial artery may be
affected.
• Radiographic-serpentine outline and position
of the faint radiopacity are pathognomic
• This radiopaque image may cast over the body
of the mandible near the inferior borders
• Differential diagnosis- sialoliths
• Calcified lymph nodes
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