No diagnostic benefit from routine screening with panoramic radiographs

More than 50% of dental practitioners are thought to use panoramic radiographs  to screen their new adult patients. While the UK Faculty of General Dental Practitioners recommend  the use of intra-oral radiographs  for the assessment of the adult dentate patient for the presence of caries, periodontal bone loss and apical pathology.  One of the aims … Continue reading No diagnostic benefit from routine screening with panoramic radiographs