AN UNUSUAL FINDING ON ROUTINE DENTAL PAN-ORAL TOMOGRAPHY

Authors
LLOYD S TALATI VR WARD JP
Citation
S. Lloyd et al., AN UNUSUAL FINDING ON ROUTINE DENTAL PAN-ORAL TOMOGRAPHY, British Dental Journal, 176(4), 1994, pp. 144-146
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
British Dental Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070610
Volume
176
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
144 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0610(1994)176:4<144:AUFORD>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Radio-opaque foreign bodies are commonly seen in dental pan-oral tomog raphs. A case is described of the presentation of a patient with a sig net ring lodged in the left nasal cavity discovered by routine panoral tomography in dental practice, and of its subsequent removal by an ot orhinolaryngologist.