Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Third molars

Today, I took two full mouth x-rays on patients with all of their wisdom teeth.  On the first patient I didn't really think I needed to get all the way back to the third molar on the PA, but I retook it to see if I could get it back there.  I took eight molar x-rays ( on two patients)  and it is possible to see all three molars on a PA!  It just takes a little effort to get the film where you need it to be.  

2 comments:

The Pyper's! said...

stupid third molars! They are so hard to clean and xray!

purple turtle said...

I stink at taking x-rays. What is the trick to get all three molars on one PA?