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Title<br />

EVALuATION OF COMMON ERRORS ON PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHS IN DAMASCuS, SyRIA<br />

Authors<br />

L. SALTI 1<br />

Affiliations<br />

1 private clinic, Dam<strong>as</strong>cus, SYRIA<br />

Body<br />

Abstract:<br />

Objectives: the aim of this study is <strong>as</strong>sess the most common errors on a sample of panoramic<br />

radiograph taken by different radiographic centers in Dam<strong>as</strong>cus, Syria.<br />

Materials and methods: 550 panoramic radiographs were randomly selected from the author’s<br />

patient files and other patient’s files of five dental clinics. The panoramic radiographs were<br />

<strong>as</strong>sessed for 25 categories of common faults.<br />

Results: t<strong>here</strong> were 83 error-free radiographs. The most common errors were found to be the<br />

platoglossal air space above the apices of roots of the maxillary teeth (83.52%0 followed by<br />

patient far forward (14.77%).The le<strong>as</strong>t most common errors were found to be sharply bent<br />

film(0.21%).<br />

Conclusion: The quality of panoramic radiographs could be enhanced by improving radiographic<br />

technique and processing.<br />

Keywords<br />

Panoramic radiograph,quality control,film error analysis<br />

POSTerS<br />

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